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Life of a Petal

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Life of a Petal
Studio album by
Recorded5 December 1993
StudioMurec Studio, Milan
GenreJazz
LabelSplasc(h)

Life of a Petal is a solo piano album by Stefano Battaglia. It was recorded in 1993 and released by Splasc(h).

Recording and music

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The album of solo piano performances by Battaglia was recorded at Murec Studio in Milan on 5 December 1993.[1] Various harmonic structures are prevalent in his playing: "Making original use of arpeggiated scalar devices and intervallic structural shifts (cascading a skein of chords tonally from E flat through to A flat 7 while playing all the tones between on the left hand as the right hand builds scales from each half tone in 9/8 time is a common one) gives Battaglia room to juxtapose stylistic considerations not only from jazz but European classical musical as well".[1]

Release and reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

Life of a Petal was released by Splasc(h), as was Baptism, another Battaglia solo piano album from the same year.[2] The AllMusic review concluded: "this is a physical record with spiritual undertones, a perfect mirror for Baptism in that it shows Battaglia's mettle as both the most inventive pianist of his generation in Italy [...] and his truly eloquent compositional language."[1] The Penguin Guide to Jazz commented that the pieces "often seem to be seeking an individual point that never arrives."[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Poem Pour Rûmî" – 3:51
  2. "Tell Me What It Is" – 3:50
  3. "Etude" – 6:11
  4. "Eldila" – 2:20
  5. "Blowed" – 5:29
  6. "Recitative" – 3:22
  7. "Tatum" – 3:03
  8. "Life of a Petal" – 4:16
  9. "Magnetic Love Field" – 3:01
  10. "Taste" – 3:18
  11. "Vision" – 3:35
  12. "Hymn" – 5:31

Personnel

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  • Stefano Battaglia – piano

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Jurek, Thom. "Stefano Battaglia – Life of a Petal". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2004). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (7th ed.). Penguin. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-141-01416-6.