Thomas Barth - keyboards
Mike Stern - guitar
Gerald Veasley - bass
Mike Baker - drums, vocals (3)
Craig Handy - tenor sax
Evan Tate - alto and soprano sax
Nadeen Holloway - vocals (4)
1. Friends 6:08
2. Turquoise 5:08
3. After the Prayer 4:28
4. Gentle Souls 3:47
5. I Wish 4:40 (Stevie Wonder)
6. Stepping Out 5:19
7. Yelling in the Street 1:02
8. Manhattan Suite 12:15
9. Seven Worlds 8:41
All tracks by Thomas Barth, except where indicated
Recorded and mixed in New York
(c) 2001 Jive Music
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 Thomas Barth was born in Vienna,
Austria on Jan. 31st, 1965. He studied both classical &
contemporary piano and composition. Barth attended master classes
with Herbie Hancock at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and in '93 with
Weather Report founder Joe Zawinul. Besides music, he studied
psychology and holds a degree in advertising and marketing from the
university of economics and business administration in Vienna. The
US-Magazine Jazz Now called him "... one of the best kept
secrets in the world of comtemporary music. His original compositions
and interpretations are a delight to hear on CD and in live
performances. His musical style includes scintillating, dynamic,
beautifully creative improvisations on a mainly contemporary music
palette which superbly mix tasteful influences of jazz, classical, new
age and R&B that celebrate and enrich the universal human
spirit."
This is indeed a great album,
that shows a multitude of styles, yet hardly ever bores you. I can
recommend this album to everybody.
Marc Lensink (marc @ mikestern.org)
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