Artist: Howard Riley
Title: Making Notes
Cat Number: SLAMCD230
Year released: 1998
Format: CD & all digital platforms
Barcode: 5028386023029
Solo performance from pianist Howard Riley recorded in the Stanley Glasser Electronic Music Studio at Goldsmiths College, London, 13th April 1997.
Howard Riley: piano
“The music on this, Riley’s fifteenth solo recording, incorporates aspects – melody, harmony, rhythm, chord changes – associated with ‘conventional’ jazz, as well as apparently contradictory elements – no changes, no time, extreme textural and dynamic adventurousness – more frequently connected with ‘free’ music. The result is another utterly distinctive, absorbing vigorous album from one of Europe’s most gifted and original pianists. – Jazzwise
“Solo piano can easily degenerate into rhapsody; Riley’s focus makes each outing a gem…jazz rarely sounds this bright and elegant. Terrific.” – Hi-Fi News
“The wholly original music on this solo album (his 15th) consistently justifies his reputation as one of Europe’s most gifted improvisers.” – Chris Parker, BBC Music Magazine
All compositions by Howard Riley
Recorded by Anthony Aldridge
Mastered by Tim Turan
Produced by George Haslam