Improvisations Vol. 17

by Joel Trigg

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	1.	Forest: Overture - 285 (7/8/19) 05:06
	2.	Greymouth - 286 (10/8/19) 05:06
	3.	Sport - 287 (17/8/19) 05:06
	4.	The Mirror of Twilight - (19/8/19) 05:16
	5.	Forest: Lost - 289 (22/8/19) 05:06
	6.	Forest: Rain - 290 (24/8/19) 05:08
	7.	Do What Makes You Happy - 291 (26/8/19) 05:17
	8.	Arbiter's Grounds - 292 (29/8/19) 05:04
	9.	Forest: Ash - 293 (30/8/19) 05:02
	10.	Forest: Sun - 294 (31/8/19) 05:10

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I have been thinking a lot about patience recently. In my musical practice I have been working slower and slower, doing less and less, and finding as I do that constantly expanding galaxies bloom out of every moment. It's like that video that starts with a bird's eye view of a person in a park, then zooms out to the take in the Earth, then the solar system, and out into the incomprehensible enormity of the known universe, but then returns to the person in the park, and zooms in on her eye, her pupil, her blood cells, chromosomes, DNA, and still deeper into the atomic depths of matter. It seems more and more like the only limits in scale are those we create by observing them.

It strikes me that everything could be like this, but it is certainly the case when exploring music and sound. The more I try to find a bedrock of experience in music, the more the bottom keeps opening up and revealing new depths. For me, I experience this in the project of trying to connect my deepest musical impulses to my outward physical gestures, whether in my voice or through the piano. I want there to be nothing in between the "song of my heart" and the sounds that I produce with my body. This has meant playing less and less, and seeking increasingly profound experiences of expression as I play. Also, developing my audiational abilities (one's capacity for "hearing" music in the "mind's ear" without producing the sound out loud) has been a big part of this process, and pursuing this has meant that about half my time at the piano has been spent in silence, listening to my imagination.

Recording these improvisations this month has been both a way of testing the efficacy of my practice, and also of giving myself a break from the slow, careful discipline that it has involved. It has been a relief to just play, and hear what comes out of all this patience. Sometimes it is slow like my practice, and other times it is a flurry of textures and colours, but it is all profoundly connected to my inner musical world, and I feel I owe that to holding the values of patience and meaningful playing in such high regard. I have enjoyed making this volume immensely, and am unusually proud of the pieces collected here.

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released September 1, 2019

All pieces improvised by Joel Trigg.
Cover design and photos by Joel Trigg.
Recorded at Day Spa Studios, Fitzroy North.

This music was made on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, and I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging.

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Joel Trigg Melbourne, Australia

I'm a pianist, singer, composer and improviser. I think music is a vibrant act of celebration and entertainment that enriches our lives, and can articulate aspects of the human experience that elude language. I make jazz, groove and improvisation oriented music. I also love walking, talking, writing, thinking, tai chi, and going to the IMAX. ... more

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