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Don Alberts
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This new CD from Don Alberts is a chart buster. Strong piano sound with Frank Passantino on Bass, Buddy Barnhill on Drums, and Curt Moore on Congas and percussion. INTUITION has been enjoying great success in sales and popularity on internet radio and airplay at KCSM FM 91.1 in San Francisco as well as other staions in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. The CD INTUITION has sold over 150,000 copies (don't I wish) since its first release in June of 2001 and actually put Chill House on the map! CDbaby has rated it four stars! Get a taste of this spicy Latin jazz by Don Alberts and the group at a special price. You won't be sorry!...
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Jazz Piano Solos: This CD is a unique collection of piano performances of standards. The feeling is of meditation and crystalline melancholy, yet underneath it all a feeling of joy. The many long renditions of familiar themes transports one away from the presence of the day and lifts the spirit delicately into peace. 'Jazz Piano Solos' was a long time in coming as it seemed the music was too weighted for the time in which it was created. Now in a new era of jazz playing it has won its place among those recordings of standards by those who deeply understood them. Don Alberts is one of those who understood and felt the singing melodies deep within his own musical conscience. The music here represents a parting farewell to that time, to those songs and their lilting memory.
Songs include: Who Cares (Gershwin) Who Can I Turn To (Anthony Newly) But Beautiful, For All We Know, I Fall In Love Too Easily, Waltz For Debbie (Bill Evans) Quiet Now (Zeitlin) Blue N' Green (Miles Davis) If You Could See Me Now (Tad Dameron) The Touch Of Your Lips, and others.
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Preview I Fall In Love Too Easily
Preview If You Could See Me Now
Preview The Touch Of Your Lips
New Release 2005
THEMATICALLY STRONG AND HAUNTING WITH LINGERING MELODIES AND HIGH POINTS
"Avende-Miles" Don Alberts Trio and Quartet-Chill House Music-CHM 0004-Released
October 2005.
This exciting new CD comprises a unique series of recordings featuring
the original members of the Don Alberts trio from the CD "Intuition,"
CHM 0001, with the addition of Scott Barnhill's tenor saxophone. All
songs were composed during Don Alberts' hiatus to San Diego providing a
definitive body of work that is interrelated in musical concept. In
all, the music is a more focused "players" format for improvisation,
thematically strong and haunting with lingering melodies and
high points. Two standards are included, Bill Evans' "Tune for a Lyric"
and Gordon Jenkins' "Goodbye." All others are composed by Don Alberts.
"Tarantula" is a theme written on the harmonies of John Coltrane's
"Giant Steps." "Avende-Miles," the title track is an entirely new
compositional approach to playing that may lead you to think of Wayne
Shorter but has its own very definite intent and a surprising
interlude. "Cedar's Inn" has an interesting ascending line that was
actually inspired from a Cedar Walton concert in San Diego with Tootie
Heath and Tony Dumas. "That Was Then" harkens to shades of McCoy Tyner
in style with a 1960's flavor of John Coltrane. "Brother of Zin" is the
freshest of the group intended to develop a sound in a strait-ahead
six-eight feel. "Unsassa' is a delicate jazz bossa with unusual root
movements and a "haunting refrain." The closer, "Odell Moselle" is a
dark ballad that holds the listener firm until the final liberating
arpeggio. A must for your Don Alberts collection. All songs were
recorded at Sonic Images, San Jose, Ca., March, 2003 and released for
the first time in October of 2005.
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I Fall In Love Too Easily (preview)
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Local Hero, Don Alberts Trio and Duo, with David Friesen on Bass and Alan Jones on Drums could be called a masterpiece of interplay. This CD is an anthogy of Don Alberts' Portland Oregon years. David Friesen and Alan Jones had been Don's seminal group during that important period and it is obvious many musical and personal bonds were formed. The music speaks of continuity and alliance with a great respect for the material. This is traditional Contemporary Jazz playing with exciting interaction. Together they successfully run the gamet of the standard jazz library while introducing three Alberts originals. Check it out! That solo track of Miles Davis' Solar burns like fire.
