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Live With Repertoire

by Howard Riley

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1.
Monk's Mood 04:45
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Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues Are 03:41
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3.
Darn That Dream 04:50
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4.
Now One 03:04
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5.
Ruby, My Dear 04:26
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6.
Now Two 03:07
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Round Midnight 06:37
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I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 05:38
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Formerly 04:11
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Body And Soul 06:17
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11.
Well You Needn't 05:33
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12.
Singing Off 01:10
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about

Riley’s music has often been called reserved and constructivist, maybe because of his classical avant-garde background. However, his approach is by no means unemotional, there is a very beautiful lyricism in his style.

On “Live with Repertoire” you can see this if you compare his version of “Round Midnight” with the one by Miles Davis, whose interpretation of the classic Monk tune sounds like a soundtrack to a French film noir in which the protagonist strolls through a deserted Paris, or with the one by Stan Getz, who seems to illustrate a Douglas Sirk melodrama, while Riley’s “Round Midnight” takes place in a functional modern city, full of glazed buildings, in which people are completely estranged from each other. His style is crystal clear, but the few angular notes hint that not everything is perfect in this clean and ultramodern world. Under the surface there is a dark utopia created in this track. But there is another possibility to interpret the way he plays this track – and this has to do with Riley’s personal situation.

During a recording session, he realized that he couldn't play anymore and went to see a doctor, who diagnosed Parkinson's disease. He had to stop playing for some time, and luckily he has recovered with the help of medication. However, he had to revise his technique. “Live with Repertoire” is what he calls his “first post-Parkinson's record, though that's not exactly a great selling point!” Maybe more than any of his latest albums this one shows Riley's personality and individuality. It is this new Riley that becomes audible in tunes like “Round Midnight”, but also in the slight disharmonies and rhythmic bumps in “Body and Soul”, “I’m getting sentimental over you” or “Darn That Dream” - the songs appear in a different light in front of this background. Riley seems to face his destiny in a similar way as Keith Jarrett has done it – by playing the music of his youth, the standards – he displays his roots.

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credits

released December 1, 2013

NBCD 58


Recorded in Concert for Leicester Jazz House at Embrance Arts, Leicester on 11th November 2011

Digital recording by Chris Trent
Tracks 4, 6, 9 and 12 by Howard Riley (PRS / MCPS) / all other tracks are 'standards' and / or Thelonious Monk compositions

Mixed by Alex Bonney and Alexander Hawkins
Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios
Design by Oskaras Anosovas


1. Monk's Mood 4:50
2. Ba-Lue Bolivar Ba-Lues Are 3:45
3. Darn That Dream 4:54
4. Now One 3:07
5. Ruby, My Dear 4:30
6. Now Two 3:11
7. Round Midnight 6:41
8. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 5:42
9. Formerly 4:15
10. Body And Soul 6:21
11. Well You Needn't 5:37
12. Singing Off 1:12


Howard Riley - piano

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