John Boswell - Trust

  On Trust, JOHN BOSWELL extends the signature warmth and melodic grace of his classic solo piano albums The Painter and Kindred Spirits with a touch of cello, oboe and strings. Poignant, sensitive, intimate, lyrical, satisfying: you'll find it all in Trust. Themes of nature and human emotion dance around each other on Trust. JOHN BOSWELL's fifth album radiates the mature optimism that comes from embracing life's challenges in the fullness of feeling, rather than shying away from them. To accomplish this musically, Boswell has stepped back from the ensemble sound that has characterized his most recent releases, and returned to the intimacy of the solo piano (occasionally offset by discrete synthesizer touches), approaching it with a deeply felt sensitivity and intelligent passion. Trust opens with a surge of optimism, as the graceful melody of "Take My Hand" builds from its hymn-like opening chords to a stirring resolution. The image of a gossamer seed pod drifting on gentle breezes p