Compulsion, the debut album from composer Andrew Moore Shannon, is an inspired collection of intricate keyboard compositions and improvisations. In addition to solo keyboard works, it includes four collaborative improvisations in which percussionist David Andrew Moore performs on electronic percussion, alongside Shannon's electronic keyboard.
The album also features two songs: "Annabel Lee", Shannon's musical setting of the Edgar Allan Poe poem, sung by mezzo-soprano Jacqueline Zander-Wall and tenor R. Kent Wall, and the jazz classic, "St. James Infirmary", sung by Shannon himself. The songs provide a literary counterpoint to the instrumental pieces, and the resulting album has a striking dramatic depth.
Compulsion is now available on over 200 download sites worldwide, including iTunes, Napster, amazon.com, and Emusic. It is also available on cd. For more information visit: www.andrewmooreshannon.com.
Andrew Moore Shannon is a composer and keyboard artist. He studied the classical piano extensively with Kyriena Siloti, the renowned piano pedagogue, and he is self-taught in composition and improvisation. His influences range from music of the Classical and Romantic periods, to art rock and traditional jazz.
In addition to the piano, Shannon works with all manner of electronic instruments, including keyboard synthesizers, percussion synthesizers, and vocoders. For relaxation, he plays the flute, the trumpet, and the guitar, and occasionally sings.
Shannon has performed concerts of improvisational keyboard music at various venues in the Boston area, including Sanders Theater, Paine Hall, the Cyclorama, the Parkman Bandstand, and the Hatch Shell.
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