Work-work-work for me these days. Plus 3h total commuting time. Seems like I'm back to the fractal mold. My only escape is music. Music leads me to somewhere else, where I can truly be. Is it the same for you?
This piece comes from that somewhere else. I brought it with me out of my night wakes and my night dreams. I called it "kezɘʞ," which means "hands" in Hungarian. It's a Presto Agitato for jazz piano trio. Would you mind telling me what you think of it? If so, I thank you.
This is a videoclip of my latest work, "Bodegón" (Spanish for still-life)
The video is a "visit" into a Bodegón in Colonia del Sacramento, Departamento de Colonia, Uruguay, with thanks to the author of the nice photo, Elisa Giaccaglia (https://www.pexels.com/photo/bodegon-18297346/)
"Bodegón" is a piece for two pianos, marimba, double bass, and drums. I initially wrote the drums part, which alternates 11/8 and 9/8 measures at 150bpm. Then I wrote a marimba part atop the drums. This resulted in a rather fast jazzy piece. At this point I realized that the piece had two "natures": when slowed down, the marimba notes sounded very much "Bachianas". I decided to explore and develop this aspect further: I assigned the marimba line to piano, added a new piano, and turned the piece into a neoclassical prelude. Then I added double bass, and used it as a layer that I overlapped to realize a fugato of sorts. Surprisingly, the experiment worked out.
I had now two very different developments of a same idea. I decided to merge them in a A-B-A' structure, with the last part only hinted and fading out, played by double bass and drums.
All the above resulted in my "Bodegón". I hope you'll like it!
(P.S. In Spanish it means "still-life". It comes from "Bodega": storeroom, storehouse, wine-shop, or even tavern.)