Age of Discovery - CD
Product Description
Piano Music Style: Melodic, Contemporary Classical/New Age piano. Sometimes delicate, sometimes very energetic and intense.
Musical Influences: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, David Lanz.
Age of Discovery is a fully orchestrated recording
Comments posted on Amazon.com:
Bill Walker's first recording of his own musical compositions performed with Walker on the piano, and assisted by Ahaguna G. Sun on drums, Juan Nelson on Bass, and Mick Valentino on Guitar set a very high standard. Walker is a fine pianist, able to coax both brilliance of execution as well as warmth of expression from the keyboard. His classical training serves him well, even though there are no traditionally classical works on this substantive CD to prove the point. His technique is solid.
The music he composes falls into the ever-changing category of 'New Age' (and who knows when the 'new' of that designation will wear out?)- music that is not ballad or rock or soul or R&B. It is music for moods and the moods Walker establishes are quite fine…
Comparisons always rear their heads when a newcomer releases his first work and Yanni and John Tesh are the first to come to mind. But Walker goes beyond these referenced colleagues because of his passion for classical music. The individual works are well conceived and vary enough to be considered individually, instead of just a wash of sound people buy as a mental purgative.
The man has talent and I think we can expect his name to become prominent in the music world of classically inspired mood music. Grady Harp, May 05
"Bill Walker has moved New Age music onto a new plateau of excellence and pure enjoyment. Each selection performed on Age of Discovery varies delightfully from each of the others and thus breathes depth into the overall CD and induces the listener to play it over and over. This CD was a great addition to my New Age library. I strongly recommend it for yours." - David R Christensen
Musical Influences: Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, David Lanz.
Age of Discovery is a fully orchestrated recording
Comments posted on Amazon.com:
Bill Walker's first recording of his own musical compositions performed with Walker on the piano, and assisted by Ahaguna G. Sun on drums, Juan Nelson on Bass, and Mick Valentino on Guitar set a very high standard. Walker is a fine pianist, able to coax both brilliance of execution as well as warmth of expression from the keyboard. His classical training serves him well, even though there are no traditionally classical works on this substantive CD to prove the point. His technique is solid.
The music he composes falls into the ever-changing category of 'New Age' (and who knows when the 'new' of that designation will wear out?)- music that is not ballad or rock or soul or R&B. It is music for moods and the moods Walker establishes are quite fine…
Comparisons always rear their heads when a newcomer releases his first work and Yanni and John Tesh are the first to come to mind. But Walker goes beyond these referenced colleagues because of his passion for classical music. The individual works are well conceived and vary enough to be considered individually, instead of just a wash of sound people buy as a mental purgative.
The man has talent and I think we can expect his name to become prominent in the music world of classically inspired mood music. Grady Harp, May 05
"Bill Walker has moved New Age music onto a new plateau of excellence and pure enjoyment. Each selection performed on Age of Discovery varies delightfully from each of the others and thus breathes depth into the overall CD and induces the listener to play it over and over. This CD was a great addition to my New Age library. I strongly recommend it for yours." - David R Christensen
Additional Information
| Artist | Bill Walker |
| Label | Vesper Records |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2005 |
| Genre | Classical, New Age, Contemporary Instrumental |
