Painting The Sun (2008)

Product Summary Label: SHANACHIE/KOCH UPC: 00016351516329 Release Date: 8/19/2008 Buy.com Sku: 208386151 Item#: M49RTS Buy.com Sales Rank: 2010 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Painting the Sun ~ David Lanz 2. Spanish Blue ~ David Lanz 3. Enchantment, The ~ David Lanz 4. Her Solitude ~ David Lanz 5. First Snow ~ David Lanz 6. Turn Turn Turn (To Everything There is a Season) ~ David Lanz 7. Hymn Sanctuary Rose Rondo In G Minor ~ David Lanz 8. Evening Song ~ David Lanz 9. Midnight Reverie ~ David Lanz 10. Daybreak Flower ~ David Lanz 11. Sleeping Dove (Salish Lullaby) ~ David Lanz   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info The master new age piano pioneer took a cool and rhythmic detour in the early 2000s, working with some top smooth jazz stars to create a spirited, radio-friendly hybrid he playfully referred to as "smooth age." After returning to his roots (and his original label, Narada) with the atmospheric Spirit Romance, his 2005 dual project with flutist Gary Stroutsos, Lanz, on his beautiful and impressionistic Shanachie debut Painting the Sun, comes full-circle back to the elegant and contemplative (but still engagingly melodic) solo piano vibe that launched his career 25 years earlier. His original idea for the album title was "A Time for Peace," but taking a walk around his Seattle area home on a sunny spring day found him looking up and thinking about the artistic spirit of one's soul and energy--which is what has always emerged in his deepest musings throughout his career. Beyond the eloquently stated originals (highlighted by the hypnotic title track, the highly improvisational "Spanish Blue," a thoughtful "Hymn," and the dark toned, moody "Evening Song"), Lanz mines the familiar ground of his musical influences as he covers the Pete Seeger-composed Byrds classic "Turn Turn Turn." This lush reading continues in the whimsical spirit of his 1998 British Invasion tribute Songs from an English Garden. Lanz did well crossing over with smooth audiences, but this long-awaited project makes it clear that he expresses his truest heart when he's sitting at the piano channeling heavenly inspiration. ~ Jonathan Widran Producer: David Lanz   Compilation Appearances Vol. 1-Narada Decade Grand Piano Instrumental Moods Vol. 1-15 Years Of Collected W Best Of Narada Christmas 20 Years Of Narada Piano Vol. 3-Pure Moods   Associated Artists and Works Jones, Michael Jones, Michael Jones, Michael (Pianist) Jones, Michael (Pianist) Jones, Michael (Pianist)   Technical Info Release Date : 08/19/2008 Original Release Date : 2008 Catalog ID : SH 5163 Label : Shanachie Records Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00016351516329    Related Videos Christmas In The Heart : ... A Cherry Cherry Christmas... In Search of Solid Ground... Draw The Line: David Gray