Tobin Mueller’s latest solo piano CD, “Instead of Heaven” is inventive, sensual, flowing with grace and contemplative ease. The music is a melding of modal New Age jazz and contemporary classical. Mueller’s style builds on the post-bop jazz of Brad Mehldau, Fred Hersch, Keith Jarret, as well as the Romanticism and Impressionism of Chopin, Debussy and Rachmaninov.
“Instead of Heaven” is a song cycle of meditative piano solos inspired by Greek myths. The video series incorporates gorgeous classical artwork, contemporary takes on the myths themselves, and insightful narratives. You may want to view the videos more than once to both take in the story as well as the music and art.
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