Product Description A brilliant set of solo performances by the late Sir Roland Hanna, one of the greatmasters of solo jazz piano of the 20th century, recorded at the Performing Arts Center inPurchase, NY on a Boesendorfer Imperial piano. Previous solo albums have receivedoutstanding reviews, including both four-star rating andthe extremely rare five-star rating from DownBeat. Review Sir Roland Hanna was one of the finest jazz pianiststo ever grace a bandstand ... Colors from a Giant s Kitis a release of the late pianist s recordings of a varietyof compositions of his own and others. Hanna treatsthe listener to an array of tunes in which his deep senseof rhythm and melody are portrayed in a variety ofmediums ... offers a variety of styles; ballad, blues, rag,and straight ahead jazz numbers. This CD is a joy tolisten to. Mostly for Hanna s brilliant work, but also forthe track selection itself. --JazzReview *****Sir Roland Hanna was one of the major figures injazz. His diverse experience as a musician (pianist andcellist), composer, arranger, teacher, diplomat, andhumanitarian made him a dynamic driving force in thedevelopment of the art form. --All About JazzA masterpiece. --DownBeat, ****
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