Album Notes

“Musician Elmer Gibson offers interpretations of life's mystifying realities like a painter on canvas or a poet with verse and rhyme. On this solo piano exploration, he unveils gratifying, emotional, and enlightening moments of memory, simply and without pretense.
“With songs like Changes, Jus’ Teasin’, Pee Wee's Blues and In a Monkish Mood, Elmer shows his technical ability and his sense of reverence for the past masters. He reveals his spirituality with the soul searching expressions of A Place on High, A Distant Voice, and Song for Melnese. The remaining songs, Look Back Tomorrow, D.S.U., Quiet Please, A Pisces Moment, and Shadow of Doubt’, reveal the humanity of an artist who is willing to open his heart honestly and let the music speak for itself.
“Each song, crafted with poignant purpose, clarity, and a sense of ‘call and response’ summons the listener to invigorating reflection. THE REACH OF MEMORY, is an impressive statement by a gifted artist that, I am sure, will intrigue you as much as it has intrigued me.”
--Ben Boddie, WSHA-FM