Mirage Andrew Moorhead

• 1 Faster Etude 04:16
• 2 Intro Tune 08:54
• 3 Intervals 05:59
• 4 Phased Voices 07:11
• 5 Mirage 08:37
• 6 Slower Etude 04:31
• 7 Boogie 03:49
• Total Runtime 43:17

Info zu Mirage

Der Pianist und Komponist Andrew Moorhead präsentiert eine bemerkenswert persönliche Suite von Etüden. Diese Stücke, die aus Neugier, Disziplin und Risikobereitschaft entstanden sind, erforschen phasenweise wechselnde Taktarten, ineinandergreifende Melodienzyklen und den schwer fassbaren Raum zwischen Muskelgedächtnis und purer Spontaneität. Moorheads langjähriges Streben nach „völliger Befreiung“ am Klavier gipfelt hier in einer persönlichen Sprache, in der sich skizzenhafte Gesten zu fließendem Kontrapunkt entfalten. Das Ergebnis ist Musik, die sich zugleich architektonisch und schwerelos anfühlt. Mit dem herausragenden Bassisten François Moutin und Ari Hoenig, einem der eigenwilligsten Schlagzeuger des Jazz, hat er die perfekten Bandkollegen gefunden; ihre tiefe Verbundenheit erzeugt ein kinetisches, fast telepathisches Zusammenspiel. Mit einer lebendigen Balance aus Intellekt und Intuition ist „Mirage“ ein kühnes Trio-Statement und ein fesselndes neues Kapitel in Moorheads sich weiterentwickelnder Stimme.

„Ich dachte, ich hätte schon so ziemlich jeden Ansatz am Klavier gehört, dann kam Andrew Moorheads neues Album … es ist eine großartige Erinnerung daran, dass es echte Originalität noch immer gibt.“ (Scott Kinsey)

Andrew Moorhead, Klavier
François Moutin, Bass
Ari Hoenig, Schlagzeug

Aufgenommen und abgemischt von David Stoller im The Samurai Hotel, Astoria, NY
Aufgenommen am 28.08.2025
Gemastert von Scott Kinsey im Wishbone Studio, Encino, CA
Produziert von Andrew Moorhead

Andrew Moorhead
was born in Houston, Texas. He studied physics and piano at the University of Texas. During his studies and after graduating in 2006 he was an active player in Austin, whose rich and multifaceted music scene provided multiple contexts (jazz, metal, R&B) in which to develop. During this time he was privileged to make music with Carter Arrington, Philippe Vieux, John Fremgen, Eric Hargett, Jon Blondell, Brannen Temple, Dwayne Jackson (aka D-madness), Jason Marsalis, Sam Lipman, Ed Miles, Chris Maresh, and more.

Andrew moved to Boulder, Colorado in 2008 to pursue a PhD in mathematics. He studied with the great Art Lande, also playing in a free improvisation group with him, and performed widely on the Denver jazz scene with Brad Goode, John Lake, Josh Quinlan, Serafin Sanchez, John Gunther, John Grigsby, Greg Garrison, Greg Tanner Harris, Danny Meyer, Ed Breazeale, and more. In 2011 Andrew’s life was interrupted by a 47 foot fall that resulted in a three month hospitalization and a lengthy subsequent period of total disability. His current method of playing has developed from the necessity of accommodating spinal cord damage impacting both legs and an immobile right wrist. During the years in which he was unable to play piano he became interested in making electronic music and built a synthesizer with the C programming language which is featured on the first and last tracks of his debut album Interleaved.

Andrew went back to school in 2015 and completed his PhD in 2017. He has since published original mathematical research in various international journals, delivered lectures on modern algebra in several different countries, and worked as a professor at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Charles University in Prague, and the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

Andrew's music is a blend of various styles and genres. Chief among his influences are Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Allan Holdsworth, Brahms, Steve Reich, Boards of Canada, and Aphex Twin. His musical ideal is to synthesize his musical influences with structures derived from combinatorics and his ideal is brought to life by the expertise of his old friend Marcos Varela and the venerable drumming of Ari Hoenig. He is currently making an album with drummer and mathematician Robin Chestnut, who is an old friend and inspiration. He currently lives in Boulder, Colorado and plans to relocate to Dresden in Germany by the end of 2023.

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