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In
2017, one of the shining lights on the early 21st century contemporary
solo piano scene, Dan Chadburn released Held In The Light—a
collection of traditional, sacred hymns, some dating back to the 1800’s
and all reinterpreted in Dan’s instrumental piano style. Bringing
his music to yet another level, in 2019 Dan dazzled the music world
with a new offering called Love Themes For Solo Piano,
a CD of all new material released on his Dan Chadburn Music
label. Dedicated to Dan’s husband, music partner / co-producer,
and singer-songwriter Tom Nichols, the 45-minute, 13-song Love
Themes For Solo Piano
was recorded by mixing / mastering engineer Joe Bongiorno at
Piano Haven recording studios in Sedona, Arizona. A most worthy continuation
of the sonic spirit captured on Dan’s other recent album releases—including
his 2016 album Beyond Words and the previously mentioned Held
In The Light—the
2019 release of Love Themes For Solo Piano features 13 newly
recorded tracks with the focus upon Dan's improvisational
piano styles, and drawn from a collection of New Age, easy-listening,
yet totally modern sounding, neoclassical arrangements. As always,
Dan’s calling card is his flowing piano style, with improvised
piano-centric patterns merging with exquisite compositional ideas.
Some of Dan’s tracks on Love Themes For Solo Piano were
improvisations first that were later transcribed by John Zechiel
and then re-recorded by Dan with other tracks on the CD composed
by Dan—one
as far back as 1998. Speaking to mwe3.com about the story behind some
of the individual songs, Dan says, “Many
of them were improvs and given names only after the recording session.
I wanted the album to represent love. A few have stories; “Shalom”
was improvised in memory of my Mom; “Unconditional” was
borne while watching our dog Molly sleep on the couch; “Timeless”
was a composite ‘Theme’ of two different pieces — one
composed on March 21, 1998 - right as Tom and I were getting ready
to release my first album, Solo Piano, and the other… unintentionally;
coincidentally? … on March 21, 2017.” Dan further
adds, "There are a couple other videos
on YouTube that you might also find helpful / useful. As I mentioned,
several of the album's tracks originated first as improvisations in
concerts, then were transcribed by John Zechiel, and then re-recorded
in the studio for the album last June. Here are two of those - 