The Color Connection By Jeremy Weinglass

 

The Color Connection

By

Jeremy Weinglass

Written by

Steve Sheppard

 

The uniqueness of this new album The Color Connection from Jeremy Weinglass is wonderful; it is a special creation of solo piano that differs from the standard compositions I hear on a regular basis, this is an inventive artistic and somewhat transcendent manifestation of music that is a delight to listen to.

The opening track of this 7 track collection of songs is called Red Rose and for me is a composition that ushers in a steady growth, a very neat change of chords, and one literally blooms towards the middle and later parts of the creation.

Something we have in abundance here, and is seen sitting in trees are Orange Fruit, this textured composition graphically depicts this gift of nature, there is a softness here that is palpable and artistically charming, akin to the next musical narrative of Yellow Sun or Helios as we call him here, now for me this is a special composition, as its arrangement is higher in both tone and energy, in an almost classical performance by the artist.

Weinglass has a keen mind and a sensitive touch, on Green Forest he manifests a deeper offering that we can all get lost within, whilst on Blue Ocean, the trickledown effect was splendid and very much like the view from my balcony upstairs, as I gaze daily at the Mediterranean Sea in all its glory, the perfect musical depiction for my vista.

The dark blankets of a darkened sky can be felt in the penultimate piece from the album entitled Indigo Sky. Here is one of my favourite offerings from the release one that constantly moves onward and right into the arms of our concluding creation called Violet Rain.

The artist finishes with a flourishes on this manifestation, an upbeat and passionate offering can be found here, one that moves through many measures along its journey, and concludes with an almost light hearted coda too.

The Color Connection by Jeremy Weinglass is a breath of fresh air for this genre; it is like the artist has flung the windows of banality wide open, and a wind of many textures, explorative artistically smart endeavour’s, tones and timbres, have come flying in. The Color Connection by Jeremy Weinglass is an exciting new album from the pianist, one that I think will be thoroughly enjoyed by the legions of the solo piano genre.