From Deep Sea Vents (album), 2024.
Features: Bruce Hornsby (piano, vocals), Alex Sopp (flute), Hideaki Aomori (clarinet), C.J. Camerieri (trumpet), Rob Moose (violin), Nadia Sirota (viola), Gabriel Cabezas (cello), Branford Marsalis (soprano sax)
From BruceHornsby.com:
“Turns the various states of water into a metaphor for a difficult first date over drinks during “Phase Change,” Hornsby’s piano climbing the ladder of yMusic’s pizzicato plucks and woodwind smears.”
Context:
Phase Change
The conversion of matter from one state to another is called a phase change, occurring when a large amount of energy is gained or lost. Phase change depends on factors like pressure and temperature. Of those mentioned in the song:
- Condensation – the change from gas into liquid form
- Vaporisation – the change from liquid into gas
- Freezing – the change from liquid into solid form
- Melting – the change from solid into liquid form
(leaving “sublimation” – the change from solid into gas form). See also: Wikipedia.