With Open Eyes / ojos abiertos

Peter Orphanos | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2002)
• Original Release Date: November 30, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Orphan Record Co.
• ASIN: B00007JXQF
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,317,605 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 40 Acres + A Mule

2. Cornsilk Bender

3. 4 U Blues

4. Times That Were

5. Ivy (Excerpt)

6. Half Mast

7. Beautiful Love

8. Graced

9. Poem For Number Fifteen

10. Muse For Painting

11. The Sky At Night

12. 4 U Blues

13. Blues For You's

14. Climbing Ivy

15. From the Tower Window

16. Etude #441 (Excerpt)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a beautiful album filled with life, in all its forms, December 17, 2002

By 

Galen Cawley, Jr. (Andover, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: With Open Eyes / ojos abiertos (Audio CD)

This music is moving and allusive and full of meaning. It's extraordinarily sophisticated and creative (especially in the guitar technique) and yet accessible.

We live our life in time, in different tempos, full of mysterious resonances. We hear overtones of meaning. Chord and key changes create personal odysseys.

Like a solitary life, these songs have a beginning and an end, but they invite you to get lost in the eternal moment. You wait in the spaces between the notes, connected to the song's past, hopeful for the future, remembering a harmony that changes form.

But life isn't lived alone. The musicianship in these sessions is something shared and vital. I loved the arrangements and improvisation. Steve Kuhn's piano playing is beyond words.

The total album distills the music that we feel in the world around us, from the bleakness of pre-dawn, to bright day and seductive night.

Listen to it and you begin to get a sense of how an artist perceives the world. Peter Orphanos has a gift. There are many different musical genres displayed here, reflecting the hours of a day and the experiences of a lifetime. Here are a few samples:

"40 Acres..." and "Cornsilk Bender" are haunting pieces of atmospheric blues. The slide guitar is unearthly.

"Times That Were" has a Marvin Gaye groove and features a beautiful vocal.

"Halfmast" is a masterpiece of jazz. A reverie. Everything comes together: piano, guitar, percussion.

"Beautiful Love" has a swing that makes you want to dance.

There are also virtuoso flourishes of classical guitar ("Etude") in addition to other genres. It's all music. It's all wonderful. You'll have to listen for yourself.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An original masterpiece, July 15, 2003

By 

cnhm (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: With Open Eyes / ojos abiertos (Audio CD)

This innovative CD sets itself apart from the crowd. The musicians & vocals are superb. I like the versatility of the different forms of music. Although the jazz is my favorite, every piece of music is exceptional. I'm also impressed with the artwork. Bravo, Peter Orphanos!

5.0 out of 5 stars You Won't Be Disappointed!, June 25, 2004

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Michael Minutoli (Lowell, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: With Open Eyes / ojos abiertos (Audio CD)

This album contains the most fresh and inventive music I have heard in quite a long time. Peter's flawless technique allows
a degree of emotional expression that is very rare in today's music. His playing has a subtle richness in detail that amazes
me ever time I listen.

Peter Orphanos is a great artist in full control of his art.