{"product_id":"michel-petrucciani_both-worlds_2026_pia","title":"Both Worlds","description":"Both Worlds: two worlds...at once! As in \"the best of both worlds,\" where one undoubtedly wants to have everything but also give the best of each universe. Both Worlds, a new stage for Michel Petrucciani, or how to juxtapose distinct (id)entities and bring together the best of reciprocal elements, for a tour, an album, a vast project. Dualism, then, but also balance. Geographical, from Paris to New York, and cultural with three European and three American musicians. Both Worlds is clearly the testament to the fruitful encounter of two worlds, of a composer and an arranger; a collaboration of two dissimilar but adjustable creative spaces. For the first time in his career, Michel Petrucciani entrusted his most accomplished compositions to this other jazz tailor and bespoke poet, Bob Brookmeyer. The result is a magical undertaking, retaining that \"two worlds\" character so particular to the pianist's work: writing imbued with classics and standards, set to the most modern rhythms. Joy, melancholy, humor, and moods, this recording displays a rich emotional palette and a few nods to Rodgers \u0026 Hart (Petite Louise), Return to Forever (35 Seconds of Music and More), Maurice Chevalier (On Top of the Roof) and Hollywood musicals (Chloé Meets Gershwin referring to A Foggy Day and Johnny Mercer's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers). Among an abundant discography, Both Worlds innovates and shapes the pianist's work in a new light. For the first time also, Michel Petrucciani assembles a true group and builds a homogeneous formation where his presence and role are no longer perceived as dominant elements. While often in his previous albums, the piano seemed to spring from the rhythm, for an obvious emphasis, Both Worlds deliberately inserts Petrucciani within the group, making the pianist an integrated element of the ensemble, allowing him to be the leader without acting like one. Another novelty: Michel Petrucciani uses brass instruments here as never before; they no longer intervene solely as soloists but in a new context, of accompaniment and counterpoint. While this album could only have come into being thanks to an intense collaboration between composer and arranger, the unexpected production work of drummer Steve Gadd surely contributed to its creation. Thanks to his experience in the most diverse contexts and a strong friendship with Michel Petrucciani, he was able to offer astute suggestions and, above all, appropriate structural ideas. Both Worlds, like the two flat sides of the same coin, the work of a Michel Petrucciani, doubly more generous and in the simplest universal language. Thierry Pérémarti, New York, September 1997","brand":"Michel Petrucciani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56389124915544,"sku":null,"price":20260227.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/4943\/0360\/files\/3760434480515_a953a943-9a33-470b-940f-0a90efd88011.jpg?v=1769712659","url":"https:\/\/vinyles.com\/en\/products\/michel-petrucciani_both-worlds_2026_pia","provider":"Vinyles.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}