Also available on Vinyl at Bandcamp (check the links below)
Michel Reis - piano
Artistic Production Ermanno Basso
Recorded and mixed in Cavalicco (UD) in January 2023 at Artesuono Recording Studio
Recording & mixing engineer Stefano Amerio
Mastered by Danilo Rossi
Photos © Elisa Caldana
Liner notes by Brian Morton
All music by Michel Reis except tracks 6 & 11 by Bob Dylan
Michel Reis is a Steinway Artist
If jazz remains the “sound of surprise”, Luxembourgish pianist Michel Reis still cleaves to that hoary definition of the music. While still attractively accessible, Reis’s solo improvisations constantly take unexpected directions. He plays the piano “straight”, but still somehow manages to make it sound deliciously unfamiliar, as if it was only invented yesterday.
On his second recording as leader for CAM JAZZ, Reis dedicates his music For A Better Tomorrow. There’s no clear political agenda in that title, but simply a dedication to the notion that in constantly reinventing itself, jazz is inherently progressive and committed to a human desire for improvement and self-development. Not a fiery showman, Reis is more like a close-up magician. One can hear everything he does, but it isn’t always quite clear how he does it. The magic of a music that never stops moving forward... (Brian Morton)
Under the supervision of music producer Ermanno Basso, For A Better Tomorrow was recorded and mixed in January 2023 by Stefano Amerio at Artesuono Recording Studio in Cavalicco (UD), Italy, and mastered by Danilo Rossi.
