Embracing The Wind - 2160

Amazon.com Kevin's Kern's fifth album, Embracing the Wind, is a collection of inspired emotional themes, deftly articulated through soft piano, warm rhythms, and acoustic guitar. The opening track, "Blossom on the Wind," begins with the gentle sound of a raindrop, a single note of stillness that sets the mood of this effort. For this particular work, Kern and producer Terence Yallop returned to the original source of their inspiration, the piano itself. With a tape continually running to capture each moment of expression, Kern and Yallop tapped into their own familiar wellspring of feeling, from the uplifting "Bathed in Dawn's Light," to the passionate "From This Day Forward," a piece that Kern composed for his fiancé in honor of their wedding day. While Embracing the Wind is a reflection of Kern's self-described "musical journey" through a myriad of influences, it maintains a classic simplicity of sound and arrangement built around a well-balanced framework of song structures. It's plain to see that he's grown considerably out of the first wobbling steps of New Age music into his own right as a composer and a pianist. Embracing the Wind is Kern's own acknowledgement of his coming-of-age as an artist, and like most things that get better with time, "Embracing the Wind" is to be savored slowly, appreciated newly again with each listen. --Leslie R. Marini Product Description "It might surprise his listeners to hear that Kevin also plays impassioned jazz, the classics, gorgeous Beatles arrangements, jams alongside anything that moves (recently it was Rio-flavored didgeridoo) and he spontaneously creates melodies from images I offer him in a darkened recording studio -- with the tape running. Like the wind that can churn an ocean, uproot trees and yet be gentle enough to carry pollen on a summer breeze, Kevin has many faces. It has been my profound pleasure to work with and learn from him at the very source of his creative process. He has a love, a passion and a discipline for his craft that is truly inspiring. On Embracing the Wind, Kevin's fifth album, he welcomes some new influences to his musical palette. I know you will enjoy them". ~ Terence Yallop, President, Real Music Review "...perfect music to comfort and uplift mind and soul... smooth as silk and as tranquil as a spring breeze." -- Kathy Parsons, Solo Piano Publications, Aug 2001 "...piano melodies float into the air before landing ever so gently within earshot...a welcome dimension to your environment". -- DL, New Age Voice Magazine, August 2001 "...soothing instrumentals of peace and tranquility. ...poignant and meaningful...earning regular appearances on New Age charts...400,000 albums sold". -- New Age Retailer, September 2001 "Kern is something special. His distinctiveness...come(s) from an improvisational composing process...into which he inserts his tinkling, melodic ballads". -- NF, Napra ReView, Sept/Oct 2001 From the Artist "In creating the music for this CD, Terence and I revisited an approach to music composition that we hadn't fully utilized since the days of In the Enchanted Garden. The key to this approach is an interchange of ideas where Terence and I explore possibilities suggested either by the piano itself or by some other internal or external stimuli. In this case, we used a variety of inspirational sources ranging from two sketching sessions with a concrete grand in a recording studio with the tape running continuously, to a wide-ranging exploration of one another's musical tastes in my home. The resulting pieces summarize where my music has been and where it is going. My favorite song from these sessions is "From This Day Forward," written for my fiance Pam in honor of our wedding on June 26, 2001. I hope you will join me on this continuing journey". ~ Kevin Kern About the Artist When Real Music President Terence Yallop heard carols being played one Christmas Day at a hotel in San Francisco and approached the pianist, he was excited ab
ASIN: B00005AVEG
VSKU: GGV.B00005AVEG.LN
Condition: Like New
Author/Artist:KERN,KEVIN
Binding: Audio CD