Susan Alcorn - Soledad (2015)

Pedal Steel guitar innovator Susan Alcorn in a mostly solo release, beautifully performing 4 lush compositions by Astor Piazzolla, with bassist Michael Formanek joining for the Alcorn-penned "Suite for AHL".

"Susan Alcorn is a Baltimore, Maryland-based composer and musician who has received international recognition as an innovator of the pedal steel guitar, an instrument whose sound is commonly associated with country and western music.Having absorbed the technique of C&W pedal steel playing and refined it to a virtuosic level, her original music reveals the influence of free jazz, avant-garde classical music, Indian ragas, Indigenous traditions, and other musics of the world. The UK Guardian describes her music as "beautiful, glassy and liquid, however far she strays from pulse and conventional harmony."

Though mostly a solo performer, she has collaborated with numerous artists including Pauline Oliveros, Eugene Chadbourne., the late Peter Kowald, Chris Cutler, Fred Frith, Maggie Nicols, Joe Giardullo, Joe McPhee, Mike Cooper, Lђ Quan Ninh, Ellen Fullman, Evan Parker, Michael Formanek, Ellery Eskelin, and John Butcher."-Susan Alcorn website

Tracklist:

1. Soledad (Astor Piazzolla)
2. Invierno Porteño (Astor Piazzolla)
3. Adiós Nonino (Astor Piazzolla)
4. Suite For AHL (Susan Alcorn)
5. Tristezas De Un Doble A (Astor Piazzolla)

Personnel:

Susan Alcorn - Pedal Steel Guitar
Michael Formanek - Contrabass track 4