Album Review: Spirit from Peter Calandra
Album: Spirit Artist: Peter Calandra Website: https://www.petecalandramusic.com/ Spirit , the latest release from neo-classical composer and chamber jazz pianist Peter Calandra, illustrates reflections brought to the canvas in melodic form. From soothing lullabys to majestic landscapes, the music is expressive, introspective, and deeply sentimental. Calandra's solo works demonstrate his keen melodic sensibilities and instinctive sense of synchronicity. A native of orchestral tones and organic musings, Calandra creates fluidly versed stories, garnished in glittering notes and ethereal emanations. The compositions flow seamlessly, turning another page in the recording's journal with each track. The earthy textures of his keys ruminate with an intuitive stroke along "The Weight," transitioning into the pensive mood of "Reflective Romance," puncturing the track with swirling doodles on the piano keys, peppered lightly across the melodic progr...