Video game music label GameChops, together with pianist Christina Sochor, has presented a new jazz album titled Not a Phone in Sight. The record offers progressive and virtuosic jazz arrangements of iconic soundtracks from classic and modern video games.
Live Jazz for Nintendo Fans
The album was recorded with the Christina Sochor Jazz Trio, which includes drummer Abe Lagrimas and double bassist Eric Nakamoto. The musicians took melodies familiar from childhood and reinterpreted them in the traditions of jazz piano legends such as Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, and McCoy Tyner.
The album is already available for listening on all popular streaming services and digital music platforms.
Album Tracklist:
- Bob-Omb Battlefield (Super Mario 64)
- Rosalina’s Comet Observatory (Super Mario Galaxy)
- The Dreamyard (Pokémon Black/White)
- Song of Storms (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
- National Park (Pokémon HeartGold/SoulSilver)
- Veilstone City (Pokémon Diamond/Pearl)
- Victory Tune (Cuphead)
- Coconut Mall (Mario Kart Wii)
- Guardian Battle (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
- Lonely Rolling Star (Katamari Damacy)
- Nook's Cranny (Before Closing) (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)
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