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Christmas with the Barands is sacred. Especially for Vincent, the father, who is happy to see his whole family reunited. When his children cancel their visit at the last moment, he does not conceive of the idea of spending the holidays alone with his wife. He therefore decides to go to a retirement home to invite a lonely boarder to come and celebrate Christmas at their house. Then Monique and her best friend Jeanne disembark and will very quickly get comfortable and create a joyous mess… For all four of them, this December 24th promises to be as explosive as it is unexpected.

This solo recording from the Canadian pianist is dedicated to his many classical and jazz influences in quite the manner of his mentor, the late Don Pullen. But Jackson is emerging as an original expressionist in his own right, exploring dense harmonies, arpeggiated embellishments, and a fortuitous style of improvising that is nothing less than startling. Of the 12 tracks, the more powerful ones – "Camiliano," "I Mean You," "Round & Round," and "Poco-Loco-Moco," all sport quite different signatures. The first, dedicated to Michel Camilo, has Jackson literally hurtling at the piano, throwing himself into the flying double-time lines.

Perché al mondo ci sono tanti imbecilli? E perché, sorprendentemente, in politica come nelle aziende gli stupidi prosperano, riuscendo spesso a raggiungere posizioni di successo? La risposta è semplice: l'intelligenza non serve più. L'uomo se l'è lasciata alle spalle, come i peli che gli ricoprivano il corpo, la coda o la camminata a quattro zampe. Il segno più caratteristico dell'essere umano, quello che gli ha permesso di elevarsi dalla specie animale e, in una certa misura, di dominare il mondo, non è più necessario…

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