ARTHUR MIGLIAZZA: Pumping Ivories

Arthur Migliazza

Pumping Ivories

© 2006 Arthur Migliazza (635961052326)

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Aggressive Boogie Woogie and New Orleans Style Piano - Very High Energy.

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The second album by pianist Arthur Migliazza, Pumping Ivories is blues, boogie-woogie and New Orleans piano like you have never heard it before!
(This album contains Solo Piano and Vocals)

The following are excerpts from inside Pumping Ivories:


...When I first heard guitarist Albert Lee in January of 2005, I realized the potential of combining bluegrass-esque 16th note lines in the right hand with boogie-woogie and blues bass patterns in the left. I devoted a large amount of my practice time in 2005 to developing my technique to the point where I could execute high-speed polyrhythmic figures in a boogie and blues context...


...In making this album, I had one particular theme in mind: MUSCLE. I wanted to make an album of piano music that embodied raw strength and raw young male aggression. Therefore, this album is almost a perfect contrast to my first album, which was somber and mellow. These recordings were made between August and October of 2005. All
tracks were done "live" (i.e., no overdubs) and most are first takes. The method used for recording was not the standard method of choosing a song and doing as many takes as necessary to get it right. Instead, the microphones were left "open" and I recorded song after song without stopping. In this way, I was able to let the musical ideas flow as they would at a concert, and save myself from getting hung up on any one particular tune. The tracks included on this CD come from four separate days of recording in this manner...

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  • Killin' blues and boogie piano.
    author: Nick Stanley

    Art is a friend of mine whom I've looked up to since I was a young musician. His endless flow of melodic and rhythmic ideas are impressive to say the absolute least. Check out his rendition of the standard "I Left My Heart....," complete with Art Tatum-like pentatonic runs in the right hand and a beautiful stride/walking tenth style in the bass. Also, ruminations of James Booker on the New Orleans classic "Junko Partner." This cat can play some piano!

  • Pumping Ivories
    author: Dale Alger

    Arthur Migliazzia is one of our favorite pianists and a popular artist in Tucson becasue he can really pump those ivories. Arthur's energy can be felt in every piece. This is true talent at it's best.

  • Pumping Ivories
    author: Guerin Barry

    If I didn't know better, I'd think that Arthur had four hands and two heads to imagine and execute the rhythms demonstrated here! It's impossible not to be physically moved by his playing.

  • Interesting mix
    author: Harvey Nelsen

    Didn't know the artist, but will keep my eye open for his future releases. Interesting mix of blues, boogie in left hand and blue grass complexity in right hand. Always easy to listen too, usually very inventive. But despite the title, it was not as "driving" as the piano of Otis Spann, Professor Longhair or Marcia Ball. Maybe it needed some "barrelhouse" added.

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