Adrian Iaies - Goodbye (Solo piano) (2024) Hi-Res (413.7 MB) music download

Quality: FLAC 24 bit / 48 kHz (Tracks)
Artist: Adrian Iaies
Album: Goodbye (Solo piano)
Genre: Jazz
Released: 2024

Tracklisting:
1. Soul Eyes (5:41)
2. Everything Happens To Me (3:57)
3. Whisper Not (3:38)
4. Danny Boy (5:28)
5. When You're Smiling (3:28)
6. Fly Me To The Moon (4:37)
7. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (3:26)
8. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (3:20)
9. Up Jumped Spring (4:53)
10. Goodbye (5:28)

´´Another solo piano session on Rivorecords is Goodbye by Adrián Iaies. While not as eclectic and fiery as Lightsey, Iaies concentrates on conjuring a pensive mood, but there's still plenty of room for sunshine when he gives a playful version of the standard "When You're Smiling" with lines full of light, sudden stops and abrupt turns.

Iaies greatest strength is his clarity of tone, which truly shines on the Fazioli piano praised by Justo Lo Prete. His improvisations are a joy to follow as he teases out melodies with bell-like clarity and emotional depth. He is a man completely in tune with his instrument. This is also underlined in the beautiful foldout photography that adorns the interior of the album. A close-up of the piano strings resembles an ancient harp and Iaies is just like a poet who plays his "lyre" with poise. On this album, he is not an epic improviser. Most of the pieces clock in at well under five minutes, but he has the ability to make the music short and profound.

Many of the compositions on the album are associated with Frank Sinatra and one of his most prominent arrangers, Gordon Jenkins, provides the title track whose sweeping harmonic landscape, imbued with bittersweet nostalgia, is a suitable way to end the session.´´