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Pianist Catherine Marie Charlton Gracefully Combines
Styles of Contemporary Jazz on Maiden's Voyage -
Available August 7 via River Dawn Productions
"I'm
a huge fan. Catherine's music touches people, including myself, so
deeply; I've seen it bring some to tears. Combine that level of
musicianship with the stellar arrangements and production quality heard
on Maiden's Voyage and you get musical magic."
- Phil Nicolo
Maiden's Voyage, the tenth album release in Catherine Marie Charlton's
twenty-plus year recording career, arcs gracefully through
orchestrations and styles ranging from contemporary jazz to the artist's
trademark spacious meditations. The common motif is the
pianist/composer's identifiable sound-passion, strength, and power,
flowing interchangeably with tender expressiveness.
Mastered by Grammy® winning engineer/producer Phil Nicolo (Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Bob Dylan, Lauryn Hill), Maiden's Voyage represents a decade-long collaboration between producer Charlton and recording/mixing engineer Eric Troyer (ELO
Part II/The Orchestra), who brings his sensibilities and significant
musicianship to the project. The lineup of guest musicians on the album
include: Elliott Levin (Cecil Taylor, Marshall Allen) featured on "Birds Flower," and "The Lonely Cobbler" playing flute and tenor saxophone, Jeff Oster on three tracks including the piano/flugelhorn duet "Sepia Moon," Steve Meashey on bass, and drummer/percussionist, J. Jody Janetta. The Cincinnati Symphony principal bassist for 28 years, Barry Green, also contributes on "Which You Which World."
On
her partnership with Janetta, Charlton recalls - "15 years ago I was a
solo classical pianist beginning to explore improvisation. Jody heard
something in my playing akin to the classically-influenced improvised
music which had been a big inspiration to him, and he asked me to
perform. From the start, our musical connection was magic. Jody
introduced me to his jazz record collection and we went on to perform as
a piano-percussion duo for many years. We parted ways for a bit during
the time of my solo introspective releases - Red Leaf Grey Sky and River Flow, and have now reunited for Maiden's Voyage.
The one-take improvisation on "Beneath the Dream" was the first track
captured on the first day of recording, after four years apart."
Charlton
credits much of her approach to the teachings of long-time mentor and
inspiration - the cellist David Darling, and his organization Music for
People. Darling was hugely influential to a young Charlton in her
earlier years, when he told her that her passion and commitment to the
moment was impressive. Humbled by his words the pianist/composer has
tried to live up them ever since.
About Catherine Marie Charlton:
Catherine Marie Charlton's 2011 recording Red Leaf, Grey Sky
won the Independent Music Awards for Instrumental EP and was also
awarded "Best Instrumental Album-Piano" in the 8th Annual ZMR Awards, as
voted on by broadcasters worldwide. Most recently, she performed on
several tracks of Jeff Oster's Next (Bernard Purdie, Chuck
Rainey, Nile Rodgers, etc). A recipient of grants and residencies from
the Delaware Division of the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and
the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, she is currently composing a
body of works inspired by the Wyeth family of artists in collaboration
with the Brandywine River Museum of Art. Charlton is a Steinway
Artist.
Catherine Marie Charlton · Maiden's Voyage
River Dawn Productions · Release Date: August 7, 2015
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