Scherpenzeel, Ton
A Fleeting Light
The CD contains five tracks. The title track is a 37 minute suite; the remaining four pieces bring the total runtime to about 48 minutes. The recording features solo piano only no overdubs, vocals, guitar, bass, or drums. Two tracks ("A Fleeting Light" and "Chasing the Wind") are entirely improvised; the remaining three are new, stripped-down versions of previously released Kayak instrumentals. The album presents composing and improvising as related approaches to material development. The music is intended for focused, seated listening with eyes closed to encourage an immersive, imagined landscape. A Fleeting Light CD in a surreal painting image on a 4-panel digisleeve. This beautiful instrumental album is Ton Scherpenzeel's 5th solo album released via OOB Records. Ton Scherpenzeel is most known for his 48 year career as composer, lyricist, keyboardist and a founding member of the world renowned prog rock band, Kayak. He is also known for his years as keyboardist for prog rock band Camel (UK) and Earth and Fire (NL). In addition to his band and extensive solo career, Ton is known as an avid composer and musician in the theater and film scene as composer and producer of multiple musical productions, including over fifty musical scores for the national youth theatre; and in 1980, he wrote the score for the Dutch movie Spetters, featuring Rutger Hauer. He was composer for forty years for most of the songs of Dutch entertainer, Youp van 't Hek.