"This is a most enjoyable chamber-jazz-oriented selection of a dozen compositions, which are mixed to make the most compelling use of the five-channel surround option of SACD." ...read more

Even if you've never heard of composer/pianist Peter Primamore, there's a good chance you've heard his award winning film and television scores. Having built an extensive resume as a commercial composer, Primamore has produced Grancia, an ambitious and highly personal collection of original music, mixing the intimacy of a chamber ensemble with a high energy jazz-fusion rhythm section. ...read more

Peter Primamore's background is in TV and movie soundtracks, a fact which is pretty obvious on Grancia, his debut album... ...read more

Recorded live in his Manhattan studio, Grancia leans liberally on his jazz, Western, Brazilian and rock influences, but at its heart this is a jazzy chamber recording with viola, cello, harp and woodwinds. ...read more

Blue Apples Music has released the debut album by composer Peter Primamore as a Surround Sound Super Audio CD. ...read more

It is not going to be easy to describe this album in a single sentence. Grancia is a classically-influenced work of original material that somehow combines a singular gift for melody along with jazz sensibilities. ...read more

"No synthesizers or samples were used and the ensemble was recorded live in the studio without a click track," says this non-Eno artiste in his egghead liner notes. He then proceeds to wax elaborate about the organic feeling of his work which, truth be told, is every bit as intriguing as he says it is....read more