Palimpsest

If I/The Singing Wind Estrada do Patrimônio Sideral Al-Nisr Al-Ta’ir/Meeting of the Spirits Stephen’s Vamp A Moment Regained Continuum (for John Taylor) There is no tabula rasa, the zero-degree composition, we are all dependent on the sounds and music that have formed our cultural life. This collection embraces the metaphor of the palimpsest as a working method for musical creation. The origin of the pieces that comprise this album spans over half a century, from the John Mclaughlin-penned Meeting of the Spirits (first released in 1971), to my own piece A Moment Regained, written in December 2023. We start with a solo improvisation on the electric piano, If I.