{"id":10380,"date":"2016-05-26T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T07:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=10380"},"modified":"2013-05-13T03:30:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T10:30:47","slug":"10380","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=10380","title":{"rendered":"Matt Herskowitz &#8211; Upstairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Herskowitz blends jazz and classical influences on his new solo piano recording titled\u00a0<em>Upstairs<\/em>. Released on Justin Time Records, the CD was recorded live at Upstairs Jazz Bar &amp; Grill in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on November 6, 2011.\u00a0<em>Upstairs<\/em>\u00a0is Mr. Herskowitz\u2019s follow up to his 2010 acclaimed<em>Jerusalem Trilogy<\/em>\u00a0and features songs composed by Dave Brubeck (\u201cDziekuje\u201d), Michel Petrucciani (\u201cCantabile\u201d), J.S. Bach (\u201cBach A La Jazz) and George &amp; Ira Gershwin (\u201cBut Not For Me,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ve Got Rhythm\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Herskowitz also wrote and arranged several originals for the program. The night opened with Mr. Herskowitz\u2019s interpretation of Dave Brubeck\u2019s rhapsodic homage to Chopin titled \u201cDziekuje.\u201d His performance got raves from the late pianist himself and Herskowitz\u2019s tribute to his friend is certainly one of the most inspired performances on the recording. Further inspiration came from Mr.\u00a0 Herskowitz\u2019s visit to Moscow as a competitor in the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition. \u201cWaltz In Moscow\u201d is a refined piece that emphasizes Herskowitz\u2019s classical influences and calls attention to his fluid pianism. He further accentuates his classical flair in \u201cTraumerei\u201d by Robert Schumann.<\/p>\n<p>His stellar arrangement makes this masterwork accessible to a new generation of pianists who may excel in the classical\/jazz genre by adding it to their repertoire. The entire recording underlines Mr. Herskowitz\u2019s virtuosity and finesse as a pianist and ranks among his finest works.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0092KUXF6\/thesoundsoftimel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buy\u00a0<em>Upstairs<\/em>\u00a0today at the SOTJ store.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reprinted with permission of&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundsoftimelessjazz.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sounds of Timeless Jazz\" alt=\"Sounds of Timeless Jazz\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/sotjlogo.gif\" width=\"470\" height=\"70\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Herskowitz blends jazz and classical influences on his new<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10380"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10383,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10380\/revisions\/10383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}