[Haoleb]

I really like the last track on Sarah Mclaughlan's surfacing album. "Last Dance" Can anyone reccomend other recordings that are like this song? I enjoy this slow, emotional type piano music but really just dont know where to begin with this type of genre. Help!

[dorokusai]

I really like the last track on Sarah Mclaughlan's surfacing album. "Last Dance" Can anyone reccomend other recordings that are like this song? I enjoy this slow, emotional type piano music but really just dont know where to begin with this type of genre. Help!

You might dig Beth Orton but I can't lick the album titles off the top of my head. The recordings aren't stellar but the voice is true.

Mark

[Feisal K]

if you are in US then http://www.pandora.com/ will work for you

outside US you would be limited to http://www.liveplasma.com/

[Haoleb]

For this kind of music I think I like more instrumental stuff only. I checked out Beth orton on youtube, she has a good sound but not quite what im looking for. Thanks for the recco!

[rockadanny]

Check out Keith Jarrett's "Koln Concert". Not dream-like, which I thought Sarah's was, but certainly emotional. Here is an excerpt taken from http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfuxqlgld0e,

All of the gestures, intricate droning harmonies, skittering and shimmering melodic lines, and whoops and sighs from the man are spontaneous. Although it was one continuous concert, the piece is divided into four sections, largely because it had to be divided for double LP. But from the moment Jarrett blushes his opening chords and begins meditating on harmonic invention, melodic figure construction, glissando combinations, and occasional ostinato phrasing, music changed.

And,

Jarrett's intimate meditation on the inner workings of not only his pianism, but also the instrument itself and the nature of sound and how it stacks up against silence, involved listeners in its search for beauty, truth, and meaning.

I think this is the ultimate improvised paino solo similar to what you're looking for.