Keyboardist Alan Pasqua has one of the most varied résumés in music, having performed with artists ranging from Tony Williams to Sheila Jordan, Bob Dylan to Harold Land. His latest effort is Soliloquy, a solo piano album recorded at home on his own Steinway. The repertoire consists of his favorite standards, some Ellingtonia, and Dylan’s Girl From the North Country. This is a record, he notes, that he’s “wanted to make for a very long time.” The result is a batch of beautiful songs beautifully played with a late-night ambience and the palpable warmth that comes from recording at home with no pressure and no time restraints. Soliloquy is an exquisite excursion into the musical mind of a consummate professional. Thoroughly recommended. Self-produced; Alan Pasqua (p); Los Angeles, CA, summer 2018; Hello Young Lovers/ I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good/ Lotus Blossom/ I See Your Face Before Me/ In a Sentimental Mood/ Embraceable You/ Isn't It Romantic/ Girl From the North Country/ A Time For Love/ There Are Such Things; 52:59. alanpasqua.bandcamp.com
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