Stefano Bollani - Piano Solo

�Piano solo� is a modest title for this encylopaedic recital that romps through the history of jazz and more, and which, in its rapid-fire, quick-witted turnover of ideas, reveals a unique musical personality. Italian pianist Bollani (born 1972) is a major talent, armed with prodigious technique. A taste of this will already have been gleaned from his contributions to Enrico Rava�s �Easy Living� and �Tati� but here his imagination roams widely indeed. Bollani plays a Scott Joplin rag, improvises freely, plays tango music from the early 20th century, plays standards, plays his own compositions. He plays the Beach Boys� �Don�t Talk� and tunes made famous by Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole. He improvises on a theme from Prokofiev�s First Piano Concerto... And: he makes this whirlwind journey through the genres seem both logical and necessary.