Balke started playing classical piano but switched to blues at 12, though he performs within several genres. Book of velocities is the kind of album that keeps the uninitiated away from improvised music. Book of velocities is balkes first solo piano album and, as would be expected of this relentlessly explorative and selfless musician, distances itself from traditional solo performances. He is the younger brother of saxophonist erik balke. He has been featured as leadercomposerarrangerkeyboardist of oslo, magnetic north orchestra and siwan, and as solo pianist on book of velocities. Listen free to jon balke book of velocities giada, scintilla and more. Listen to your favorite songs from book of velocities by jon balke now. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from jon balke at the discogs marketplace. Jon balke book of velocities jon balke piano recorded september 2006 at radio studio drs, zurich engineer. Check out book of velocities by jon balke on amazon music. Book of velocities is a solo album by pianist jon balke recorded in 2006 and released on the ecm label in 2007.
Jazz fusion, ecm style jazz, andalusian classical music. Sitemap contact us distributors faq credits privacy policy terms and conditions facebook twitter newsletter contact us distributors faq. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. By the mid1980s he worked on his own and would become one of norways leading jazz composers. With book of velocities, pianistcomposerband leader jon balke connects with various worlds. Book of velocities, an album by jon balke on spotify. Jon georg balke is a norwegian jazz pianist who leads the magnetic north orchestra. Start with the pretentious way the disc of short read more jon balke. The albums intense effect is in how these worlds interact. The reader is transported into glimpse after glimpse of action and intrigue in the adventures of john blake.
There are so many characters, so many locations, so many times, and so much plot to absorb that one may be halfway through the book before getting a sense of how the puzzle pieces are meant to fit together. Divided into four chapters and an epilogue, book of velocities extricates the finer implications of its elementsimprovised and composed alikevia thorough examination of the piano itself. Book of velocities by aaj italy staff, published on january 21, 2008. He was active in the groups of radka toneff and in the afrofusion group eolen before joining oslo and masqualero in the early 1980s. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. At the age of 18 he joined arild andersens quartet. Find jon balke discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Nineteen pieces, many of them beautiful miniatures that blend intricvate composition with improvisation.
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