Day 031: Eric Scott "50 Minutes From Paris" CD

Eric Scott describes “50 minutes from Paris” (Day 031) as “a collection of piano miniatures. At the time I was composing much of “Paris: A Musical Overpass,” my musical attitudes were to embrace methods of formal composition formerly unexplored by me...so I was researching listening to the entire Satie catalogue, looking for a pattern in his compositional evolution...

“I wanted to find parallels in my own work; some of that was purely for inspirational. He seemed like such a sad but brilliant little man, and so unappreciated by many, that I felt I might begin to do justice by first understanding that, and to get the feeling of my playing right. So during that period, I became much more interested in music that could speak in very short phrases, and eloquently enough not to require a full orchestra or band of any sort. ‘Sports et Divertissements,’ ‘Sonneries de la Rose et Croix’ and ‘Embryons Desseches’ were best examples of where I wanted to go next with that music. But for some reason, I made this album instead!”

1. TROCADERO I
2. UN MOMENT, S.V.P.
3. ACCEPT SMALL SERVICES
4. ARTS ET METIERS I
5. CITE UNIVERSITAIRE
6. SEGUE I
7. RONDE NO. 3
8. PYRAMIDE
9. TROCADERO II
10. ROND-POINT D'ETOILE
11. ALLEZ!
12. PARC DE SCEAUX
13. SEGUE II
14. LA GÉODE
15. ARTS ET METIERS II
16. UN MOMENT, REVISITÉ
17. L'AIR DU POLISSON

This limited-edition CD is an *official release* on the Day For Night label, and includes a set of 10 full-colour designs (5 loose-cut panels).

More information and streaming audio samples for this release are also available at http://www.dayfornight.com/day031.