presents:
Denman Maroney's 'Hyperpiano'
the master of 'inside the piano' playing
Denman Maroney is one of the unsung heroes of ‘in-the-piano’ playing.
He has expanded the sound palette of the piano by creating his own techniques.
His performance at Splendor will be one set of solo piano followed by an improvised set with Wilbert de Joode on bass and Splendor's own Michael Moore on reeds.
"There are few minds as agile and inquiring as that of pianist, composer and educator Denman Maroney. Over nearly 40 years, he has managed to rethink the piano’s vocabulary, creating a readily identifiable language on the instrument. He calls his contribution “hyperpiano”, a method of playing inside the piano that is characterized by a dizzying and diverse pallet of sonorities that make the instrument into an orchestra. He has also developed an equally unique compositional language involving combined pulses, employing the phrase “temporal harmony” to describe it. Yet, there is a directness, at times almost a simplicity, in his music. With his playing and in his compositions, Maroney combines musical genres and transforms sounds we think we understand, adding depth and color, often at great speed, while never sacrificing clarity."
Mark Medwin, All About Jazz-New York, August 2010
Denman Maroney - geprepareerde piano
Wilbert de Joode - bass
Michael Moore - clarinet and alt0 sax