WEB FLAC (tracks) – 151 Mb | Front Cover | Time – 50:32 minutes
Contemporary Jazz, Piano Jazz | Label: CAM Jazz, Official Digital Download
If jazz remains the “sound of surprise”, Luxembourgish pianist Michel Reis still cleaves to that hoary definition of the music. While still attractively accessible, Reis’s solo improvisations constantly take unexpected directions. He plays the piano “straight”, but still somehow manages to make it sound deliciously unfamiliar, as if it was only invented yesterday. On his second recording as leader for CAM JAZZ, Reis dedicates his music For A Better Tomorrow. There’s no clear political agenda in that title, but simply a dedication to the notion that in constantly reinventing itself, jazz is inherently progressive and committed to a human desire for improvement and self-development. Not a fiery showman, Reis is more like a close-up magician. One can hear everything he does, but it isn’t always quite clear how he does it. The magic of a music that never stops moving forward… (Brian Morton)
Tracklist
01. Bound Together
02. For A Better Tomorrow
03. Point Dune
04. Coal Harbour
05. After Winter
06. Simple Twist Of Fate
07. Velvet Dust
08. Aquene
09. Paper Feathers
10. Surfacing
11. Chimes Of Freedom