Book of Velocities is a solo album

Solo album

A solo album, in popular music, is an album headlined by a current or former member of a band. A solo album may feature simply one person performing all instruments, but typically features the work of other collaborators; rather, it may be made with different collaborators than the artist is...

 by pianist Jon Balke

Jon Balke

Jon Balke is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer currently known for his Magnetic North Orchestra.He began with classical piano, but switched to blues at 12, though today he performs within several genres. At the age of 18 he joined Arild Andersen's quartet. By the mid-1980s he worked on his own...

 recorded in 2006 and released on the ECM label in 2007.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars stating "nothing could have prepared the listener for this gorgeous set of unedited, unprocessed, and undubbed piano pieces... It is very minimal, but also very malleable; change is the order of the proceeding, so a quiet form of delight is given to the listener as the process of discovery unfolds over and over again. Highly recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by Jon Balke

1. "Chapter 1: Giada" - 3:34
2. "Chapter 1: Scintilla" - 0:56
3. "Chapter 1: Spread" - 4:26
4. "Chapter 1: Castello" - 3:48
5. "Chapter 1: Resilience" - 3:34
6. "Chapter 2: Single Line" - 2:34
7. "Chapter 2: Nyl" - 3:35
8. "Chapter 2: Double Line" - 3:09
9. "Chapter 3: Obsidian" - 3:26
10. "Chapter 3: Sunday Shapes" - 3:19
11. "Chapter 3: Gum Bounce" - 2:00
12. "Chapter 3: Finger Bass" - 3:23
13. "Chapter 3: Contrivance" - 2:45
14. "Chapter 4: Drape Hanger" - 3:15
15. "Chapter 4: Septima Llegada" - 2:03
16. "Chapter 4: Reel Set" - 1:25
17. "Chapter 4: Scrim Stand" - 3:17
18. "Epilogue: Sonance" - 4:46
19. "Epilogue: Nefriit" - 2:58
    • Recorded at Radio Studio DRZ in Zürich, Switzerland in September 2006.