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From My Heart

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Eric Reed is one of the most gifted young pianists around, and this album proves it. His piano playing is both techinally masterful, yet also encorparates wonderful serentic and romantic moods during every song in the album. It is definately worth the buy. Reed's genius as an arranger should also be credited and applauded. Standouts of the album include the "Prelude in E minor" which incorporates Jobim's "How Insensitive" and Monk's classic ballad, "Round Midnight." This album is wonderful on all accounts and is not worth missing. Buy it!

Want to know what Eric Reed is all about, and what's in his heart, listen to "I'll Never Stop Loving You." If that's not enough, try "Flamenco Sketches" and understand why Miles would likely be proud.

Eric Reed's performance and arrangements are both delicate and sumptuous, reflective and passionate. I haven't followed jazz for a few years, but this is the album to bring me back. He's a wonderful talent and a REAL pianist who is able to infuse classic jazz motifs with a contemporary sensibility. Wonderful!

This is one of those cds that stands out. Wow! When I look at my whole collection of cds (3,000+) there are very few that really seem significant. Oh! there are one or two songs on a lot of these cds that I really like, but not 8 out of 10 songs that really appeal to me, like in this case.

Eric is a hidden trasure! I just stumbled onto him. I have one other cd by Eric. It is not as good as this offering. He tried to improvise too much on the other cd.

I am thrilled about odering more of Eric's work. He has a new one that is a tribute to his late father. It is solo piano and gospel. What a combination!

Please buy Eric's cd "From My Heart".

I bought this CD because I really liked one of the numbers I heard on Pandora Radio. Most of the others, however, were not that good.