Alex Koo - Etudes for Piano '2023

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Belgian-Japanese piano wizard Alex Koo seemed destined for a career as a
classical concert pianist, but in his teens he became completely enamored with
jazz. Driven by his passion, he moved to New York, where he studied and taught
at the renowned NYU Steinhardt. There he came into contact with jazz greats Mark
Turner and Ralph Alessi, with whom he released the album "Applebueseagreen" in
2019, which was promptly included in the prestigious list of "Best Albums of
2019" by the legendary Downbeat Jazz Magazine with the words "Stunningly
original”. Domestically, too, one blazing review upon another: "Belgium is
too small for pianist Alex Koo" or "We are stunned ", we read in national
newspapers De Tijd and Le Soir.
With his brand new Etudes for Piano, composed for and commissioned by BoZar
Brussels, he shows how his passion for both worlds - jazz and classical –
merge perfectly. Adventurism and virtuosity go hand in hand with melancholy and
elbow work (literally, for those who really know Koo knows). His music sounds
like a marriage between Debussy, Chopin, Reich, Rachmaninov on the one hand and
Keith Jarrett, Craig Taborn, Brian Eno and Philip Glass on the other. Alex Koo
is a conjuring natural born storyteller on piano.

1.01 - Alex Koo - All Arms on Deck! (2:42)
1.02 - Alex Koo - Coconuts (2:53)
1.03 - Alex Koo - Luna Umi (6:52)
1.04 - Alex Koo - Sonar (7:44)
1.05 - Alex Koo - Variations on the Easiest Song in the World (4:22)
1.06 - Alex Koo - Five in Fis (2:07)
1.07 - Alex Koo - Satiesfied (3:23)
1.08 - Alex Koo - DbREAM (6:26)

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