Tyler Ray Johnson, piano virtuoso
extraordinaire, has released a double disc long playing record
entitled “Twenty Four Keys"
Tyler Ray Johnson, piano virtuoso
extraordinaire, has released a double disc long playing record
entitled “Twenty Four Keys.” The album is a staggering feat by
any estimation or standard, containing approximately seventy five
minutes of playing time over twenty four tracks, each of which
Johnson calls a key. By calling each of these compositions a 'key,'
Johnson has contributed his work to a very long standing musical
tradition: for hundreds of years composers have published their music
in sets of twenty four numbered selections, one for each major and
minor key of the scale (Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich
are but a few composers who have done likewise).
The fact remains, however – and
shockingly, stunningly so – that Tyler Ray Johnson has not
“composed” these songs in the strictest sense. Each of the tracks
on “Twenty Four Keys” is absolutely improvised. To be clear:
these gorgeous inventions are short recordings of what the artist is
capable of every time he sits at his instrument to play.
“I've been developing this style of
improvisation lately,” writes Johnson. “The style is mixed with
new age harmonies and rhythms that make the listener feel like
they're going somewhere.”
And go somewhere the listener does. His
notes trill upward and trickle downward, spiral and tipple and
occasionally soar, although for the most part, this set of recorded
performances is well-suited for a calming atmosphere.
“This is an easy listening album,”
says Johnson. “This album is a new aspect of music for me in the
sense that it's all improvised, but I still consider these
compositions.”
Johnson has been playing since the age
of eight and has studied various schools of music theory in Paris,
Los Angeles, and at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
respectively. He has won numerous awards and accolades and performed
live with many legendary artists around the world. He has since left
off schoolwork in order to develop himself as a soloist.
The music fan can do no better for an
introduction to this magnificent artisan than “Twenty Four Keys.”
It will certainly not and by no means be the last release we hear
from Tyler Ray Johnson.
-S. McCauley
Staff Press Release Writer
MondoTunes
The double LP “Twenty Four
Keys” is distributed globally by MondoTunes (www.MondoTunes.com)
and is available at iTunes for convenient purchase and download
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ARTIST
CONTACT INFO:
tylerjohnsonpiano@gmail.com
website -
www.tylerrayjohnson.com
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