{"product_id":"john-carroll-kirby-piano-works-2016-2026","title":"John Carroll Kirby - Piano Works 2016-2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date: 28th August 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel: Stones Throw Records\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatalogue No: STH2527LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePiano Works 2016-2026 collects fourteen impromptu pieces by composer and producer John Carroll Kirby, written whenever he had the opportunity to sit at a piano while on the road.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese mostly solo works for piano were recorded in Los Angeles, Rome, Tokyo, Wollongong (Australia), rural New Zealand and London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePiano Works marks a departure from the full-band sound of recent albums Blowout and Septet, which Kirby has spent the past years performing live around the world. The album is a study in piano repertoire: Baroque, Romantic, Impressionist, jazz, minimalist, atonal, and more. Most of the pieces have an impromptu feel – improvised, or meant to sound improvised, or at least written in one sitting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collected pieces on Piano Works are a document of Kirby’s life as a piano player and touring musician, and “serve as the melodic \/ harmonic lexicon for what would inform all my other compositions of the past ten years.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. MS4\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. First Position 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. First Position 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Bendable Pine\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Melody\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Cecilia 14\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Piano #4\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Little Mouse\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Impromptu\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Empty Room\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Suntory\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12. Valentino\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e13. Rain Walking\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Cargo","offers":[{"title":"1LP Black Vinyl","offer_id":56208446914900,"sku":"STH2527LP","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1015\/0808\/8148\/files\/square-image_3.jpg?v=1782226614","url":"https:\/\/preludeandgroove.co.uk\/products\/john-carroll-kirby-piano-works-2016-2026","provider":"Prelude and Groove","version":"1.0","type":"link"}