Jess Johnson, piano
Recorded in Collins Recital Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music on a DS Standard 5.5 ™ keyboard.
Piano Technician: Baoli Liu
Recording Engineers: Buzz Kemper and Audrey Martinovich at Audio for the Arts
Video Production: Dave Alcorn at Microtone Media
NOTES:
Azuretta (“Little Girl Blue") is my musical reaction to a debilitating stroke Dr. Hale Smith suffered in 2000 AD. It was unbearable to witness my mentor, friend and master composer rendered mute and paralyzed. Hale was such a vibrant man who loved to talk, hold court; and he had the goods to do so. Unfortunately, Hale subsisted in a mute, paralyzed state until he passed 24 November 2009. For...