{"product_id":"george-colligan-nation-divided","title":"George Colligan: Nation Divided - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eNation Divided\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge Colligan\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eWhirlwind Recordings\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e4055388386686\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003ePop\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2018-09-14\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         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\". The 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\". Finding 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. A recurrent restlessness in Colligan's thirteen originals is validated by provocatively-named title track 'Nation Divided', it's two different keys and motifs agitatedly attempting to link up but never quite making it.Wounds Of Another Time \/ Closure \/ Between Two Worlds \/ Street Fight \/ Blues For Charleston \/ Nights Of Passion \/ The Strength To Move On \/ Nation Divided \/ Prelude \/ If That's All There Is To Say \/ Cognac Logic \/ Sentimental Foolishness \/ Saddest Of All Keys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"George Colligan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43684605034563,"sku":"36583683.0","price":5.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9847\/3539\/files\/3546426-2421839_245bdfb2-131c-47b6-9a41-ee5cd42c1e88.jpg?v=1787036484","url":"https:\/\/sonirecords.com\/products\/george-colligan-nation-divided","provider":"MAILE LOR60x16RAINE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}