Liz Story
Story studied classical piano while growing up in Southern California and even thought about becoming a music librarian or theorist for a while. Then she heard jazz pianist Bill Evans at a New York club, and the experience changed her perspective on music overnight. Story, who had studied at Juilliard and was enrolled at Hunter College at the time, abandoned her academic program in favor of jazz lessons with Sanford Gold, a teacher Evans had recommended. Back in Los Angeles, she continued her musical education at UCLA and the Dick Grove Music Workshops, but it was a job playing piano at a French restaurant that sparked her major breakthrough as a composer. Since the front casing of the piano was missing, Story had no place to put her sheet music and was forced to improvise freely. Eventually, she put some of her spontaneous compositions on tape and sent them to Windham Hill. Within four days, Will Ackerman had called her back and the contract was signed for her first release, Solid Colors, an album of impressionistic piano miniatures. Over the course of five recordings, including a two-album stint with RCA Novus, Story's style has expanded to include electronic duets with Mark Isham and works for various types of ensembles, yet the piano remains the prominent voice in her finely crafted compositions.
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Discography
14 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Solid Colors
New Age - Released by Windham Hill Records on 1/11/1983
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Unaccountable Effect
Jazz - Released by Windham Hill - Legacy on 1/04/1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Songs of Christmas
Christmas Music - Released by Windham Hill - Legacy on 24/11/2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Welcome Home: The Best Of Liz Story
Pop/Rock - Released by Windham Hill Records on 8/10/2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Essential Liz Story
New Age - Released by Legacy Recordings on 4/08/2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Night Sky Essays
New Age - Released by Digital Music Group, Inc. on 12/07/2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
17 Seconds To Anywhere
Classical - Released by Windham Hill Records on 9/02/1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
My Foolish Heart
Classical - Released by Windham Hill Records on 26/10/1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Escape Of The Circus Ponies
Jazz - Released by Windham Hill - Legacy on 25/09/1990
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Gift
Christmas Music - Released by Windham Hill Records on 12/09/1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Liz Story
Classical - Released by Windham Hill Records on 15/10/1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Pure Liz Story
Classical - Released by Windham Hill - Legacy on 26/06/2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Part Of Fortune
Jazz - Released by Windham Hill - Legacy on 28/10/1986
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -