Josiah Steinbrick – For Anyone That Knows You – New LP Record 2023 Unseen Worlds Vinyl & Download – Jazz / Solo Piano / Devotional Secretly Canadian

For Anyone That Knows You, an album of mostly piano solos by Josiah Steinbrick, was recorded not for smoothness or posterity but to emphasize the piano as object, the person playing it, and the moment it sounds. On three of the pieces, the saxophone of Sam Gendel hovers over the piano like a faint change in the light, adding resonance and gentle reinforcement rather than counterpoint. Three others are delicate renditions: “Green Glass” interprets an untitled recording by Quechuan folk musicians Leandro Apaza Romas and Benjamin Clara Quispe; “Elyne Road” abbreviates one of Malian kora master Toumani Diabaté’s most tender compositions; and “Lullaby” is an arrangement of a traditional Creole song, originally recorded in 1954 by the Haitian-American guitarist Frantz Casseus.

released April 21, 2023

Composed*, arranged, performed & produced
by Josiah Steinbrick
Arranged, produced, recorded & mixed
by Lewis Pesacov
Saxophone by Sam Gendel
Mastered by Taylor Deupree
Artwork by Angelina Nonaj

* “Green glass” is an arrangement of an untitled recording by Leandro Apaza Ramos & Benjamin Clara Quispe,
“Elyne Road” composed by Toumani Diabaté, ”Lullaby” is an arrangement of a traditional Creole originally performed by Frantz Casseus