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Step Up

by Miles Black Quartet

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1.
Vancouver 04:16
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Pedal Off 04:10
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3.
Soft Green 04:56
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Da-De-Do Blues 04:45
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Remembering Ian 06:08
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6.
Hoo You 04:29
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Step Up 04:01
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Neville-san (piano & drums) 06:53
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9.
Song of Joy 05:41
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Cozy Sizzle 06:15
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11.
Route Canal 04:42
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about

At age thirty, I saw my first jazz "fake sheet". After a year of study, I began playing with The Ungroupables in the late 1970s. From the mid-80s until I moved to Japan in 1996, I performed with Jazz Configuration, a newly formed quartet. My first composition "Vancouver" (1977) captures experiencing March weather in Vancouver, before returning to the ice and snow of the east. "Song of Joy" (1984) is a celebration of the birth of Nathan, my son, in 1983. After moving to Vancouver in 2007, I returned to jazz piano study and experienced something akin to a musical root canal as I deconstructed past patterns and began to build again. In December 2015, I rediscovered a portfolio filled with draft tune ideas. I began to develop them, in dialogue with Miles Black, and "Remembering Ian" (2016) arose as a tribute to the late Ian Sedgewick, my first jazz piano teacher. In short order, two more tunes were charted: "Pedal Off" as a reminder not to use the sustain pedal as a refuge; "Soft Green" as a directive for how to give feedback which does not feel invasive. This springs from my university teaching where I discovered that soft green ink (not red, blue or black) elicited students’ willingness to improve. While disciplining myself to play off and between beats, "Da-De-Do Blues" (2016) surfaced as an offshoot of my practice. "Step Up" and "Hoo You" (2017) mark a shift in compositional direction, arising from open-ended piano explorations late at night. "Cozy Sizzle" (2017) is good-hearted praise for the way that Chef Tony at the Northwest Culinary Academy taught us to cook steak. What started as the search for a rootless tune morphed into "Route Canal" (2018). I was compelled to find "Neville-san" (2018), a lament bidding farewell to my nineteen-year-old loving cat and great friend.

credits

released September 12, 2018

Composed By, Executive Producer – David Rehorick
Piano, Guitar, Co-producer, Arranged By – Miles Black
Acoustic Bass – Jodi Proznick
Drums – Julian MacDonough
Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Steve Kaldestad
Lead Vocals – Steve Maddock

Recorded at Monarch Studios, Vancouver, Canada, July 12, 2018 by Dave Sikula assisted by Olivia Quan
Mixed & mastered by Dave Sikula at Demitone Productions
Album design & production – DMA Discs, Vancouver, BC
Photography – Vincent Lim
Videography – Maverick Video Group, Maple Ridge, BC

Special mention and thank you to:
My jazz piano teachers – the late Ian Sedgewick, Victor Noriega, Mary Ann Hsu, and Miles Black.
Victor Noriega and Karim Ratib, my trio practice partners.
Long-time jazz friends Tony House, Peter Weeks and Stephen Chappell.
Sally Rehorick, my wife, who met me on a piano bench, and decided to stay.
Nathan Rehorick, my son, whose caring presence is my enduring Song of Joy.
Janice Hunter for her generous support.
VSO School of Music supportive staff.

All compositions by David Rehorick (SOCAN).
Copyright (c) 2018 All Rights Reserved.
Made in Canada

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David Rehorick Vancouver, British Columbia

Jazz piano player with performance experience in trios to quintets. Turned my attention to composition in late 2015, releasing STEP UP, my debut album in 2018. My second album--JUST ONE MOMENT--expands my musical expression to include instrumental, vocal, and spoken word jazz tunes. ... more

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