A Mosaic of various jazz piano styles, in different settings, from traditional to contemporary.

7 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Smooth Jazz, EASY LISTENING: Mood Music



Details:
Ed Ledwith--FIND ME

Find Me was released in May 1995. My playing and writing is influenced by Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, and Pat Metheny. I'm primarily a piano player, although my experience as a trumpet player and my love of guitar are evident on the CD.

These are songs which grew from my playing experiences from the last twelve years. I call the style Âretro-fusion. It's definitely Âjazz, but not ÂNew Age or ÂSmooth; traditional but not dated. My composing style involves putting musical elements together in such a way that they retain their own character, but are part of something new as well. The concept is that of a mosaic, or collage. Find Me was recorded at Gary Henry's Northern Track Studios in Wilmington, Vermont (www.northerntrackstudio.com).

There's no ÂEd Ledwith band playing these tunes; just me, the drummer, and the engineer in the studio. I wanted to put some of my composing out there to listen to. Here's what some folks are saying about Find Me:

Â...timeless in its combination of traditional and new jazz...relaxed yet titillating....Â
Gary Gottlieb, Wilmington VT Deerfield Valley News

Â...new musical venues...reinventing sounds...all of this comes through in Find Me.Â
Barry Janoff, Gallery Magazine

I am originally from Vermont, where I played with a number of local and college bands in a variety of styles: jazz, country, rock&roll; I even auditioned for a reggae band once. I was a trumpet major, I played piano and keyboards in order to get gigs, and I play the guitar for relaxation and enjoyment. I currently live just outside of Boston, Mass, and I teach music at the high school level.