Product Description 17 Solo Piano Improvisations is a suite of loosely related, variously styled improvised pieces orbiting around certain features of the music of Franz Liszt. They document the idea of a direct pathway from the Beethoven-influenced- Liszt on to Debussy, Bartok, Schoenberg, Ligeti, Stockhausen and certain features of mid-20th century jazz. About the Artist Ron Thomas is a pianist/composer who is dedicated to the pursuit of the true, the noble, the new, and the beautiful in music. He records his music for Vectordisc and Art of Life Records. His previous CDs include "Scenes from a Voyage to Arcturus", "The House of Counted Days" and "Music in Three Parts". He can be heard on Pat Martino's "Live" and with Eric Kloss, Pat Martino and Dave Holland on "One, Two, Free". For more information check out his website at www.ronthomasmusic.com.