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Todd Walton : Ceremonies
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Melodic jazz and classical improvisations, each an evocative accompaniment to an imagined sacred ceremony
Genre: Jazz: Piano Jazz
Release Date: 2011
Ceremonies
Todd Walton
Record Label: Under the Table Books
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Ceremony of the Child 2:49 + MP3 $0.69
2. The Hopeless Optimist 3:15 + MP3 $0.69
3. Procession of Desire 3:00 + MP3 $0.69
4. Baptism 4:38 + MP3 $0.69
5. Slender Sadness 3:24 + MP3 $0.69
6. Blue Cathedral 4:59 + MP3 $0.69
7. Santa Juliette 3:59 + MP3 $0.69
8. Four of Wands 6:42 + MP3 $0.69
9. The Magician 3:56 + MP3 $0.69
10. The Goodly Fool 2:29 + MP3 $0.69
11. Now and Then 7:01 + MP3 $0.69
12. Lions 2:49 + MP3 $0.69
13. Ling Ch'i Ching 3:40 + MP3 $0.69
14. What You Do Redux 3:33 + MP3 $0.69
15. Dance of the Seahorses 4:21 + MP3 $0.69
16. One Last Ceremony 5:59 + MP3 $0.69
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Album Notes

Following the success of my CD 43 short piano improvisations (also available from CD Baby) and in response to many requests for longer piano pieces, I decided to create an album of extended improvisations, each an accompaniment to an imagined ceremony. What I discovered during the six months it took to make this album, was that whenever I tried to make a conscious decision about how the music should sound, the composition failed. Only by staying entirely focused on the ceremony I was watching in my mind's eye, and only by staying rhythmically true to that ceremony, was I able to create successful spontaneous compositions; and these pieces do sound composed, though they are entirely improvised.

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