"Pelaghia" (Of the Sea) was written by American composer, pianist and educator Charlie Banacos in 1984. This recording was made on March 13th, 2022 at Klavierhaus in New York City. Piano 1: Margaret Banacos, Charlie's wife Piano 2: Barbara Banacos, Charlie's daughter This recording was made for a tribute album and book honoring Charlie Banacos called "Keep Swingin'", produced by Garry Dial and Richard DeRosa. https://www.garrydial.com/keepswingin James Wu was the recording engineer for audio and video at Klavierhaus. Additional mixing and editing by Andrea Pejrolo.
Bassist Joe Hubbard describes the concept of superimposition.
Garry Dial has a prolific career in jazz as a pianist, composer, producer and teacher. Charlie Banacos chose Garry to continue teaching his correspondence lessons. He was a student of Charlie’s for 37 years. We are beyond grateful and honored that he has carried the torch for almost 9 years and counting.
This video presents just a taste of the many concepts available through online lessons for improvising musicians and composers.
Terre Roche, founding member of the trio "The Roches", shares her experience studying with Charlie Banacos as a folk singer and songwriter.