Donna Long
Handprints
© 2003 Donna Long (663445119821)
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Traditional Irish Music played by the one of the best trad piano players there is. '"Handprints" is, hands down, a knockout and a must for anyone remotely interested in state-of-the-art piano playing within Irish music.'
tracks
- 1 As Old As The Hills / The Blarney Pilgrim
- 2 McMahon's (The Banshee)/ The Pinch of Snuff
- 3 Bridget Cruise
- 4 The Circus Hornpipe / Fitzgerald's / Jackie Tar
- 5 Lark in the Clear Air
- 6 Maguire's March/ The Kerry Jig
- 7 The Lass of Carracastle/ Ballinasloe Fair
- 8 The Woman of the House/ Johnny's Wedding
- 9 My Lagan Love
- 10 Johnny Allen / Tuttle's /Imelda Roland
- 11 Luna
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DONNA LONG was born in Los Angeles, California. When she was five years old, she began taking piano lessons with her father, Byron Long, a jazz/classical pianist who instilled in Donna a love for music. As a child, Donna was exposed to many different genres of music, including players from the old and new Jazz eras, Classical, Scottish, Indian, and African.
In 1978, she moved to the Baltimore/Washington, DC area and heard fiddler, Brendan Mulvihill playing Irish music. He inspired her to pick up the fiddle and gave her a solid foundation in style and playing. She then began to accompany him on the piano and now Donna is considered one of the finest pianists playing Irish music. Along with Brendan Mulvihill, she has recorded two duet albums, The Steeplechase and The Morning Dew.
Donna has now passed her music on to her son Jesse Smith and helped produce his first solo recording entitled The Hurricane. In addition to these recordings Donna can be heard as a guest artist on many recordings backing up other musicians and also on the motion picture soundtrack Out of Ireland .
A former member of the internationally acclaimed Irish group Cherish the Ladies , she has recorded five CDs with them. In the year 2000, the Smithsonian Institution asked Donna to represent Irish Music in the series, Piano Traditions celebrating 300 years of the piano. Donna was also commissioned by the Library of Congress in 2001 to write a composition for fiddle and piano. She wrote a slow air called Before the Snow Falls, and a reel to accompany the air called Pandora's Box. These tunes were performed by Cherish the Ladies and can be found in the Library of Congress.
Donna currently teaches Suzuki piano, Irish piano and Irish fiddle in the Baltimore/ Washington, DC area.
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Awesome Irish piano music and great tune choice!
author: Eric Eid-ReinerDonna's CD, Handprints, is a great selection of really nice, varied, Irish tunes, played on piano. She really keeps things moving and interesting to listen to! Highly recommended! If you like this CD, or are interested in more piano music in this style, check out www.cdbaby.com/ericeidreiner