Semi Vintage

from PARKER PLAYS X by Richard X Bennett & Matt Parker

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lyrics

Nostalgia

I have two major physical scars that have mostly faded away. One is y-shaped above my left eyebrow. The seven year old me got it when I was hit by a puck at a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game. The other is a thirty stitch remnant of a high school knife fight. It’s on my forearm. My best friend did it to me. It started as a joke.
In 2020 both scars reappeared and started to throb. I observed that the shut-down inspired much nostalgia for the past as everyone wanted to assert that their lives had been an idyll and the virus had ruined their beautiful world. My scars say something more complicated and ambiguous.

Musical Notes: The sax is mercurial and passionate. The unaccompanied piano takes the final word and makes some metaphysical remarks. The composer has watched a lot of Barbara Stanwyck movies.

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from PARKER PLAYS X, released May 5, 2023
Richard X Bennett - piano & composition
Matt Parker - tenor sax
Adam Armstrong - bass
Julian Edmond - drums

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Richard X Bennett Brooklyn, New York

In NYC composer/pianist Richard X Bennett has performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The Guggenheim Museum, The Rubin Museum, Brooklyn Museum & Central Park Summerstage. Internationally, his bands have played in over twenty countries. He has twelve albums on Indian, American & British labels.
"Hypnotic" - New Sounds
"unabashedly joyous, groove-centric, spiritually danceable" NYC Jazz Review ... more

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