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Melodic gem from an island off the coast of Britanny

Dan Heines | Milan, Italy | 01/16/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Didier Squiban's piano compositions are harmoniously old-fashioned, melodically pleasing, rythmically stimulating. Recorded in a chapel, the sound quality is outstandingly clear and bright in all tonal ranges. Mr. Squiban is an accomplished technician who plays his own compositions with the insight and feeling to produce a thoroughly satisfying artistic entertainment. In this day of raucous pop-music, a sound which seems a bit out of date puts to shame the current simple minded caterwauling passing itself off as music. Didier Squiban deserves to be popular.For those who have loved Jean-Yves Thibaudet's "Conversations with Bill Evans", Erroll Garner's "Concert by The Sea" or some of the best melodic Keith Jarrett solo concerts, chances are they will become Didier Squiban's delighted fans."