Greetings, all!

Here's another piano track from my upcoming CD. This one was improvised in what I like to call a "Brisk 20th century style". With somewhat dissonant harmony and strong rhythms, it's very similar to what I do stylistically in Martha Graham style dance classes. (I've been a Dance Class accompanist for a really really really long time now...) 

Over the course of 20 years playing Graham Classes I've developed a serious working musical vocabulary, one I felt worth documenting.

The title was immediately obvious on listening back. I posted it in celebration of Martha Graham's birthday, just a few days ago (May 11th). Thanks for listening!

"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. ... No artist is pleased. [There is] no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others." - Martha Graham