MAY 2022 → Lucian Ban’s mesmerizing new recording of solo piano improvisations, Ways of Disappearing is out on Sunnyside Records. Featured in The Wall Street Journal, album garners glowing reviews in Downbeat, New York City Jazz Record, etc. Recorded in his native Transylvania in the stunning Baroque Hall in Timisoara, in May 2021, in the midst of a world standing still, the album represents a daring addition to the genre and is a powerful and uncompromising statement for his first unaccompanied solo album. Co-produced with long time collaborator, violist Mat Maneri, the album presents 14 pieces and improvisations’ including Lucian’s chilling takes on two modern jazz standards, by Annette Peacock and Carla Bley, respectively.

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