Call On The Old Wise

Description

Nitai Hershkovits delivers a particularly spellbinding solo album with Call on the old Wise. In this largely improvised work, the pianist draws inspiration from a wide range of influences, starting from his experience in classical music to enrich his playing with his deep involvement in the jazz sphere and his repeated explorations in the field of contemporary music. The miraculous balance between these different idioms gives rise to an abundance of colors and timbres that the pianist explores, forcefully asserting a perfectly original voice in the way he combines his improvisational talents with a true sense of form. With a very delicate touch and a light phrasing rich in refreshing harmonies, Nitai improvises like a composer in real time, making Call on the Old Wise not only a unique testament to his talents as a pianist but an inventive work that immediately belongs in the long series of solo piano albums of which the ECM label can be proud. This album was recorded in Lugano in 2022 under the artistic direction of Manfred Eicher.