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Dreamcatcher (1998)
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1. DRY LAKE VISION 2. UNANNOUNCED VISITOR 3. CANYON SPIRITS 4. SUN SLEEPS, WIND SLEEPS Total Time: |
(14:05) (12:55) (13:35) (12:52) (53:28) |
| Dreamcatcher
was my first CD. The title, which refers to the Native American charms
that protect
children from bad dreams, felt very appropriate for what I was
doing. Not only did the experience of improvisation feel like
dreaming, but the music itself seemed to have a timeless, floating,
dream-like quality. This is a quality which has remained part of
my style throughout all of my improvisations. Dreamcatcher was a critical success, and was nominated for a
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Each (title) is impressive for the ease with which Stallcop moves from idea to idea, and for the way in which he places considerable keyboard technique at the disposal of interlocking motifs. Stallcop gained his skill from years of playing jazz, but the music sounds more like post-Romantic harmonies attempting to take the form of some massive nocturne or ballade It's a very engaging CD. -The Arizona Republic
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| Stallcop has
a formidable command of the piano, and there is no doubt that this
Arizona composer has a command of twentieth century compositional
techniques...it was refreshing to hear something so
individualistic...
-Wind and Wire Magazine
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"Dreamcatcher is passionate improvisation of real clarity, fluidity, and dexterity." -Chinary Ung, composer and Grawemeyer Award Winner
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| Thick &
rich as a keg o' "Samuel Adams dark lager," his
compositions will astound & please your aural appendages, in a
very relaxing fashion...maybe even stir YOUR dreams. Be sure
to keep THIS by th' chidren's beds...with as much trouble as th'
world has hounding it these days, it will make THEIR dreams much
more creative & pleasant! This is MOST HIGHY RECOMMENDED,
and you should GET it!
-IMPROVIJAZZATION NATION
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| "It is a
thrill to listen to these ear- catching musical dreams."
-Hermann Michael, Former Music Director of the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra
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fantasy! What psychedelic flutterings of the mind. It
is pure improvisation.... I find the improvisations appealing and
thought-provoking.
-Vilem Sokol, conductor, violist, Univ. of Wash. Professor Emeritus
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® 1998 Glenn Stallcop, All Rights Reserved Music by Glenn Stallcop (BMI)
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