Mitchel Forman - Harvest Song (1997)

Tracklist

01 - A Deeper Dream
02 - The Alchemist
03 - Harvest Song
04 - Gorgeous
05 - Myst
06 - Shelter
07 - The Nearness of You
08 - Song for Ellis
09 - Sleeping Beauties
10 - Just A Thought
11 - The Wrong Trousers
12 - Right Together, Left Together
13 - Sydney Lumet
14 - The Piano Tuner
15 - Odyssey

personnel :

Mitchel Forman - piano

Harvest Song is a real change-of-pace for keyboardist Mitchel Forman, who is usually heard in funky fusion or electronic postbop settings. This time around, Forman performs 15 quiet and wistful unaccompanied piano solos. He varies the tempo here and there but most of the music is laidback and thoughtful. Throughout, Forman shows that he excels in this rare-for-him format and the results are successful as both background music or (if played at a louder volume) as introverted lyrical jazz. ~ Scott Yanow