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Dueling Pianos: White Water Chopped Sticks

Christianity Today January 17, 2012

Style: Inspirational instrumental piano; compare to John Tesh, Ferrante & Teicher, Jim Brickman

Dueling Pianos (White Water Chopped Sticks)

Dueling Pianos (White Water Chopped Sticks)

Provident Distribution Group

January 17, 2012

Dueling Pianos (White Water Chopped Sticks)

Dueling Pianos (White Water Chopped Sticks)

Provident Distribution Group

January 17, 2012

Top tracks: “Carol of the Bellz,” “Londonderry Falls” “Ode to Joy”

Jones’ latest collection of inspirational piano originals includes duets with Scanlan, the 2011 Miss America, whose show-stopping performance of Jones’ unconventional “White Water Chopped Sticks” helped win her the crown. Impressionistic in approach, Jones paints moods of rest (“Rachel’s Lullaby”), risk-taking (“Unchartered Waters”), and autumn with the “Moonlight Sonata”-esque undercurrents of “October,” as well as derivatives of Americana favorites like “Ode to Joy” and “Londonderry Falls”—Jones’ take on “O Danny Boy.” Scanlan’s programmed-inspo vocal cut (“After All”) is incongruent with the rest of the recording, and the songs suffer from sameness. But Jones’ performances are professional and heartfelt.

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