Chicago saxophonist Jim Gailloreto's "The Pythiad" is a multi-movement composition written for voice, string quartet, soprano saxophone and string bass, performed by his Jazz String Quintet and featuring jazz vocalist Cheryl Wilson. Blending classical music and modern jazz, Gailloreto interweaves improvisation with skilled post-impressionistic modernist writing through nine movements, each framing the tales of lesser know Greek heroes with contemporary language, metaphors, and slang; their story being transformed for a modern audience. Old myths are mixed with tropes of '80s action cinema, video games, disaster films, as well as the lyricist's perspectives of medicine, athletics, gender and faith. Through story and song, each movement examines human nature and heroism, and all the imperfections underneath the surface."Serenely beautiful... The intricacy, detail and innovation of Gailloreto's writing evoked the sense of a chamber orchestra." - Chicago Tribune

Tracklist:

The Pythiad: I. Oracle Of Delphi
The Pythiad: II. Caeneus
They Pythiad: III. Deucalion & Pyrrha
They Pythiad: IV. Menoeceus
The Pythiad: V. Autolycus
The Pythiad: VI. Asclepius
The Pythiad: VII. Atalanta
The Pythiad: VIII. Philemon And Baucis
The Pythiad: IX. Dioscuri
The Peacocks
Three Views Of A Secret
River

UPC: 805553302225
Label: Origin Classical
Release Date: 8.18.17
Format: CD

Jim Gailloreto - Pythiad (CD)