I have to say again what an incredible year 2008 has been for piano music. Just when I thought there couldn't be any more favorites for the year, along comes Ola Gjeilo's "Stone Rose" and blows me away. With the opening bars of the first track, Gjeilo had my full attention, and it never wavered throughout the album. Gjeilo's music includes a great deal of improvisation, making it spontaneous and fresh, but it is also very melodic and harmonically rich. More classical than pop with jazz influences … more
I have to say again what an incredible year 2008 has been for piano music. Just when I thought there couldn't be any more favorites for the year, along comes Ola Gjeilo's "Stone Rose" and blows me away. With the opening bars of the first track, Gjeilo had my full attention, and it never wavered throughout the album. Gjeilo's music includes a great deal of improvisation, making it spontaneous and fresh, but it is also very melodic and harmonically rich. More classical than pop with jazz influences … more