What can I say that will truly describe what Cassie and I saw up close and personal last night at Sunside Jazz Club in Chatelet? Seeing Italian Jazz Pianist Enrico Pieranunzi http://www.enricopieranunzi.com/english/ with a bassist and drummer in a small listening room in Paris was sublime.
The space wasn't air conditioned and it was quite warm but a capacity crowd was awed by the brilliance of the performances and the entire trio. He played primarily standards and nothing from his latest CD of Scarlatti improvisations but the crowd was his from the first notes he struck. The last time Cassie and I saw him was at a music festival held at Randolph Macon Women's College back in the late 80s with Marc Johnson and Peter Erskine which was also a memorable show.
I just had to write a bit about the show so we'll have this to remember it by later on. Suffice to say that mere words just don't do it for how amazing his virtuosity is and how the various improvisations, key changes, and tempo changes sometimes happened so fast that both of us were almost unable to keep up with them.
Long story short, if any of you ever get the chance to see this musical titan play live DO IT.
Love to all everywhere!
Sid
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