Chilly Gonzales - Solo Piano (CD)

Chilly Gonzales - Solo Piano (CD)CD, Reissue Gentle Threat (2010) FR For those who've not yet heard the Solo Piano album itself, here's a perfect opportunity to find out what everyone raves about. It seemed to spearhead a trend in unaccompanied piano albums, but of all the releases of its ilk from around that time, Gonzales' work remains by far the most enduring and memorable. Residing somewhere within the shaded area of the great classical jazz Venn diagram, there's something about

and innovative

I’m just so thankful that it was the first thing that I got to kind of say to the music world

Re-entering the charts several times over the next three years

it's a proper step up

The title track elevates the pop spirit with wonderful guitar cascades

this first live testimony was released in 2001

ahead-of-their-time tunes slathered in precious melodies and rhythms that lean into early house music territory

helping to transform them from acoustic sketches into full-blown post-core power ballads

Richie trawled back through the mix stems of over 100 records spliced together to track down where the drums originated from

Richard Hawley later explained that prior to going into the sessions "all I'd got was the riff to "Baby

the parts that are for me

They write all of their songs together