var query = '? You triggered me. [2], What is known for certain is that Petrucciani was fiercely determined to take all the joy and satisfaction from life that he could. Petrucciani recorded Looking Up for the first time for his Blue Note album Music (Petrucciani M. , Music, 1989) and later many times more throughout his career in different settings and occasions. query += 'url' + i + '=' + encodeURIComponent(links[i].href) + '&'; '; He was a dwarf, but he played like a giant. Chord progression for Michel Petrucciani's Looking Up. View the profiles of professionals named "Petrucciani" on LinkedIn. He pushed too much." ... Find Michel Petrucciani song information on AllMusic AllMusic.. New Releases. for(var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) { Petrucciani felt he needed to travel to Paris to begin his musical career, but he found it difficult to leave home. That to me is Michel—'Well, I do!' [6] "When I play, I play with my heart and my head and my spirit… I don't play to people's heads, but to their hearts." Change tempo. Launch the SongTrellis Excerpt Service for this track (Follow the link)Customize this piece: Prepare scores for transposing instruments. But he astounded Terry and the rest of the festival with his prodigious talent and virtuosity. He certainly lived true to his maxim. Petrucciani's interest was primarily in simply playing; he spent little time reharmonizing or arranging. The changes used during the tunes melody are slight variations of these.. Just one week before he died of a pulmonary infection, he was up all night celebrating the new year with his friends. He was very jealous. //= 0) { September Second. Pussiau recalls that Petrucciani always seemed to be in a hurry to record, saying, "I don't want to lose time." I really loved doing that, and afterwards getting on stage with a group again and playing with other people was a piece of cake! Starting with the incredibly catchy "Looking Up", Music is yet another fine album from the sadly missed little French Piano wizard. Petrucciani is buried in Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris, next to the tomb of Chopin. Terry was missing a pianist, and when Petrucciani was carried onto the stage, he thought it was a joke; Petrucciani was not more than three feet tall. Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Michel Petrucciani - Music at Discogs. He reports, "It was mostly to do with drugs and weird women, but I was lucky and got out safe. Petrucciani felt he needed to travel to Paris to begin his musical career, but he found it difficult to leave home. Petrucciani began recording with Owl Records and struck up a friendship with the recording company's owner, Jean-Jacques Pussiau.