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Mountain Ocean Mirror Sky

by Chris Forbes

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1.
Om Mani Padme Hum 05:11
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2.
The Heart is an Ocean 04:01
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3.
Great Plains by Stationwagon 03:24
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4.
Blues for Charlie 03:57
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And Then...the Mountain 05:00
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Meta Love 04:56
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Above the White Sky, the Blue 05:15
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Looking For Your Light, I Went Out 05:06
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My Joy and Delight 06:21
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10.
Mind Like The Sky 04:57
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about

Chris Forbes' music has enriched the New York jazz and improvising scene for some time, gracing the ensembles and recordings of Jason Hwang and Matt Lavelle, among so many others. He is simultaneously iconoclast and iconodule. His musical world is vast, as is evident on this, his first entirely solo piano album Mountain Ocean Mirror Sky. Each piece is its own realm of beauty and meaning - yet one is astonished to discover that each piece is entirely improvised. These resplendent, fully realized compositions did not exist before Chris sat down to record. Though few pianists have succeeded with such artist coherence and beauty in creating completely in the moment, the most obvious example being Keith Jarrett, the trajectory of Forbes' life and career have led inexorably to this. He would improvise even as a child while his formidable studies in classical composition and performance as well as his career in the jazz world all inform the proceedings on this recording. But it is the inner state of the improviser that guides the hands to the music that first exists in another world and brings it here.

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released January 8, 2021

Chris Forbes - piano

Jim DeSalvo recorded session at Studio Poulet, Nyack, NY, Mixed
and Mastered it at Beanstudio, Wayne, NJ and photographed
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Back cover photo and Design by Qua’s Eye Graphix
Produced by Jack DeSalvo

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Chris Forbes New York, New York

Pianist Chris Forbes trained as a classical pianist and composer,
began improvising early, first performing at 11. A scholarship from Downbeat sent him to Berklee, dividing his time between jazz, classical and
composition. He studied at Juilliard School with David
Diamond. He's played with Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Steve Swell, Jason Hwang, Matt Lavelle, Ras Moshe, Lee Odom, Zone, Tom
Cabrera.. ... more

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