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CRISS CROSS

CHOPIN MEETS THE BLUES

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Artist
BEETS, PETER
Format
CD
Label
CRISS CROSS
Released
Sep 21, 2010
Catalog #
CSS1329.2
UPC
8712474132928

About

Chopin melodies used as a basis for jazz improvisation? In the wrong hands, the results could be truly catastrophic. Yet it's a notion with great appeal for celebrated Dutch piano marvel Peter Beets. "Why, melodic embellishment is at the heart of everything that Chopin wrote! enthuses Peter. "In fact, he was composing tunes ideal for bebop, although he couldn't have known it at the time." It's a happy coincidence that the fifth Criss Cross CD under Beets' leadership arrives during the bicentennial year of Chopin's birth. But it's clearly not a project haphazardly thrown together at the last moment. Instead, Peter recruited three of New York's premier jazzmen - guitarist Joe Cohn, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Greg Hutchinson - as co-conspirators.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble) 10:04
    Track
    1
    Title
    Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble)
    Duration
    10:04
    Composer
    Pietro Alessandro Pavona
    Performer
    Peter Beets, Joe Cohn, Reuben Rogers, Gregory Hutchinson
  2. 2 Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble) 07:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble)
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Peter Beets, Joe Cohn, Reuben Rogers, Gregory Hutchinson
  3. 3 Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble) 08:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    Mazurka No. 13 in A Minor, Op. 17, No. 4 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble)
    Duration
    08:25
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Peter Beets, Joe Cohn, Reuben Rogers, Gregory Hutchinson
  4. 4 Prelude No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble) 07:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    Prelude No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble)
    Duration
    07:04
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Peter Beets, Joe Cohn, Reuben Rogers, Gregory Hutchinson
  5. 5 Prelude No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble) 05:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    Prelude No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble)
    Duration
    05:35
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Peter Beets, Joe Cohn, Reuben Rogers, Gregory Hutchinson
  6. 6 Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble) 07:35
    Track
    6
    Title
    Nocturne No. 3 in B Major, Op. 9, No. 3 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble)
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Peter Beets, Joe Cohn, Reuben Rogers, Gregory Hutchinson
  7. 7 Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble) 07:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble)
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Peter Beets, Joe Cohn, Reuben Rogers, Gregory Hutchinson
  8. 8 Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble) 07:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    Nocturne No. 15 in F Minor, Op. 55, No. 1 (arr. M. Beets and P. Beets for jazz ensemble)
    Duration
    07:20
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Peter Beets, Joe Cohn, Reuben Rogers, Gregory Hutchinson