Paquito D'Rivera clarinet
Sean Conly bass
Matthew Parrish bass
Marcello Pellitteri drums
Gene Jackson drums
Vinicius Barros percussion
Jane Hunt violin
Wolfram Koessel cello
"‘Making Memories’ is about the importance of creating good memories in life. They don't just happen, but we have to actively do something to ‘make’ them, since they will stay with us for the rest of our lives, continuing to shape, change, and enrich us,” says Vana about his new CD ‘Making Memories’ to be released by ENJA RECORDS on June 11th, 2013.
German-born, Boston-schooled, New York-based pianist Vana Gierig uses his music as a language – one of eight languages he masters - to communicate these kind of messages. Called a “piano phenom” by Keyboard Magazine, Vana creates his unique sound as much thru his writing, as thru his style of playing and improvisation. At the core of his projects is always his piano trio, originating from one of those early ‘memories’ he ‘made’ when, at age 12, his parents took him to hear the Oscar Peterson Trio, which started a recurring childhood dream in which he himself was the one playing the piano on that stage.
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