Life of a Petal is a solo piano album by Stefano Battaglia. It was recorded in 1993 and released by Splasc(h).
| Life of a Petal | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Recorded | 5 December 1993 |
| Studio | Murec Studio, Milan |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Label | Splasc(h) |
Recording and music
editThe album of solo piano performances by Battaglia was recorded at Murec Studio in Milan on 5 December 1993.[1] Various harmonic structures are prevalent in his playing: "Making original use of arpeggiated scalar devices and intervallic structural shifts (cascading a skein of chords tonally from E flat through to A flat 7 while playing all the tones between on the left hand as the right hand builds scales from each half tone in 9/8 time is a common one) gives Battaglia room to juxtapose stylistic considerations not only from jazz but European classical musical as well".[1]
Release and reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz |  [2] |
Life of a Petal was released by Splasc(h), as was Baptism, another Battaglia solo piano album from the same year.[2] The AllMusic review concluded: "this is a physical record with spiritual undertones, a perfect mirror for Baptism in that it shows Battaglia's mettle as both the most inventive pianist of his generation in Italy [...] and his truly eloquent compositional language."[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that the pieces "often seem to be seeking an individual point that never arrives."[2]
Track listing
edit- "Poem Pour Rûmî" – 3:51
- "Tell Me What It Is" – 3:50
- "Etude" – 6:11
- "Eldila" – 2:20
- "Blowed" – 5:29
- "Recitative" – 3:22
- "Tatum" – 3:03
- "Life of a Petal" – 4:16
- "Magnetic Love Field" – 3:01
- "Taste" – 3:18
- "Vision" – 3:35
- "Hymn" – 5:31
Personnel
edit- Stefano Battaglia – piano
References
edit- ^ a b c d Jurek, Thom. "Stefano Battaglia – Life of a Petal". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (7th ed.). Penguin. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-141-01416-6.