{"id":4126,"date":"2014-02-28T06:02:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T06:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/02\/28\/visionary-pianist-a-composer-sean-wayland-releases-his-23rd-album-barrenjoey\/"},"modified":"2014-02-28T06:02:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T06:02:01","slug":"visionary-pianist-a-composer-sean-wayland-releases-his-23rd-album-barrenjoey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2014\/02\/28\/visionary-pianist-a-composer-sean-wayland-releases-his-23rd-album-barrenjoey\/","title":{"rendered":"Visionary Pianist &#038; Composer Sean Wayland Releases His 23rd Album, &#8216;Barrenjoey&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1393566539728_10135\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seanwayland.com\/sean_biopic.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>Australian-born  pianist, composer and keyboardist Sean Wayland has released the 23rd  studio album of his prolific career, a magnificent and stylized take on  jazz and funk with roots in Australian rock. In fact, this album,  &#8216;Barrenjoey&#8217;, takes its name from Wayland\u2019s homeland in Australia (not,  as those familiar with the New York jazz scene might think, from famous  local drummer Joey Baron). This album tells a different story, and one  that\u2019s highly personal to Wayland.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1393566539728_10139\">\u201cI  was inspired by surfing in Australia, New South Wales Coast, and  Australian rock circa 1980,\u201d says Wayland. \u201cThe title track is about a  tombolo, or tied island, attached to palm Beach, the most northerly  point of the Sydney region.\u201d It\u2019s not difficult to hear these  inspirations shine through, particularly on the title track. With  drumbeats that crash like waves, the landscape and the lighthouse the  lyrics speak of come to life through the song. The passionate musicality  and life of this album will transport listeners to the Australia of  Wayland\u2019s youth.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As a composer,  Wayland is deeply rooted in the jazz piano tradition, and this is highly  evident in all his work. He is a graduate of Sydney\u2019s Conservatorium of  Music, where he won the Jack Chrostowski Piano Award. He established  himself as a creative star of the Sydney jazz scene before relocating to  the States and making himself a fixture of New York City\u2019s jazz scene.  After moving to the city 14 years ago, Wayland has been recording at a  staggering pace. Now, with Barrenjoey, he explores broadened stylistic  territory in jazz and funk, while simultaneously harkening back to his  roots.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1393566539728_10158\">\u201cBetter  Down South\u201d is a memory, an autobiographical piece about surfing in the  Ulladulla and Jervis Bay regions of Australia when Wayland was young.  Stories like these, told through his carefully constructed musical  harmonies and rhythms, are close to the artist\u2019s heart. \u201cIt\u2019s a  stylized, personalized take on various musical traditions including  Australian rock, jazz and funk,\u201d Wayland says. \u201cThere is a musical  message that is hard to put into words.\u201d Listeners to this album will  certainly find the message easy to hear: a personal journey drawing from  the music and recollections of Wayland\u2019s past.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1393566539728_10146\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1393566539728_10144\">&#8216;Barrenjoey&#8217;  features a number of other talented musicians and performers, including  Keith Carlock on drums, James Muller and Nate Wood on guitar, and Jeff  Harley on bass. Virna Sanzone lends her beautiful vocals to complement  Wayland\u2019s singing throughout the album.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1393566539728_10149\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1393566539728_10152\">&#8216;Barrenjoey&#8217; is available for download now on Sean Wayland\u2019s Bandcamp page.<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1393566539728_10154\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1393566539728_10156\">Source:<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/SeanWayland.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SeanWayland.com<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian-born pianist, composer and keyboardist Sean Wayland has released the 23rd studio album of his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4126\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}