On the Record: Riza Arshad<\/p>\n
Artist : Riza Arshad<\/p>\n
Album : Trioscapes (Ragadi Music)<\/p>\n
Piano player Riza Arshad has been known as the brains behind
\nthe award-winning group Simak Dialog. Playing ethnic-tinged
\nfusion, the group's early line-up included guitarist Tohpati,
\ndrummer Arie Ayunir and bass player Indro Hardjodikoro, and was
\ndubbed the maverick of the Indonesian jazz scene.<\/p>\n
The group's three albums Lukisan, Baur and Trance\/Mission
\nwon praise for their exquisite mixture of European jazz with
\nIndonesian traditional music. Trance\/Mission won in 2002 the best
\njazz\/contemporary jazz album award at the Indonesian equivalent
\nof the Grammys, Anugerah Music Indonesia (AMI).<\/p>\n
However, in Trioscape, Riza eschews all the style he had
\nnurtured in Simak Dialog. On this album, recorded in between his
\nday job with Simak Dialog, he returns to his roots, playing
\nstandard jazz with a fat-sounding Rhodes piano.<\/p>\n
What we listen to is a piano player enjoying himself --
\nrunning 70 minutes overtime. -- M. Taufiqurrahman<\/p>",
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