Eugen Cicero

21 years ago, IN+OUT Records released a recording of the last concert of a giant of jazz. „Swinging Piano Classics“, recorded at the Kursaal Überlingen in 1996, was a vivid reminder of the consummate piano artistry of the late Eugen Cicero, who gave a remarkable duo performance with his bass player, Decebal Badila. Three years later it came as a very welcome surprise that another superb live recording has been discovered to add to the discography of the „man with the golden hands“, who was the most successful artist on the MPS label.

It is thanks to a passionate collector that a recording from Cicero’s heyday, which thought to have been lost, re-emerged in 2004. This unique recording is a real rarity, because the exceptional Romanian piano player guested at the Debrecen Jazz Days in Hungary with an extraordinary programme. „Solo Piano“, which is now being re-released for all Cicero fans by IN+OUT, was Cicero’s first and only solo recording.

PERSONNEL:

• Eugen Cicero – (solo piano)

TRACKS:

• 01. Shiny Stockings
• 02. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
• 03. Das Heidenröslein
• 04. Sunny
• 05. Erbarme Dich Mein Gott
• 06. Les Feuilles Mortes
• 07. Chopin Medley
• 08. The Sheik Of Araby
• 09. Gershwin Medley
• 10. Glory Hallelujah