SteepleChase’s March 2022 is featuring “Duo” settings. Here on our SteepleChase LookOut label we are proud to present two New York based young elite instrumentalists Nicki Adams (piano) and Michael Eaton (saxophone). They both share neo-classism in jazz as their formative background but they transcend beyond the categorization to something far more original and multifaceted. The album Paraphrase is a formidable presentation at this junction of time of how jazz has developed itself through its rich and diverse history.
Paraphrase, integrates divergent musical languages in a conversational style, integrating virtuosity, timbre and swing. Using modal and bebop standards as a template, the arrangements draw on Debussy's piano preludes, Bartók's piano etudes as well as Iranian Khush Rank rhythmic cycles. The originals highlight the personal and dialectical spirit of Eaton and Adams.
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