Don Alberts Trio and Solo Piano CDs
Intuition CD 2001 (Latin Jazz)
Local Hero CD 2002 (with David Friesen)
Jazz Piano Solos CD 2003
Played with Chet Baker, Leroy Vinnegar, David Friesen, John Handy, Bobby Shew, Shorty Rogers, Bud Shank, John Stowel, Alan Jones, Vido Musso, Lee Konitz, Virgil Gonsalves, Francis Vanek, Bruce Foreman, Glen Moore,
Al Molina, John Wiitala, Ben Wolfe, Vince Lateano, Al Torre, The Tom Snyder Show with Cheech Marin, and more...
Songs include:
My Funny Valentine, One For Helen,
Who Cares, Who Can I Turn To,
The Touch of Your Lips, For All We Know,
Waltz For Debbie, Quiet Now, Gloria’s Step,
If You Could See Me Now, Solar, Yesterdays,
Blue ‘n Green, Old Folks, My Ideal,
plus many originals. Published by
Chill House Music ASCAP
Chill House Music ASCAP
Excellent solo piano 
Reviewer: Al Torre
Let Don Alberts solo piano take you on a musical journey that is reminiscent of all of the finer things of life. Don plays his interpretation of the masters, plus some of his original works. This is a wonderful listening experience for a romantic evening "alone together" with that special someone.
New Release: "Rejuvenation" Russo-Alberts Trio-now available from CDbaby
"Rejuvenation" (ri-ju-ve-nat-shen) Meaning: "to enliven, to empower with youthful vigor, to renew and refresh, to revitalize."
"Rejuvenation" is exactly that; a refreshment of the musical experience both for the musician and the ear of the listening. This new collection of compositions is interlaced with that same elixir, a tonic of complexity and movement, of color and contrast to enliven the senses. "Rejuvenation" also represents a satisfaction, the attainment of a musical passage and ascension to an openly expressed level of intuitive playing, with the realization that this has all been done before but has been lost, set aside in attention to other music and life influences. But the commitment found here in this collection more than signifies a triumphant return to the root fervor of “what is jazz” and the force jazz music can impose.
Although the music seems to arrive “out of thin air, ” the process is much more complicated, but with the “out of thin air” magic. I have attempted many times to accurately explain the idea of original thought but still it remains vague. Maybe that is how it should be. My best reasoning is that original music or idea development is based on preparedness and skill. The invention of a theme is rooted in experience and memory along with life impressions and optimism. The optimism is most vital in that I can sense the nearness of something and give it positive passage to show itself and be born. This is a great responsibility as it will need a name and a respectable place in the world. Ideas for music are captured as to the present need or current harmonic study or sound I may be involved with at the time, but still there are other things.
A composer has his own emotions to deal with, his feelings of self, feelings for others, feelings for his world, and in composing, unknowingly the music is effected by all of these. Still, there are times when a composition will fly in quite out of nowhere and complete itself right there before you using your eyes, your hands, and your piano and be done in fifteen minutes. This is amazing!
The songs composed here were written quite rapidly as if poised for arrival. There was little struggle. There was a need, there was a harmonic study, there were some gigs, and there was a great excitement and desire.
Each song was a joy to discover and unique unto itself. Each suggested it’s name very clearly. “Mister Pacific” was a development of the harmonies of “Rejuvenation.” “Rejuvenation” was conceived with the help of bassist Don Russo and represents an abandonment of old disciplines allowing a joyous release of energy. “One Fin Up” was conceived to be a relaxed idea played in the style of pianist Tommy Flannagan, allowing the music to breath and revitalize itself. “Pegasus” was originally meant to be mean and hard-shelled but with a soft center and that’s just how it ended up. The odd one was “Montooth Dragon,” expressly written for Albuquerque drummer Diego Arencon as a format for him to develop and expand in his own way . As a result Diego has become and will forever be the “Montooth Dragon.”
The two standards, “Autumn Leaves” and Miles Davis’ “Nardis” are rendered respectfully as recognizable vehicles of the improvised jazz tradition. Don Russo’s opening solo clearly displays his passion for the song “Nardis” and exposes the rich sound of the bass.
Don Alberts
Pegasus (free download)
Tabledance (free download)
Free Sheet Music Downloads From Don Alberts
The Majestic PDF (free sheet music download)
Coy Madden PDF (free sheet music download)
Anthella PDF (free sheet music download)
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