PETER JONES: The Metal Garden

Peter Jones

The Metal Garden

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Explorative modern music combining the prepared piano with an array of percussion sounds and colors.

tracks

1 Arrival 1
2 Gesture
3 Stab
4 Shadow
5 Sharp
6 Kendo
7 Bloid Talk
8 Montuno Sam
9 Harbor
10 Igor
11 Intermission Waltz
12 Wool
13 Cagey
14 Buster
15 Swarm
16 Saucer
17 Djun
18 Knit Factor
19 Loon
20 Departure 1

notes

Pianist Peter Jones and percussionist Tigger Benford collaborated to create The Metal Garden.

The music is a series of improvisations based on time and character.

The prepared piano combined with the wide range of percussion instruments sounds both modern and ancient.The music pulses and it also floats in slow time.

Violinist Sam Bardfeld and saxaphonist Bruce Huron make guest appearances

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  • love it! great for modern dance class
    author: Adrienne

    not only is this a great CD, it is excellent for working on improv/comp exercises with my dance students. It is a refreshing change to more traditional approaches to music composition. it seems to inspire greater creativity in all who listen!

  • An amazingly enthralling work of musical art.
    author: C. Rice

    This CD is a work of art that encompasses so many forms of music, from jazz to tribal feelings, all leaving your mental set of what music should be. The odd overtones of the prepared piano lends itself well to this timeless and absorbing style. In all, I found this piece to be an intellectual one, causing the listener to find beauty where most would overlook it, and that's the idea contemporary classical music is built upon.

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