Pianist Rachel Eckroth gives eleven solo pieces of mostly originals, mixing modern classical tones with jazz. There are a couple of covers, a dainty and spacious read of Joshua Redman’s “Neverend” and a patiently searching version of Duke Ellington’s “Prelude To A Kiss”. Her own material reveals a dash of Satie on the reflective blues of “Minuscule” and reflectively elegant “Downstream, Upstream” with elliptical sparkles of “Orion” and “ Light Sleeper” reminiscent of Debussy at his most reflective. In the mood for etude.Rachel Eckroth: One
Pianist Rachel Eckroth gives eleven solo pieces of mostly originals, mixing modern classical tones with jazz. There are a couple of covers, a dainty and spacious read of Joshua Redman’s “Neverend” and a patiently searching version of Duke Ellington’s “Prelude To A Kiss”. Her own material reveals a dash of Satie on the reflective blues of “Minuscule” and reflectively elegant “Downstream, Upstream” with elliptical sparkles of “Orion” and “ Light Sleeper” reminiscent of Debussy at his most reflective. In the mood for etude.