Jason Seizer (tenor saxophone), Matthias Pichler (bass), Pablo Held (piano), Fabian Arends (drums)

• The best films are in the head – all the more so when they reinforce our fantasies through the addition of soundtrack music. • On his new Pirouet CD with the suggestive title Cinema Paradiso, Jason Seizer's quartet plays classic film music from such movies as The Jungle Book, Virtigo, and Alien—and the players are carried off to their own private film heaven. It's not a heaven lined with harps but rather new horizons delineated by the seductive lines drawn by the saxophone. • Musician and Pirouet producer Jason Seizer has played with many of music's giants; here he has chosen to work with some of the young lions of a new generation. • Movie fans will recognize the themes, as Seizer always phrases the melodies recognizably. • Cinema Paradiso: the celebrated prize-winning Guiseppe Tornatore film takes its place as the godfather of this CD. The captivatingly soulful melody Ennio Morricone wrote for this film is a part of it, the centerpiece of the disc's nine musical gems. • Jason Seizer's partners are the emerging jazz stars pianist Pablo Held, bassist Mathias Pichler, and drum prodigy Fabian Arends. -PIROUET RECORDS

1. Carlotta's Portrait from Vertigo -
2. Cinema Paradiso -
3. Steve's Care from the Machinist -
4. On the Waterfront -
5. Cavatina from the Deer Hunter -
6. Jungle Beat from Walt Disney's the Jungle Book -
7. Children's Games from the Curious Case of Benjamin Button -
8. Alien -
9. Love Theme from Spartacus -