Christopher James Announces ‘A Rose In The Canyon’

Impressions:

They’re the uncooked content of our reactions to artistic expressions. They variety the making blocks of our personal narrative responses to what we have noticed and heard. Composer Christopher James and his supporting forged-which includes two of New York’s most gifted orchestrators and a number of first phone instrumentalists-assemble evocative musical ordeals that crank out parallel impressions in our individual hearts and minds.

Does one particular require to be acquainted with a individual model of ’60-’70s television criminal offense drama to enjoy “The Mighty Quinn (Martin)”? Or the whimsical eccentricities of British prog-pop to unlock “Dr. Blowhard Stumples”? Of class not, despite the fact that a pay a visit to to one’s beloved lookup engine may possibly offer you extra colours and tones to one’s very own listening landscape. There is wit in this article, but also one thing deeper: an engagement with pop cultural archeology that opens a door for the uninitiated as a result of the alchemy of tunes.

“The Enigmatic City,” “Baile de los Perros,” and the title piece, “A Rose in the Canyon,” supply something else: sonic maps to territories we may well currently know, consciously or subconsciously. Or probably a dimensional gateway from Christopher James’ musical creativeness to ours. The music doesn’t subvert particular references, it embraces probability….. Chuck Mitchell

Christopher James (born Christopher James Roberts) is an American composer, producer (Paula Cole, Renée Fleming, Val Gardena) and ex-CEO of Common Music Group’s Classical and Jazz division. An completed classical pianist, he acquired a B.A. in New music and German Literature at Lewis and Clark College or university in his hometown of Portland, Oregon.

His graduate scientific tests in Musicology at the University of Illinois took him to Germany for write-up-graduate investigate. He stayed, and for a number of several years he composed and created new music for the German movie and television business. With a style reflecting pop, as nicely as his classical and jazz training, James’ songs was listened to in prime time on a variety of German Nationwide Television set networks. Musical influences include Elton John, Burt Bacharach, Brian Eno, Jimmy Webb, John Barry, George Gershwin, Bach, Chopin, Ravel and Stravinsky.