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If you prefer, send a Check* or Money Order
in the amount of $17.00/per CD, which includes shipping and
handling to:
Laura Caviani
2355 Fairview Ave. #225
Roseville, MN 55113
*Make checks payable to Laura Caviani
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In Your Own Sweet Way
Laura Caviani - Solo Piano
"For her new recording, Twin Cities
jazz pianist Laura Caviani -- whose playing is ever-evolving and
growing -- has put together a terrific and quite original mix of
tunes from her own pen, the Great American Songbook, various world
cultures, and two of jazz's greatest pianists/composers.
As Caviani notes, this is a collection of lullabies
and love songs. Lullabies, yes, but not necessarily sleep-inducing;
love songs, yes, but don't always think candlelight and wine.
That's because -- although there are appropriately
sweet and tender moments -- overall Caviani's music is more stimulating
than dreamy.
Her forceful two-handed playing and covering of
the keyboard's full range create excitement and pleasure. There are
rumbling low-register vamps, splashes of delicate high notes, occasional
jubilant "stride'' sections, and a sound of great resonance.
To all that, add some truly fresh arrangements by
Ms. Caviani, and the result is a highly enjoyable and satisfying
recording."
Bob Protzman
Contributor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Down Beat, and St. Paul Pioneer Press
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"After two recordings for the defunct Igmod label and
a lovely, offbeat Christmas album, this St. Paul pianist has
her most intimate, focused showcase yet. A solo piano set of
folk tunes and old lullabies, Ellingtonia and originals, this
CD is poised right where the salon meets the saloon, with as
much spunk as serenity. There's room for rollicking Thelonious
Monk, a lulling Czech carol, a terrifically re-thought Brahms "Lullaby" and
a blues-drenched, pyrotechnic take on the normally somber "The
Water is Wide." The Southern folk theme "The Mockingbird
Song" becomes a tour-de-force..."
"Caviani's indigo original "I Hate
To See You Go" sounds like a standard in the making --
all it needs is the right worldly-wise lyric. The sound of
the disc is as impressive as the playing."
Tom Surowicz, Minneapolis Star
Tribune,
Friday, Dec. 7th, 2001
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