adEIdJ – Associazione delle Etichette Indipendenti di Jazz

Press Release

If jazz remains the “sound of surprise”, Luxembourgish pianist Michel Reis still cleaves to that hoary definition of the music. While still attractively accessible, Reis’s solo improvisations constantly take unexpected directions. He plays the piano “straight”, but still somehow manages to make it sound deliciously unfamiliar, as if it was only invented yesterday.On his second recording as leader for CAM JAZZ, Reis dedicates his music For A Better Tomorrow. There’s no clear political agenda in that title, but simply a dedication to the notion that in constantly reinventing itself, jazz is inherently progressive and committed to a human desire for improvement and self-development. Not a fiery showman, Reis is more like a close-up magician. One can hear everything he does, but it isn’t always quite clear how he does it. The magic of a music that never stops moving forward...(Brian Morton)

Track List

01 Bound Together 05:20
02 For A Better Tomorrow 04:57
03 Point Dune 03:03
04 Coal Harbour 05:54
05 After The Winter 04:18
06 Simple Twist Of Fate 03:13
07 Velvet Dust 05:16
08 Aquene 03:23
09 Paper Feathers 05:56
10 Surfacing 04:47
11 Chimes of Freedom 04:20

 

All music by Michel Reis except tracks #6, 11 Bob Dylan
All tracks© KEPACH Music S.r.l. except #6 © Ram’s Horn Music; #11 © Special Rider Music
(p) 2023 KEPACH MusicS.r.l. Under License by CAM CINE TV MUSIC, Inc.

 

Personnel

Michel Reis piano

Recording Data

Artistic Production Ermanno Basso

Recorded and mixedin Cavalicco (UD) in January 2023 at Artesuono Recording Studio

Recording & mixing engineer Stefano Amerio

Mastered by Danilo Rossi

Cover photo by Elisa Caldana