17 Seconds to Anywhere

Liz Story | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 27, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Windham Hill Records
• ASIN: B000000NNT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,486 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great album !, November 25, 2000

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Tony O' Shea "Tony Naples Fl" (dublin 1, na Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 17 Seconds to Anywhere (Audio CD)

I bought this a couple of years ago and it remains one of my most played albums . She has a wonderfully distinctive way of playing the piano and it has the effect of making you relax totally . Not an awfull lot more to say other than it requires a few listens to grow on you and thats always the sign of good music .

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If All our Days Were Music, May 3, 2004

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Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 17 Seconds to Anywhere (Audio CD)

I've been listening to this album in tandem with another favorite Liz story album 'Part of Fortune.' There are eight years between these albums and to me, at least, it seems that this dedicated pianist/composer has come full circle in that time period. Sometimes the same, but often the better for her explorations.

Still the same is Liz Story's light-handed style that roams the keyboard with a steady flow of notes. Sometimes letting the melody lead, and other times letting it break through the surface of the music almost porpoise-like, with the same wry smile.

Influenced by both Mozart and jazzman Bill Evans, she has developed a style that bridges the gap between chordal and arpeggiated harmonies that seems to be as much self-expression as it is music. One leaves a Story album with a sense of having met the performer and being happier for it.

Music varies from the humor of "Captain April" to the romantic of "Beginner's Mind." "Out of Time's" introspective shifts are balanced by the jazz-like tonalities of "The Promise." The concluding piece "Remember Me This Way" is a beautiful, tiny fragment - unforgettable, and perfect in it's way.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Compositions are great, but the recording is lousy., January 7, 2000

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Joseph Lopez (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 17 Seconds to Anywhere (Audio CD)

Over the years, I've bought a number of Liz's fine albums and have found all compositions to be both memorable and inexhaustively enjoyable. The same can be said for this album except for the fact that the audio engineering is less than average. Having purchased top of the line audio equipment, it was a disappointment to find that this latest recording was thoroughly inferior. If Liz ever reads this note she should take my advice and sack the audio engineer responsble for ruining an otherwise flawless ensemble!