Fun, fresh and swinging versions of TV themes from the 70's and 80's, personalized with creative and virtuosic re-arrangements of unlikely jazz choices such as Star Trek, Love Boat, Six Million Dollar Man, Dallas, The Waltons, Price is Right and more.

12 MP3 Songs in this album (50:26) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Contemporary Jazz, JAZZ: Mainstream Jazz

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Details:
Despite his unusually late start on the piano at age eighteen, (after years of playing clarinet, sax, and flute) John Stetchâs first CD and Juno nomination came only a few years later. After being nominated for 3 more albums, he also won the Prix du Jazz at the Montreal International Jazz festival and placed 2nd in both the Theloniuos Monk International Composer's competition and the Great American Piano Competition. Steinway artist Stetch has performed across Europe, Japan, Israel, Brazil, the Ukraine and USA, and has been steadily receiving acclaim for his virtuosic originality and inventiveness. Stetch has performed with Charlie Haden,Billy Hart,Seamus Blake,Mark Turner,Jeff Ballard,Jorge Rossi, and his sideman work includes being a decade-long member of the Rufus Reid group. Stetch's discography includes a solo piano trilogy which garnered unanimous international praise. As a composer, Stetch has received numerous grants and commissions, and has recently been hired to compose a piece for the CBC Radio Orchestra for their farewell concert after 70 years. With the upcoming tour to celebrate his new CD, TV Trio, Stetch delves into a more recent and somewhat unexpected chapter of the Great American Songbook â TV themes of the 70âs and 80âs. Accompanied by Doug Weiss(bass) and Rodney Green(drums), the trio presents swinging and fun arrangements of such classics as Star Trek,Six Million Dollar Man,The Waltons,Love Boat,Bugs Bunny,The Price is Right,Rocky and Bullwinkle,All My Children,Dallas,and more.

Sample press from past recordings:
Downbeat â âone of the best solo piano recordings in recent yearsâ
Downbeat â âStetch has a distinctive vision thatâs both broad and deepâ
Billboard â âexceptional ⦠an exemplary rendering of Monkâs musicâ
Billboard â âa striking solo piano setâ
Jazztimes â âan unlimited imagination, unique harmonic and rhythmic conception, and the digital dexterity to execute any idea he hearsâ
Jazziz â âa very powerful and truly monumental recordingâ
All About Jazz NY â âStetch knows how to turn a classic into a precious treatâ
Jazzweek â âmasterpiece â an exciting release, with virtuosity and fresh compositionsâ
Utne Reader â âbold and vital jazz for the 21st centuryâ
Audiophile Audition â âa true virtuosoâ
Philadelphia Inquirer â âa light fingered virtuosoâ
Philadelphia Inquirer â âStetch makes a solo session sound like a crowded bandstandâ
Newark Star Ledger â âexceptional â¦his mix of classical and jazz is muscular,and ablaze with two-handed technique ⦠bolsters comet-like phrasesâ
All About Jazz.com â âa formidable talent with a vast imaginationâ¦chops to back it upâ
Jazzreview.com â âa formidable pianist with an apparently boundless imaginationâ
Barnes & Noble.com â âbreathtakingly communicates that sense of exhilaration and invites an audience inside the world of the artist and the musicâ