Chilly Gonzales – Solo Piano III (2018) [FLAC 24 bit, 44,1 kHz]

Chilly Gonzales – Solo Piano III (2018) [FLAC 24 bit, 44,1 kHz]

In 2004, he said that his album Solo Piano was a project that had relieved him of a variety of complexes that he had had about the relationship of his music to his character. How to sum up this singer, musician, entertainer? This record with a strong whiff of Satie solved a lot of problems, Jason Beck alias Chilly Gonzalez said at the time… A good decade later, this brilliant Canadian Zebedee bounds between passports, costumes, locations, eras and styles, always one step ahead of getting pigeonholed into a single role or genre. But he regularly returns to this solo, introspective work, as if compelled. This time, Solo Piano III rounds off what he describes as a trilogy. “The musical purity of Solo Piano III is not an antidote for our times”, he says, “it is a reflection of all the beauty and ugliness around us. “

Chilly Gonzales – A Very Chilly Christmas (2020) [FLAC 24 bit, 48 kHz]

Chilly Gonzales – A Very Chilly Christmas (2020) [FLAC 24 bit, 48 kHz]

A Very Chilly Christmas, featuring Feist and Jarvis Cocker. Composer, showman in slippers and a bathrobe, he has a deep dedication to his craft: he’s an Entertainer. His humble service to this calling lends a certain inevitability to this announcement: Chilly Gonzales has made a Christmas album.

Chilly Gonzales Feat. Kaiser Quartett – Chambers (2015) [FLAC 24 bit, 44,1 kHz]

Chilly Gonzales Feat. Kaiser Quartett – Chambers (2015) [FLAC 24 bit, 44,1 kHz]

Chilly Gonzales, Canadian pianist and entertainer, returns with his much anticipated follow-up to Solo Piano II: “Chambers”.

Since the release of Solo Piano II, Chilly Gonzales composed the best-selling book of easy piano pieces Re-Introduction Etudes, produced and released Octave Minds, the piano-meets-electronica album with Boys Noize and, most importantly, devoted himself to finding a modern take on chamber music. The result is “Chambers”, an album for piano and string quartet (and a few surprises along the way). Inspired by the deepening relationship with Hamburg’s Kaiser Quartett, the album re-imagines Romantic-era chamber music as today’s addictive pop. Gestures from rap, ambient, easy listening and the avant-garde co- exist as always in Chilly Gonzales’ musical universe – this time with strings attached.

Known equally for his intimate piano touch as for his showmanship, “Gonzo” aims to be a man of his time, approaching the piano with classical and jazz training but with the attitude of a rapper. Chilly Gonzales holds the Guinness world record for the longest solo concert at over 27 hours. He performs and writes songs with Jarvis Cocker, Feist and Drake, among others. In 2014 he won a Grammy for his collaboration on Daft Punk’s Best Album of the Year. With “Never Stop”, Chilly Gonzales composed a global hit for the inaugural Apple iPad campaign.

Chilly Gonzales – Live at Massey Hall (Live) (2018) [FLAC 24 bit, 44,1 kHz]

Chilly Gonzales – Live at Massey Hall (Live) (2018) [FLAC 24 bit, 44,1 kHz]

Grammy-winning Canadian pianist and entertainer, is known as much for his intimate piano touch as for his showmanship and composition for award-winning stars. It’s all on display in his triumphant Massey Hall headline debut, accompanied by the celebrated Kaiser Quartett.