With each new release and each new tour, Lynne Arriale's critical acclaim and audience appeal seems to reach another stratum. With the release of her new recording, Solo (available March 13, on Motema), Arriale once again engages the spirit of reinvention and rises above the very best of her past efforts with an album of sublime beauty and virtuosity. Motema founder/owner Jana Herzen said of Arriale, "Lynne has been with us since 2003, she was the second artist on the label and one of our truly brilliant and best selling artists through the years. So many times I have enjoyed hearing her in a group setting and yet at the same time had a longing to hear her pianistic voice solo and unadorned. Her fingers ‚singing' solo on this disc unsurprisingly turned out to be every bit as engaging as I imagined and then some."
On Solo, which features bold new originals alongside works by Thelonious Monk, Cole Porter, Billy Joel and Lerner and Lowe, the spotlight is directly on Arriale's piano artistry, and her passionate spirit for this instrument, and for this music, shines with layers of deep emotion. "Some people write in their journals . . . I create my journal through music; expressing what I cannot put into words," said Arriale.
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