From the Distance of My Freedom by Aruán Ortiz

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Album Title: Créole Renaissance
Label: Intakt Records
Released: 2025

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About the Album

Pianist, composer, and music conceptualist Aruán Ortiz draws inspiration from the mid-20th-century Négritude movement on his striking new solo piano album Créole Renaissance. The recording is Ortiz’s first solo piano outing in eight years and a fascinating musical and intellectual interpretation of the African diaspora.

Tracks

L’Etudiant noir;
Seven Aprils in Paris (and A Sophisticated Lady);
Légitime Défense;
From the Distance of my Freedom;
Première Miniature (Créole Renaissance);
The Great Camouflage;
Deuxième Miniature (Dancing);
We Belong to These Who Say No to Darkness;
The Haberdasher;
Lo Que Yo Quiero es Chan Chan.

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November 30, 2025

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