{"product_id":"colligan-george-nation-divided-cd","title":"Colligan, George - Nation Divided (CD) | Mint Mint","description":"In his first solo piano release for Whirlwind - ‘Nation Divided’ - George Colligan takes a lead from Duke Ellington’s quoted notion that “this is not piano. This is dreaming”. \n\nThe Portland-based pianist and multi-instrumentalist is known for numerous sideman appearances on the bandstand with names such as Jack DeJohnette, Larry Grenadier, Don Byron, Cassandra Wilson, and can be found on over a hundred album recordings (including 2017’s ‘More Powerful’ - WR4708). But, as he elucidates, this is different: “After a lot of trio and ensemble records, I wanted to get back to the piano to clear the air and represent my thoughts again in solitude. The whole session was captured in a single day by respected pianist David Goldblatt in his basement studio”. \n\nFinding a correlation between the written and the spontaneous, some of Colligan’s pieces are fully improvised, others through-composed, or they combine elements of both. “I love Ellington’s idea that it doesn’t matter what it is - it’s just dreaming”, he explains. I like to let things happen, but on ‘the road less travelled’ rather than the familiar; and in musical conversations with myself, I can take as many risks as I wish. \n\nA recurrent restlessness in Colligan’s thirteen originals is validated by provocatively-named title track ‘Nation Divided’, its two different keys and motifs agitatedly attempting to link up but never quite making it.\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedia Condition: Mint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSleeve Condition: Mint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat Detail: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel: Whirlwind Recordings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCatalog Number: CD-WWR-4726\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Colligan, George","offers":[{"title":"- JAZZ *NEW*","offer_id":45063900692595,"sku":"P18LAX-TL9S-9S","price":13.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/jazz-new_DvZE4.jpg?v=1780534970","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/colligan-george-nation-divided-cd","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}