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The Complete Short Stories 1998​-​2010

by Howard Riley

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1.
The Opener 03:08
2.
Eleven 02:30
3.
Liason 04:25
4.
Encore 07:25
5.
Echoes 02:59
6.
No Void 03:02
7.
Stretch 02:56
8.
Mythology 06:48
9.
Branching 02:12
10.
Hullabaloo 03:47
11.
New Winter 02:18
12.
Largo 02:42
13.
Played In 02:24
14.
Veracity 01:50
15.
Only One 02:59
16.
Headway 01:39
17.
18.
Dedication 05:12
19.
Sun One 03:50
20.
21.
Axis 03:18
22.
23.
After Which 04:48
24.
Air Time 02:14
25.
Alternatives 02:10
26.
Regeneration 04:20
27.
For Jaki 03:50
28.
To Be Sure 02:39
29.
Sun Two 03:05
30.
Sincerity 03:45
31.
Of Now 03:22
32.
33.
Up And Downs 02:50
34.
With Ease 03:14
35.
The Gap 03:16
36.
Think Again 03:24
37.
38.
Palmate 03:32
39.
Walkabout 02:33
40.
41.
Branch Lines 03:24
42.
Head Games 02:34
43.
Splits 02:32
44.
Concision 03:47
45.
Shenanigans 03:10
46.
Maybe 05:40
47.
Another Time 03:35
48.
No Regrets 03:12
49.
Ascending 02:09
50.
51.
Threesome 02:27
52.
53.
54.
Inevitably 03:19
55.
Sentiments 03:26
56.
57.
58.
Meeting 02:20
59.
Hear Me Out 06:11
60.
Passing 02:59
61.
Roots 06:04
62.
Autograph 05:02
63.
Distance 03:09
64.
Silhouette 04:10
65.
Only One 03:09
66.
67.
68.
Evidently 02:44
69.
Related 04:34
70.
Moving 03:47
71.
Equanimity 03:47
72.
Stopped 02:52
73.
Reversal 05:59
74.
75.
76.
Set Aside 09:59
77.
Longevitine 11:18
78.
Move On 09:22
79.
Composure 11:09

about

The beauty of a short story, of course, is that it can be taken in at a sitting, indeed is so structured and formulated that it represents a single, continuous verbal performance, unlike the episodic or architectural structure of a long novel. It is, to that extent, a form that lends itself rather well to musical analogies, though not at first glance to improvised music, which tends to subordinate artful structure to moment-by-moment invention. And yet the greatest short stories can often seem improvised: brief, epiphanic flashes where the next step and the eventual outcome remain in doubt to the very end. There’s something of the humane embrace of Chekhov, Hemingway’s muscle, reticence and resistance to mere abstraction, but perhaps it’s Henry James, that master of indefinable atmospheres and of the tense dialogue between Old World and New World cultures. This is the realm Howard Riley occupies with magisterial confidence, jazz given not just a catch-all cisAtlantic accent but with Howard’s distinctive burr, classical language not simply swung but put through a harmonic and rhythmic gate that transforms it utterly. How to hear him? Italo Calvino, another master of the short form, put it perfectly: ‘It is not the voice that commands the story; it is the ear.’


Extended essays in the art of solo piano, these six CDs present 74 tracks which range in length from slightly more than one and a half minutes to almost seven and a half plus five novella-sized meditations from 2010. Someone whose interests include contemporary notated music as well as every variety of jazz, Riley’s showcases are consistent as well as brief. One of the most affecting tracks is For Jaki on CD 2, a bouncy ditty with Tin Pan Alley suggestions that honours the late American pianist Jaki Byard. Similarly the title tune is kinetic as well as dramatic, equally emphasizing high-pitched tremolo lines as well as a grounded narrative. Concision on the other hand, vibrates on the percussive harmonics which can be plucked from and strummed on the piano’s internal strings, while the steady lengthening lines of Another Time show harmonic references to Lennie Tristanto-like cool jazz. Riley’s discursive stop-time frequently recalls Thelonious Monk as on the tellingly titled Roots and elsewhere. Nonetheless, the extravagant dynamics he exhibits on The Opener are mirrored by his stentorian patterns on many other tunes, where Earl Hines-like walking bass notes and Cecil Taylor-like percussive runs vie for supremacy. Adventurous listeners on anyone’s gift list would appreciate any of these sets

credits

released February 1, 2011

NoBusiness Records NBCD 21-26

Release year - 2011

Edition of 300 copies


Howard Riley - piano


CD 1 was recorded on 23rd July 1998
CD 2 was recorded on 11th April, 1999
CD 3 was recorded on 29th June 2004
CD 4 was recorded on 2nd August 2006
CD 5 was recorded on 27th June 2008
CD 6 was recorded on 22nd April 2010


All compositions by Howard Riley (PRS/MCPS)

Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios
Design by Oskaras Anosovas
Producer – Danas Mikailionis
Co-producer – Valerij Anosov


CD 1
1. The Opener 3:08
2. Eleven 2:31
3. Liason 4:25
4. Encore 7:25
5. Echoes 2:59
6. No Void 3:03
7. Stretch 2:56
8. Mythology 6:48
9. Branching 2:12
10. Hullabaloo 3:47
11. New Winter 2:18
12. Largo 2:42
13. Played In 2:25
14. Veracity 1:50
15. Only One 2:59
16. Headway 1:39

CD 2
1. Short Stories 3:21
2. Dedication 5:12
3. Sun One 3:50
4. One More Time 2:53
5. Axis 3:19
6. The Furthest Point 3’47”
7. After Which 4:49
8. Air Time 2:14
9. Alternatives 2:10
10. Regeneration 4:21
11. For Jaki 3:51
12. To Be Sure 2:40
13. Sun Two 3:05
14. Sincerity 3:45
15. Of Now 3:22

CD 3
1. Geocentric One 3:43
2. Up And Downs 2:50
3. With Ease 3:14
4.The Gap 3:17
5. Think Again 3:24
6.Geocentric Two 3:26
7. Palmate 3:32
8. Walkabout 2:34
9. Reconciliation 3:33
10. Branch Lines 3:24
11. Head Games 2:35
12. Splits 2:32
13. Concision 3:48
14. Shenanigans 3:10
15. Maybe 5:40

CD 4
1. Another Time 3:36
2. No Regrets 3:12
3. Ascending 2:10
4. Still Standing 3:20
5. Threesome 2:27
6. Of the Moment 4’30”
7. Reflective Tendencies 4:42
8. Inevitably 3:19
9. Sentiments 3:27
10. Open Question 4:29
11. Hidden Knowledge 4:52
12. Meeting 2:21
13. Hear Me Out 6:11
14. Passing 3:00
15. Roots 6:04


CD 5
1. Autograph 5:02
2. Distance 3:09
3. Silhouette 4:10
4.Only One 3:10
5. The Fourteenth 4:10
6. There You Are 3:54
7. Evidently 2:44
8. Related 4:34
9. Moving 3:47
10. Equanimity 3:47
11. Stopped 2:52
12. Reversal 5:59
13. Thinking of Midnight 4:42

CD 6
1. Dark On Light 11:04
2. Set Aside 10:00
3. Longevitine 11:19
4. Move On 9:22
5. Composure 11:08

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