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Blazing Macaw

from Tessellate by Jacob Mason

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The original inspiration for "Blazing Macaw" (1993) was a painting by Frida Kahlo, “Self Portrait with Bonito” which features Kahlo with a parrot on her shoulder. What caught my attention with that painting was the difference between the whimsical look on the parrot compared to the severe look of Kahlo. It seemed to me that the painting was a portrait of two equals rather than a portrait of Kahlo with a parrot, and I saw a tension between the parrot’s haughty look and Kahlo’s burdened persona. In this work there is an interaction between the piano and the fixed media, where the sounds are both different but intimately interconnected. I also wanted to capture the bright colors of Miami, where I live and where flocks of parrots flying through the air in the mornings and early evenings is a daily occurrence.

-Charles Norman Mason

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from Tessellate, released April 1, 2023

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Jacob Mason Miami, Florida

"...clearly a talented player with a penchant for offbeat and demanding repertoire"
-Lawrence Budmen, South Florida Classical Review

"Mason’s playing was exceptional, with dazzling fingerwork and an ear for phrasing"
-George Grella, New York Classical Review

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