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Album:  Aspenrose: Live at the Opera House Artist:  Herb Silverstein Label: Silver Tunes Website:  www.herbsilversteinjazz.com Pianist and composer Herb Silverstein's online biography reveals that "In the early 1980s, one of Herb’s sons introduced him to a recording of Chick Corea, and this began a long love affair with jazz music."  His bond with stride piano, bebop, and improvised music has motivated him to release his 17th recording Aspenrose:  Live at the Opera House , recorded with Michael Ross on bass and produced by Silversten.  Containing twelve original compositions written by Silverstein, the listener immediately becomes aware of Silverstein's ability to create lyrical phrases that are comforting and therapeutic for the aural senses.  His practice as an Otologist (the branch of medicine concerned with the ear) and as an Otolaryngologist (the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ears, nose, and thro...

Album:  Looking Back Play It Again Artist:  Herb Silverstein and Michael Ross Label:  Silver Tunes Website:  www.herbsilversteinjazz.com Looking Back Play It Again from pianist Herb Silverstein and bass player Michael Ross features all original works by Silverstein.  A compilation of piano ballads and improvised chord patterns, Silverstein demonstrates his artistic inclinations and melodic sensibilities on the piano. The caressing glide of Silverstein's keys ambling along "Love in My Heart" produces a pacifying effect as the mellow tone of the music courses an even flow through the arrangement.  "Helix 49r" picks up the tempo with a tinge of zest, speeding up the pulsating beat of the keys, which switches its texture to a creamy froth through "Improvisation."  Silverstein's improvised doodles on the keys create an ethereal lift along the composition that changes to a brisk sweep across "Magic Sam." The sprightly movements of the keys...