Recorded in Binaural+ With Extreme Dyanmics! Set Your
Playback Levels Carefully!
David CheskyÂ’s series of 18 modern virtuoso solo piano rags are inspired by life in the bustling and intense metropolis of New York City, a place he has called home since 1974. The work seems to owe as much to Henry Cowell and Charles IvesÂ’ use of dissonance, Elliott CarterÂ’s atonalism, Conlon NancarrowÂ’s experimental piano rolls, Leonard BernsteinÂ’s syncopation, and Cecil TaylorÂ’s whirlwind free jazz as they do to JoplinÂ’s ragtime classics. These pieces are taken from CheskyÂ’s unique rhythmic and harmonic style of composition, fused together with stride piano and ragtime to capture the everyday life of modern pulsating New York City.
This album was recorded in Binarual+ for both speaker and 3D headphone playback and has EXTREME dynamics, so please set your playback levels carefully.
Features:
• CD
• Recorded in Binaural + for both speaker and 3D headphone playback
• Extreme dynamics
Musicians:
David Chesky, piano
Selections:
1. Rag No. 1 "The New Yorker"
2. Rag No. 2 "The Bernstein"
3. Rag No. 3 "The Duke"
4. Rag No. 4 "Times Square"
5. Rag No. 5 "Fourth Street"
6. Rag No. 6 "Third Avenue"
7. Rag No. 7 "Broadway Boogie Woogie"
8. Rag No. 8 "Fifth Avenue"
9. Rag No. 9 "Grand Central Morning"
10. Rag No. 10 "Seventh Avenue"
11. Rag No. 11 "The Circle At Fifth"
12. Rag No. 12 "The Park Avenue Rag"
13. Rag No. 13 "The Thanksgiving Day Parade Rag in 7/4"
14. Rag No. 14 "Kids You're Late For School Rag"
15. Rag No. 15 "The Manhattan Blues Variations Rag"
16. Rag No. 16 "Penn Station"
17. Rag No. 17 "The J Walker Rag"
18. Rag No. 18 "The Coney Island Rag"
Playback Levels Carefully!
David CheskyÂ’s series of 18 modern virtuoso solo piano rags are inspired by life in the bustling and intense metropolis of New York City, a place he has called home since 1974. The work seems to owe as much to Henry Cowell and Charles IvesÂ’ use of dissonance, Elliott CarterÂ’s atonalism, Conlon NancarrowÂ’s experimental piano rolls, Leonard BernsteinÂ’s syncopation, and Cecil TaylorÂ’s whirlwind free jazz as they do to JoplinÂ’s ragtime classics. These pieces are taken from CheskyÂ’s unique rhythmic and harmonic style of composition, fused together with stride piano and ragtime to capture the everyday life of modern pulsating New York City.
This album was recorded in Binarual+ for both speaker and 3D headphone playback and has EXTREME dynamics, so please set your playback levels carefully.
Features:
• CD
• Recorded in Binaural + for both speaker and 3D headphone playback
• Extreme dynamics
Musicians:
David Chesky, piano
Selections:
1. Rag No. 1 "The New Yorker"
2. Rag No. 2 "The Bernstein"
3. Rag No. 3 "The Duke"
4. Rag No. 4 "Times Square"
5. Rag No. 5 "Fourth Street"
6. Rag No. 6 "Third Avenue"
7. Rag No. 7 "Broadway Boogie Woogie"
8. Rag No. 8 "Fifth Avenue"
9. Rag No. 9 "Grand Central Morning"
10. Rag No. 10 "Seventh Avenue"
11. Rag No. 11 "The Circle At Fifth"
12. Rag No. 12 "The Park Avenue Rag"
13. Rag No. 13 "The Thanksgiving Day Parade Rag in 7/4"
14. Rag No. 14 "Kids You're Late For School Rag"
15. Rag No. 15 "The Manhattan Blues Variations Rag"
16. Rag No. 16 "Penn Station"
17. Rag No. 17 "The J Walker Rag"
18. Rag No. 18 "The Coney Island Rag"
