Chris Donnelly - Discography
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Metamorphosis
Released: 2011
If they gave out medals for artistic courage, then young jazz pianist and composer Chris Donnelly deserves the Victoria Cross. For his second album, he has chosen not only to pursue the unique path of solo piano, but to record a single 50 minute composition. The creative risks he has taken have paid off, for Metamorphosis is a stunningly accomplished and richly rewarding work.
Metamorphosis is based on the 1939 work of that name by world-renowned Dutch graphic artist, MC Escher. Just as Escher's monumental graphic delights its viewers with its imaginative shape-shifting, Donnelly's composition takes the listener on a fascinating journey through a musical landscape that changes subtly and seamlessly.
Track Listings:
1. Metamorphosis 50:46
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Solo
Released: 2008
Chris Donnelly's Alma Records debut, "Solo" features seven brilliant original compositions and four utterly original interpretations of classic songs by legendary jazz musicians - from the playful "Donna Lee - Variations" by Charlie Parker, to the majestic "Hallucinations" from the mercurial pen of Earl "Bud" Powell; and the Bill Evans' classic "Very Early" to the "Cinderella Medley - So This Is Love/A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" from the pens of Hoffman, David and Livingston.
The rest of the music comprises seven of Donnelly's own compositions. "For The Drifters" is a truly accomplished song, worthy of the pen of the great Walter Norris, while songs such as "Serenity" and "Winter's Waltz" are studies in controlled virtuosity. Perhaps the most memorable music of the set could well be the musical sketches that pay oblique musical tribute to modern composers and the love of his life. Two of these, were written with Erik Satie and Gabriel Faure in mind. The third was created to reflect a space within the heart and for Donnelly's wife, who is also an opera singer. These three 'Songs in B Minor" stand apart in the brilliance of their moody tonality and their melodic invention.
Track Listings:
1. Very Early - 5:14
2. For The Drifters - 7:13
3. Song in B Minor - Eva - 3:26
4. Hallucinations - 3:55
5. Cinderella Medley - So This is Love/A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - 8:14
6. Donna Lee (Variations) - 7:03
7. Song in B Minor - Satie - 3:26
8. Serenity - 4:19
9. Winter's Waltz - 8:52
10. Song in B Minor - Fauré - 2:41
11. Overtime (Extended Pay) - 12:40
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