Pete Sears
Millenium

Pete Sears' "Millennium" is a collection of nine pieces of improvisational piano music which is derived from a period he wanted to experiment with music that breaks harmonic boundaries and explores unconventional ways to inner expression. The whole album possesses a stunning flow though the mode and mood are distinctly differing. But its homogeneity lies in the celestial sound of Pete's way to play the Grand Piano. The notes emerge one after another like sparkling water from a spring glistening in the morning-sun of spring. The duration of the nine pieces spreads from one minute to nearly twenty minutes. The longest track is called "Osaka City" and passes through several forms and moods from ethereal to cacophonic sequences. Pieces as "A time to remember" or "Posado de Santiago" are of such a classical shape that romantic German composers as Franz Schubert or Robert Schumann are immediately coming to mind. The last track called "Old friends" shows the jazzy side of Pete's style. For me, it makes obvious that Pete Sears is an excellent piano-player who obtains the level of Keith Jarrett or McCoy Tyner. "Millennium" is, so to say, Pete Sears' intimate "Köln Concert".