Music in Three Parts

From the Artist
Lingering Aftertaste (A technical note)

A.C. Graham's 1965 Penguin Edition translation of "Poems of the Late T'ang" quotes 11th Century Chinese writer Wei T'ai.

"Poetry presents the thing in order to convey the feeling. It should be precise about the thing and reticent about the feeling, for as soon as the mind responds and connects with the thing the feeling shows in the words; this is how poetry enters deeply into us. If the poet presents directly feelings which overwhelm him, and keeps nothing back to linger as an aftertaste, he stirs us superficially...."

Our strategy as we played these pieces was to respond exclusively to the unfolding musical materials and processes. We knew if our discipline faltered, our own feelings about the materials would overtake us and nothing in the music would linger as an aftertaste; the listener would be stirred only superficially. We were precise about the materials and did not respond to passing feelings about the musical events as they took shape. We stayed cool, I think, and got respectably close to the heightened lyrical intensity we were after.

Ron Thomas

Product Description
Ron Thomas' newest project for Art of Life Records, "Music In Three Parts", was recorded on November 12, 2003 and features Paul Klinefelter on bass and Joe Mullen on drums. The pieces on "Music In Three Parts" are based on only three different simple musical figures. The three Impromptu's are based on a figure in D minor, the two Caprices on a figure in C major and the final Epilog on a figure in A flat major. The primary goal of "Music In Three Parts" is to achieve highly independent piano, bass and percussion parts (Polyphony) and complex ornamental (Melodic) expansions upon the simple thematic materials on which the improvisations are strictly based. All tracks have been professionally mastered using 24-bit digital technology.

Music in Three Parts

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