Piano Solo (Stefano Bollani album) explained

Piano Solo
Type:	Album
Artist:	Stefano Bollani
Cover:	Piano Solo (album).jpg
Released:	2006
Recorded:	August 2005
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	68:30
Label:	ECM ECM 1964
Producer:	Manfred Eicher
Chronology:	Stefano Bollani
Prev Title:	I Visionari
Prev Year:	2006
Next Title:	Carioca
Next Year:	2008

Piano Solo is a solo album by Italian pianist Stefano Bollani recorded in August 2005 and released on ECM the following year.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars stating "Bollani can improvise on Prokofiev, trip along through a Dixieland standard... turn out splendidly intricate paraphrases... He also likes to make improbable associations... For the most part, all of this is filtered through a distinct, poetic, never flashy for its own sake, improvising personality, a lovely touch, and a concise sense of structure."^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Stefano Bollani except as indicated

1. "Antonia" (Antonio Zambrini) – 4:52
2. "Impro I" – 3:12
3. "Impro II" – 3:05
4. "On a Theme by Sergey Prokofiev" – 5:27
5. "For All We Know" (J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis) – 5:46
6. "Promenade" – 4:05
7. "Impro III" – 3:35
8. "A Media Luz" (Edgardo Donato, Carlos Cesar Lenzi) – 4:39
9. "Impro IV" – 3:43
10. "Buzzillare" – 3:11
11. "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" (Louis Alter, Eddie DeLange) – 4:36
12. "Cómo Fue" (Ernesto Duarte Brito) – 4:12
13. "On the Street Where You Live" (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) – 5:35
14. "Maple Leaf Rag" (Scott Joplin) – 2:37
15. "Sarcasmi" – 3:27
16. "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)" (Tony Asher, Brian Wilson) – 6:18

Personnel

• Stefano Bollani – piano

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1900/1964.php ECM discography
2. Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed November 10, 2011