Adieu Tristesse | A New Album
On September 2015 Adieu Tristesse will be released as a vinyl album by Dot Time Records.
On September 2015 Adieu Tristesse will be released as a vinyl album by Dot Time Records.
Arik Strauss, Piano | Tal Ronen, Bass | Dudu Kochav, Drums
Dot Time Records DT9015 | Release 2012
Pianist Arik Straus has released his fourth CD titled “Mostly Ballads” featuring Tal Ronen on Bass and Dudu Kochav on Drums in December 2012. Production of the CD was made possible through the support of ACUM’s social and promotion fund.
Now based in Israel, Arik spent 12 years in New York, where he worked with top musicians including, among others, Ron McClure, Akira Tana and Mercer Ellington. Many of the works on this CD were composed during a six month stay in Paris where Arik was Artist in Residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts.
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Tracks:
A solo recording presenting piano mastering in piano and vocal works.
Tracks:
1. Spring Waltz – (Arik Strauss)
2. Mode Ani (I Thank Thee Lord) – (Arik Strauss; Lyrics: from the Jewish morning prayer)
3. Madly Jazz: a Jazz Medley – (Arik Strauss)
4. A Homage to Bill Evans – (Arik Strauss based on the changes of Funnyman)
5. A Walking Woman – (Arik Strauss; Lyrics: Lea Goldberg)
6. Moonlight in Vermont – (Karl Suessdorf)
7. Après un Rêve – (Gabriel Fauré)
Line-up | Arik Strauss – Piano | Eli Magen – Bass
Tracks:
A recording summing up a lengthy collaboration between the two musicians.
Tracks:
1. Prelude in C minor – (Fredric Chopin) | How Deep is the Ocean – (Irvin Berlin)
2. Celia – (Bud Powell)
3. Longing – (Arik Strauss)
4. Waltz in A flat major – (Fredric Chopin) | Sleeping Bee – (Harold Arlen)
5. Medley in E flat:
Bouncing with Bud – (Bud Powell) | Stomping at the Savoy – (Chick Webb) | As Time Goes By – (Herman Hupfeld) | Tenderly – (Walter Gross)
6. Midnight Mood – (Joe Zawinul)
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Line-up : Arik Strauss – Piano
Works recorded between 1993 and 2002 with musicians from the USA, Japan and Israel.
Tracks:
1. Puerto Rico
2. I Wonder Why
3. Sai Baba
4. Love is a Soft and Tender Thing
5. Happy Love
6. Friendship Song (Lyrics: Lea Goldberg)
7. Palm Tree Song
8. Hello Goodbye Hello
All Compositions by Arik Strauss