RECORDINGS
Piano Sonatas by Ginastera, Griffes, and Barber
Jeffrey Chappell, solo piano
Label: Centaur Records
Catalog Number: CRC 4129
Jeffrey Chappell performs Alberto Ginastera's Sonata Number 1, Opus 22; Charles Griffes' Piano Sonata; and Samuel Barber's Sonata, Opus 26. The recording was engineered by Cody Hamilton in San Francisco at Schumann Music Studio, and was mastered by Emily Lazar in New York City at The Lodge.
"Jeffrey Chappell, who is equally renowned in the classical and jazz worlds, presents an imaginative sonata program here. Thanks to his jazz background, he brings a welcome swing to these works, along with crisp, forceful articulation. This is no-nonsense, straight-ahead, rhythmic playing, with little flash or overt showmanship. The recording is warm and natural."—American Record Guide
"Chappell is completely at home in all the 20th century music in this album. He has the requisite virtuosity and sensitivity for a truly compelling performance. Samuel Barber’s Piano Sonata could have been written for Jeffrey Chappell the way he plays it, but it was composed for legendary virtuoso Vladimir Horowitz — and that says something. The big surprise is the Sonata by Charles T. Griffes, an unexpected masterpiece. Although there are three movements, Chappell, as is usual, effectively plays it as one journey without pauses. The result is at once grand, powerful and aggressive, virtuosic, romantic, rhapsodic."--James Lowe in The Times Argus of Montpelier, Vermont
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Jazz Sonata
Jeffrey Chappell, solo piano
Label: Centaur Records
Catalog Number: CRC 2772
Cover art: Kim Chappell
World premiere recording of solo piano compositions by Jeffrey Chappell, performed by Jeffrey Chappell. Includes Jazz Sonata, On The Wing, Piano Trio, Pop Songs Without Words, Melancholy Moon, Banana Jam, and the prizewinning American Sonata.
Jed Distler wrote in Classics Today, “Chappell plays Chappell with all the virtuosity, conviction, and innate sense of swing these works demand.”
Footnote: "On the Wing" is the correct title of the piece that is listed everywhere else as "On the Wings", which is a typographical error.
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Pick It Up
Jeffrey Chappell, solo piano
Label: Centaur Records
Catalog Number: CRC 2771
Cover art: Kim Chappell
Jazzy arrangements composed and performed by Jeffrey Chappell including ‘Round Midnight, It Don’t Mean A Thing, Body and Soul, Misty, and Summertime.
In a letter to Jeffrey, Marian McPartland wrote, “You have an unusual way of treating the tunes. Very effective.” and “Your playing is most impressive!”
And JazzTimes Magazine said, “Chappell’s variations include clever paraphrases, keyboard-length glissandos, huge dynamic swings and intricate quick strings of decoration. Chappell is enormously proficient.”
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Otherworld
Jake Kohlhas, guitar
Chris Taylor, bass
Jake Marinari, drums
The debut recording of the contemporary jazz group, Otherworld. The album placed in the top 10 for the Global Music Awards. It Includes four Jeffrey Chappell compositions and five more by the other band members. Otherworld blends jazz, classical, and Middle Eastern influences with an emphasis on improvisation.
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Otherworld – The Realm
Chris Taylor, bass
Jake Kohlhas, guitar
Jeffrey Chappell, piano
The second album of the contemporary jazz group, Otherworld. Like their debut album, this also placed in the top 10 for the Global Music Awards. The Realm blends jazz, classical, and Middle Eastern influences with an emphasis on improvisation and includes two Jeffrey Chappell compositions.
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Otherworld – Breathing Room
Chris Taylor, bass
Jake Marinari, percussion
Jake Kohlhas, guitar
Jeffrey Chappell, piano
This is the third album of the contemporary jazz group, Otherworld. Breathing Room breaks new ground for the quartet: most of the tracks are collaborative compositions, and two of them feature guest artists, vocalist Megan Dunn and violinist Lillie Pearlman. The album was also the recipient of a Global Music Award. The music was created to communicate love and healing in response to tragedy in the time of the pandemic.
