Virg Dzurinko, solo piano
Tracklist: 1. Fun City 2. What Is This Thing Called Love 3.Personal Day 4. Dinosaurs Rising 5. These Foolish Things 6. Traffic & Weather Together 7. If I Should Lose You 8. Seven Eight 9. The Nearness Of You 10. Free Transfer 11. Short Melancholy Baby 12. Swimming At Night 13. Autumn Leaves 14. Walk Don’t Walk 15.You Don’t Know What Love Is 16.There Will Never Be Another You 17. Darn That Dream Download 18.No Sleep 19. Blues For Lennie 20. Quitting Time 21. Another City
“Dzurinko’s piano playing is honest, heartfelt and builds increasingly rich textures” -Scott Yanow, Editor, All Music Guide To Jazz
” . . . possessed of a stark and natural beauty . . . a diplomatic approach to the politics of melody and rhythm . . . opulent in ideas . . . Maintaining a high level of rapport with one’s instrument while remaining cognizant of an audience for the music can be a burden for any musician in a solo setting. From the music presented here, it’s apprarent that Dzurinko is more than up to the challenge presented by such sparse surroundings.” — Derek Taylor Cadence Magazine July 2000
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Based on the brevity of information available on this disc from its packaging, it’s difficult to gain a handle on Dzurinko’s background. Fortunately, her style at the piano is far less enigmatic than her origins and usually favors a light lyrical touch and diplomatic approach to the politics of melody and rhythm. Spreading her lithe fingers over an intimate gathering of standards and originals, Dzurinko sounds very much at home in the company of one. Most of the pieces are limited in length, but opulent in ideas. Her original compositions are possessed of a stark and natural beauty that often overshadows her warmer, more accessible readings of the standards. “Dinosaurs Rising” and “Seven Eight” are two such pieces that move across the breadth of emotions within the space of only a few minutes. Other pieces, such as “Traffic and Weather Together,“manifest darker moods through taut tone clusters and the careful use of dissonance. Maintaining a high level of rapport with one’s instrument while remaining cognizant of an audience for the music can be a burden for any musician in a solo setting. From the music presented here, it’s apprarent that Dzurinko is more than up to the challenge presented by such sparse surroundings.
– Derek Taylor Cadence Magazine, July 2000