2006
Contradictions: A Look at the Music of Michel Petrucciani
By The Christian Jacob Trio
Christian Jacob – piano
Trey Henry – bass
Ray Brinker – drums
The Story Behind The Music
(and sample tracks)
Contradictions focuses on the original music of Michel Petrucciani. Christian Jacob’s wonderful arrangements and new take on these compositions is a reminder of why there is always a need to expand our musical boundaries beyond the jazz standards we are already familiar with. Christian Jacob, Trey Henry and Ray Brinker have performed the valuable service of revealing that Michel Petrucciani left some of his secrets behind.
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Listen to Sample Tracks
- Looking Up The Christian Jacob Trio 1:06
- Even Mice Dance The Christian Jacob Trio 1:03
- Dumb Breaks The Christian Jacob Trio 0:46
- Colors The Christian Jacob Trio 1:03
- Brazilian Suite The Christian Jacob Trio 1:00
- Contradictions The Christian Jacob Trio 1:05
- Rachid The Christian Jacob Trio 0:55
- 13th The Christian Jacob Trio 1:03
- Memories of Paris The Christian Jacob Trio 1:01
- Brazilian Suite No.2 The Christian Jacob Trio 0:58
- My Bebop Tune The Christian Jacob Trio 0:56
Links to Buy Contradictions
The Physical CD: I’d prefer for people to have all the tracks in the creative packaging that we all worked so long and hard on from concept to completion. I’m old school like that, I want people to hear my music in context.
AMAZON – CDBaby
The Downloadable CD/Tracks: Download the complete recording or individual tracks from these 3 sites.
iTunes – AMAZON – CDBaby
REVIEWS
Contradictions
JAZZREVIEW.com
"Brilliant! That is the first thing that came to my mind after listening through this CD the first time. I'll grant you, the material, compositions of Michel Petrucciani, is brilliant to begin with. Jacob's arrangements, interpretations and executions are equally brilliant."
ALL ABOUT JAZZ
"He is, simply put, one of the finest jazz pianists on the scene…"
~ Jack Bowers
JAZZ TIMES
"With Contradictions, Christian Jacob has performed the valuable service of revealing that Michel Petrucciani left some of his secrets behind."
~ Thomas Conrad
