Lee Sloan

MUSIC

A solo piano recording of improvisations and original compositions that go well beyond stylistic boundaries. What is the best of jazz anyway, if not music without constraints; that dosen’t fit neatly into categories.

Lee Sloan, piano

When total spontaneity works, it’s like magic, and this live concert recording of our free jazz quartet performance at the Krakow Autumn Jazz Festival, 2008 has it: vitality, drive and some tugging grooves.

With Lee Sloan (USA) piano, Mikolaj Trzaska (PL) saxophones and bass clarinet, Mark Tokar (UKR) bass and Rick Hollander (USA) drums

FreeStyle

Released 2008

Bodily Fluid

Released 2007

HIGHwire

Released 2006

Resurrectin’

Fats & Friends

Released 2004

The masters of the style known as stride piano, Fats Waller, Art Tatum, James P. Johnson and Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith, were not only great pianists, they were fine musicians and larger-than-life personalities. This session documents fourteen of their innovative piano compositions, many of which have never previously been recorded.

Lee Sloan, piano

A Live Concert Film

Released 2009

The film documentary of a live concert performance, given at The Manggha Centre for Contemporary Arts, Krakow, Poland in December, 2008. This is a double CD audio and DVD video disc set of the complete journey. Over an hour of improvised music for solo piano. Excerpts from the film are on my video page, here and on YouTube, here.

Lee Sloan, piano

SONORITY

Released 2010

‘Sonority’ is the second recording of free jazz improvisation with the fine quartet line--up of Lee Sloan (USA) piano, Mikolaj Trzaska (PL) saxophones and bass clarinet, Mark Tokar (UKR) bass and Rick Hollander (USA) drums.