EDDIE GOMEZ & MARK KRAMER - ART OF THE HEART - CD

Description: Eddie Gomez & Mark Kramer: "Art of the Heart" CD (Art of Life AL1019-2) Eddie Gomez: Acoustic Bass Mark Kramer: Piano Songs: Wonderful, Wonderful Moment to Moment Chances Are Call Me IrresponsibleHello Young LoversThey Say It's WonderfulSmileEasy to LoveSmall WorldIt's Not For Me to SayIf I Loved YouI'll be Seeing You Recorded on February 14, 2004 at Platinum Seven Studios in Pennsylvania, "Art of the Heart" features music popularized by Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole performed and arranged by the legendary bassist Eddie Gomez and the brilliant pianist Mark Kramer. Best known for his work with pianist Bill Evans, Eddie Gomez's performance throughout this recording is very reminiscent of his work with Evans but incorporates an even greater depth of feeling due to the empathetic playing of Mark Kramer. The musical and emotional depth created by Gomez & Kramer throughout this recording is perhaps the deepest of all their combined works over the past decade. Although there are only two of them, the music feels and sounds orchestral at times despite their generous use of space throughout. The music Gomez & Kramer have created on this album is a study in musical communication, interaction, minimalism and "orchestration" which is destined to become a true classic. Liner Notes I have often thought that the release of a new CD is much like childbirth. All the stages are crucial: conception, pre production, recording, nurturing and post production; all necessary to give the child (CD) the best chance possible to blossom into a healthy, well adjusted, prosperous individual. This "labor" of love Mark Kramer and I have undertaken gives me immeasurable pride and profound joy. I hope this album (child) will be received warmly and perhaps given the opportunity to touch a few "hearts." Eddie Gomez The Art of the Heart "On the razor's edge of a refined attention" What is "The Art of the Heart?" Beyond our use of 20th century romantic tunes as its infrastructure, what is newsworthy about this CD? What can a writer say? Can this work ever be described in print by any "turn of a phrase" that is as fresh and full-bodied, as is this recording? Reviewers/writers might be challenged to get it right. I know I can't, but I have been asked to try. Firstly, this is a music that lives on the razor's edge of a very fine attention. Drop the laser anywhere, and note that the vibration is consistent from track to track. The attention required in "making" this music had to renew itself often, e.g., at the points in which inspiration turns to expiration, and vice versa. Thus, this music is a byproduct of an organic listening which takes place over the course of a thousand or more relatively conscious breaths over an hour or more. Secondly, the music lays bare a higher source, which animates us. This is a higher energy which conveys special "states of being" amongst which contain wonder, frailty, pathos, dying and being reborn. This is the "Art" - i.e., observing and faithfully conveying a hidden reality through an ordinary form of craft (once popular song). Thirdly, this is a music in which authentic gut-wrenching emotion appears only as a result of our joint rarified attention to the silence between the actual vibrations. Thus, the music is a representation of a hidden reality, which is as hopeful as it is pristine, but also moving at a remarkably fast inner speed; more rapid than the rate of ordinary perception. This is the "Heart." Mark Kramer All content copyright © 2000 - 2017 Art of Life Records, LLC

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