Recording a solo piano album was always on my bucket list, and in 2011 I finally went ahead and did it. Each track is a tribute to one of my important mentors, as defined by those who shaped me to be who I am (as such ranging from my most consequential teachers to my kids, with various layers in between).
Noah Baerman | piano
Recorded June, 2011, at the Hartt School of Music, West Hartford, CT
TRACK LISTING
1) Gorpy (Baerman)
for Joanne Brackeen
2) Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray (traditional)
for Jimmy Greene
3) Since the Blues Walked In (Baerman)
for Kenny Barron
4) Tiger Rag (Original Dixieland Jazz Band)
for Lewis Porter
5) Stevens Bar (Baerman)
for Matthew Baerman
6) Minute Waltz (Chopin)
for Clara Shen
7) What If You Slept (Baerman)
for Kate Ten Eyck
8) After You’ve Gone (Creamer/Layton)
for George Raccio
9) The Dance (Green)
for Rachel Green
10) Home (Baerman)
for Tiana Alicea
11) Maqqwoe’s Boogie (Baerman)
for Rebecca Koval
12) Mynor Myracyl (Baerman)
for Caryl Johnson
13) This Little Light of Mine (traditional)
for Dawn Revett
14) Turtle Steps (Baerman)
for Mo Sila
15) Out of the Sasa, Into the Zamani (Baerman)
for the Ancestors