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Album Details: Emerson Plays Emerson

Release Date:06/18/2002
Label:Toshiba Emi Japan
UPC:4988006801110

Track List: Emerson Plays Emerson

  1. Vagrant
  2. Creole Dance
  3. Solitudinous
  4. Broken Bough
  5. A Cajun Alley
  6. Prelude To Candice (From The Fil...
  7. A Blade Of Grass
  8. Outgoing Tide
  9. Summertime (With Bass And Drums)
  10. Interlude
  11. Roll'n Jelly
  1. B&W Blues (With Bass And Drums)
  2. For Kevin
  3. The Dreamer (From The Film Best ...
  4. Hammer It Out
  5. Ballad For A Common Man
  6. Barrelhouse Shakedown
  7. Nilu's Dream
  8. Soulscapes
  9. Close To Home (Recorded Live At ...
  10. Honky Tonk Train Blues
  11. Medley (Nicola, Silver Shoes & I...

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  • All Music Guide

    This is the album that long time fans of Keith Emerson have dreamed of.For most of this hour long CD, Emerson sticks exclusively to grand piano, eschewing the bank of synthesizers (and Hammond organ) which tended at times to distract from his abilities as a keyboardist. Since this CD was produced over a period of time in different locales, the sound varies depending on the conditions under which the recording was made. Emerson's originals include the reflective ballad “Vagrant" (though it has its flashy moments), the gorgeous and somewhat bittersweet “Solitudinous," the jaunty boogiewoogie “A Cajun Alley," a bluesy salute to jazz great Jelly Roll Morton “Roll'n Jelly"), and a new version of “Barrelhouse Shakedown," which mixes ragtime and boogiewoogie.One track which adds synthesizer is Emerson's moving elegy “For Kevin" (written in memory of his late engineer and friend Kevin Gilbert), which he wraps by slamming his forearm in frustration with Gilbert's untimely death. Another is “The... Dreamer," composed for his soundtrack to the film Best Revenge.Emerson revisits Classical composer Alberto Ginastera's fiendishly difficult “Creole Dance" with great success. A funky take of George Gershwin's “Summertime" adds electric bass and drums. But the biggest surprise is the inclusion of Emerson's guest appearance on Oscar Peterson's TV series Piano Party as the jazz legend joins him for a wild duet of Meade Lux Lewis' boogiewoogie hit “Honky Tonk Train Blues," accompanied by a rhythm section and a big band. To top it off, a medley recorded by the pianist at the tender age of 14 wraps this intriguing CD. Emerson's detailed liner notes describing the music are also translated into German and Italian. - Ken Dryden, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Keith Emerson

Throughout his career with the Nice, Emerson, Lake Palmer, and as a solo artist, Keith Emerson has proven himself perhaps the greatest, most technically accomplished keyboardist in rock history. For all his reputation as an innovator and master of classically influenced rock, Emerson (b. November 1, 1944 in the English town of Todmorden) began his career playing RB; th... Read more