Salon Trio: The Salon Sessions
Noah Getz, saxophone
Jeffrey Chappell, piano
Label: TonSehen
Catalog Number: TSN-002
This is the debut recording of Jeffrey Chappell’s Aphrodite in the version for clarinet, saxophone, and piano. The album includes compositions by contemporary composers John Heins, David Heinick, Jessica Krash, James Grant, and Gregory Wanamaker.
Clarinet Magazine wrote about Aphrodite, “The work is remarkably heartfelt and performed with delicate sentimentality from Chappell, DiLutis and Getz. Although this album contains many fine works that listeners will find appealing, Chappell composition is sure to be a stand-out favorite.”
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Undiscovered Secrets
Ofer Ben-Amots, composer
Charles Lefebure, composer
Samuel Magill, cellist
Judy Biondini, pianist
This is the debut recording of Jeffrey Chappell‘s Aphrodite in the version for cello and piano, as performed by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra cellist Samuel Magill and acclaimed collaborative pianist Judy Biondini. The album includes compositions by Ofer Ben-Amots and Charles Lefebure.
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Romantic Music for Flute and Piano
Jeffrey Chappell, piano
Label: Petrichor Records
Catalog Number: PTR 0001
Includes Suite for Flute and Piano by Charles-Marie Widor, Sonata “Undine” for Flute and Piano by Carl Reinecke, and Introduction and Variations on “Trockne Blümen” by Franz Schubert.
"Kevra’s rich sound has a vocal, even operatic quality. Chappell complements Kevra’s flowing lyricism with an unusual clarity of both sound and spirit." — Montpelier (VT) Times-Argus
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Birth of a Soul
Sebrina Maria Alfonso, Conductor
Live recording of debut concert of Key West Symphony, December, 1998; including Brahms’Symphony No. 4 and Edward MacDowell’s Piano Concerto No. 2.
"MacDowell was played by Jeffrey Chappell in an outstanding individual performance, technically brilliant and intense." — Key West Solares Hill
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra
Sebrina Maria Alfonso, Conductor
World premiere recording of a work in part composed for and commissioned by Jeffrey Chappell, who gave the world premier performance in concert. Includes other works by James Grant.
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The Dream Wanderer – MMC New Century, Vol. XV
Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Valek, Conductor
Label: MMC Recordings
Catalog Number: MMC2099
World premiere recording of a work composed for Jeffrey Chappell, who gave the world premiere performance in concert. Includes other works by living American composers including Roger Briggs, Richard Campanelli, Salvador Brotons and John Downey.
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The Firebird, Petrushka & Fireworks
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
David Zinman, Conductor
Label: Telarc Records
Catalog Number: CD-80270
Jeffrey Chappell is the unattributed pianist on this recording of Petrushka.
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Clarinet Now
Jeffrey Chappell, piano
Robert Stallman, flute
Label: Centaur Records
Catalog Number: CRC 2663
Includes Melancholy Moon, an original jazz composition for clarinet and piano by Jeffrey Chappell, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Leonard Bernstein, Duo for Flute and Clarinet by Morton Gould, Four Humors for Clarinet and Piano by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe, and 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs by Béla Bartók transcribed for clarinet by Chester Brezniak.
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delight/delirium
with Jeffrey Chappell, pianist
Label: New Focus Recordings
Catalogue number: fcr179
An anthology of works by contemporary composer Fernando Benadon, including Jeffrey Chappell‘s performance as ensemble pianist in “Rhythmensional” with percussionist Dafnis Prieto and in “Cotxes” with saxophonist Noah Getz.
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Crosscurrents
Jeffrey Chappell, piano
Label: Albany Records
Catalog Number: TROY971
Includes Song 72 by Fernando Benadon, Digressioni modali by Andrián Pertout, Rabescatura by Miklós Maros, Chasing the Trane Out of Darmstadt by Scott Lindroth, Partita by Ronald Roseman, and Sonata deus sax machina by Gregory Wanamaker.
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Sound Portraits
with Jeffrey Chappell, solo piano
Label: MSR Classics
Catalog Number: MS1308
An anthology of works by contemporary composer Vivian Adelberg Rudow for orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano solo, and electro-acoustic combinations, including Jeffrey Chappell’s performance of “Rebecca’s Rainbow Racing Among The Stars (1991)”.
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