What can be expressed with a piano? Friedrich Nietzsche spent the last
years of his life composing piano music and he expressed wide-ranging
emotions, beauty and force. Nietzsche had said enough with words
(which so many of his readers misconstrued); he would now let the
piano keys speak for him. The piano was his final saving grace.
Some recommended recordings:
Friedrich Nietzsche: Piano Works (Talent Records, 31).
Elena Letnanova (Piano), Kuniko Nagata (Violin).
Solo Piano Recital: Teatro la Fenice Venizia (Golden Years of New Jazz, 21).
Sun Ra (Piano).
Mingus Plays Piano (Impulse! 217).
Charles Mingus (Piano).
Desertshore (Reprise, 1970).
Nico (Vocals, Harmonium).
Nico in Tokyo (Anagram, CDMGOTH 19).
Nico (Vocals, Harmonium) + band.
Live at Pit-Inn, Tokyo (DIW, 824).
Sun Ra (Piano, Keyboards) + arkestra (June Tyson on Vocals).
Jazz in Silhouette (Evidence, 22012-2).
Sun Ra (Piano) + arkestra.
Charles Mingus Quintet with Max Roach (Original Jazz Classics, 4402).
Charles Mingus (Bass) + quintet (Max Roach on Drums).
Jimmy Durante at the Copacabana [1961] (Collectables 696319).
Jimmy Durante (Piano, Vocals) + band.
Thelonious Monk in Italy (Original Jazz Classics, 4882).
Thelonious Monk (Piano) + band.
Plays Duke Ellington (Riverside, 200242).
Thelonious Monk (Piano) -- trio work.
At Montreux Jazz Festival [1990] (Ausfahrt, 3007).
Ofra Haza (Vocals) + band.
Takhti (Oriental Star Agencies, 1994).
Aziz Mian (Vocals, Harmonium).
Journey in Satchidananda (Impulse! 228).
Alice Coltrane (Piano, Harp) + band.
Extensions (Blue Note, 37646).
McCoy Tyner (Piano), Alice Coltrane (Harp), Wayne Shorter
+ Gary Bartz (Sax), Elvin Jones (Drums), Ron Carter (Bass).
Big Bands of Hollywood (LaserLight, 15 767).
Desi Arnaz & Chico Marx Orchestras.
Thanks for the Memories (MCA, 10611).
Bob Hope (Vocals) + orchestra.
Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden (RCA, 07863).
Elvis Presley (Vocals) + band.
The Far East Suite (RCA Bluebird, 7640-2-RB).
Duke Ellington (Piano) + band.
The Afro Eurasian Eclipse (Original Jazz Classics, 645).
Duke Ellington (Piano) + band.
Latin American Suite (Original Jazz Classics, 469).
Duke Ellington (Piano) + band.
Concerto Piccolo (Berlin Classics, 1789).
Gudrun Hinze (Piccolo, Flute) + ensemble.
Almaz (dB Productions, 41).
Almaz Yebio (Vocals) + band.
Ella Fitzgerald (LazerLight, 17 109).
Ella Fitzgerald (Vocals) with the Tommy Flanagan Trio.
What a Wonderful World (RCA, ND88310).
Louis Armstrong (Vocals) + band -- includes "Give Peace a Chance" [John Lennon],
"His Father Wore Long Hair", "The Creator Has a Master Plan (Peace) [Leon Thomas].
Ukulele Songs (Monkeywrench, B0015587).
Eddie Vedder (Vocals, Ukulele).
In a Metal Mood (Hip-O, 40025).
Pat Boone (Vocals) + Big Band.
Girl (Rounder, 9050).
Tiny Tim (Vocals, Ukulele) with Brave Combo.
Soul on Top (Verve, B0001978-02).
James Brown (Vocals) with the Louie Bellson Orchestra.
Chinese Democracy (Geffen,12356).
Guns n' Roses: Axl Rose (Vocals, Piano) + band.
Bob Dylan at Budokan (Columbia, 36067).
Bob Dylan (Vocals) + band.
Empire Burlesque (Columbia, 467840).
Bob Dylan (Vocals) + band.
Peace and Noise (Arista Records, 18986-2).
Patti Smith (Vocals) + band.
Zoning (Smithsonian Folkways, SF-40811).
Mary Lou Williams (Piano) -- trio work.
Marian McPartland Plays the Music of Mary Lou Williams (Concord Jazz, 4605).
Marian McPartland -- trio work.
Soldier (Arista Records, 251 160).
Iggy Pop (Vocals) + band -- includes the impeccable "Mr Dynamite" &
"I'm a Conservative"
Hell In A Handbasket (Sony, 193273).
Meat Loaf (Vocals) + band.
Sleeping with the Past (MCA, 6321).
Elton John (Piano) + band.
The Union (Decca Records).
Elton John and Leon Russell (Pianos, Vocals) + band.
The Fox (MCA, 10497).
Elton John (Piano) + band.
LotusFlow3r (NPG Records, 09549).
Prince (Voice, Instruments).
The Rainbow Children (NPG Records, 70004-3).
Prince (Voice, Instruments) + band.
