Virtue

Eldar | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B002GHHJSG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,368 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Exposition

2. Insensitive

3. Blues Sketch in Clave

4. Iris

5. The Exorcist

6. Lullaby Fantazia

7. Blackjack

8. Long Passage

9. Estate

10. Daily Living

11. Vanilla Sky

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have this one on infinite repeat on my iPhone, September 11, 2009

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Ken Blackman (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Virtue (Audio CD)

Very rich, with jagged, dark edges. Have listened many times and am continuing to discover.

I was predisposed to 'Insensitive' -- I'd heard him perform it live before the album came out, and it stuck with me for hours after the concert. What a gem. (Tho I just noticed the coda to Insensitive is kissing cousins to the coda of The Beatles' "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".)

This album is not going to be for everyone. I can say for myself that it's one of my favorites. Highly recommended, and catch him live if he comes to your area.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coming into own, and owning, April 8, 2010

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IRate - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virtue (Audio CD)

4 1/2


Even with a touch that can understandably lack the wisdom of subtly, Eldar's (w/ brilliant backup) breakout release of boldly played compositions is as excitingly engaging a contemporary jazz piano release as any in recent memory, definitively launching the under-appreciated prodigy as a world force of his own.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coming together, July 1, 2010

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X man (No Man's Land) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Virtue (Audio CD)

On his previous album, the audacious Re-Imagination, Eldar first delved into the fascinating world of electronic jazz. Here he does it again, but unites it with more of his old style, and as a result, it's his most polished album to date. The guy just gets better and better!

Eldar is extremely proud of this album, and has gone out of his way to promote it on various radio stations, his website, Facebook page, etc. It's definitely something to be proud of. I'm not sure if DJ Logic is back from Re-Imagination, but Joshua Redman and Nicholas Payton are certainly on for the ride, and listening as I write this, I'm convinced there might even be more special unnamed guests performing some of the tracks. What counts is that these guys are a match for Eldar's energy and produce some truly electrifying jazz.

Exposition is a great way to start off the album, with lots of great rhythms and swirls of electronic sound in the midst of more traditional instruments. From there, Eldar explores with more mixes of sound, time signature (I think Lullaby Fantasia is in the usual time signature of 5/4), a standard (Estate), and even revisits an old original first introduced on "Live at the Blue Note": Daily Living. This is probably the best album for understanding where Eldar is musically at this time. I have no doubt he'll continue to explore and innovative as the years go by to produce some more amazing work. I'll be in line for his next album, whatever it may be.