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Jim Gailloreto- Pythiad

SKU: 805553302225
¥126.00
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Chicago saxophonist Jim Gailloreto's "The Pythiad" is a multi-movement composition written for voice, string quartet, soprano saxophone and string bass, performed by his Jazz String Quintet and featuring jazz vocalist Cheryl Wilson. Blending classical music and modern jazz, Gailloreto interweaves improvisation with skilled post-impressionistic modernist writing through nine movements, each framing the tales of lesser know Greek heroes with contemporary language, metaphors, and slang; their story being transformed for a modern audience. Old myths are mixed with tropes of '80s action cinema, video games, disaster films, as well as the lyricist's perspectives of medicine, athletics, gender and faith. Through story and song, each movement examines human nature and heroism, and all the imperfections underneath the surface."Serenely beautiful... The intricacy, detail and innovation of Gailloreto's writing evoked the sense of a chamber orchestra." - Chicago Tribune

Tracklist:

  1. The Pythiad: I. Oracle Of Delphi
  2. The Pythiad: II. Caeneus
  3. They Pythiad: III. Deucalion & Pyrrha
  4. They Pythiad: IV. Menoeceus
  5. The Pythiad: V. Autolycus
  6. The Pythiad: VI. Asclepius
  7. The Pythiad: VII. Atalanta
  8. The Pythiad: VIII. Philemon And Baucis
  9. The Pythiad: IX. Dioscuri
  10. The Peacocks
  11. Three Views Of A Secret
  12. River
Format: New CD/Classical

Jim Gailloreto- Pythiad

SKU: 805553302225
¥126.00

Release Date: 08.18.2017

 
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Chicago saxophonist Jim Gailloreto's "The Pythiad" is a multi-movement composition written for voice, string quartet, soprano saxophone and string bass, performed by his Jazz String Quintet and featuring jazz vocalist Cheryl Wilson. Blending classical music and modern jazz, Gailloreto interweaves improvisation with skilled post-impressionistic modernist writing through nine movements, each framing the tales of lesser know Greek heroes with contemporary language, metaphors, and slang; their story being transformed for a modern audience. Old myths are mixed with tropes of '80s action cinema, video games, disaster films, as well as the lyricist's perspectives of medicine, athletics, gender and faith. Through story and song, each movement examines human nature and heroism, and all the imperfections underneath the surface."Serenely beautiful... The intricacy, detail and innovation of Gailloreto's writing evoked the sense of a chamber orchestra." - Chicago Tribune

Tracklist:

  1. The Pythiad: I. Oracle Of Delphi
  2. The Pythiad: II. Caeneus
  3. They Pythiad: III. Deucalion & Pyrrha
  4. They Pythiad: IV. Menoeceus
  5. The Pythiad: V. Autolycus
  6. The Pythiad: VI. Asclepius
  7. The Pythiad: VII. Atalanta
  8. The Pythiad: VIII. Philemon And Baucis
  9. The Pythiad: IX. Dioscuri
  10. The Peacocks
  11. Three Views Of A Secret
  12. River