Chiaroscuro presents the long out-of-print debut album by influential three-time Grammy-winning keyboardist, composer and arranger Gil Goldstein, released on CD and for the first time.

This wide-ranging session, originally released in 1977, includes duo, trio and fusion arrangements of Goldstein's original compositions.

Produced by Fred Miller, Pure As Rain features an all-star lineup that includes bassist Jeff Berlin, drummers Bob Moses and Steve Smith, percussionist Ray Barretto and harmonica great Toots Thielemans, plus cameo appearances by vocalist Mary Eiland and producer Fred Miller in a duo on English horn.

Born in Baltimore in 1950, Goldstein studied at the Berklee College of Music before moving to New York via Miami. In New York he played with a variety musicians - Pat Metheny, Billy Cobham, Ray Barretto, Lee Konitz - and his  recording career began in the mid-70s when he appeared on three Pat Martino LPs: Starbright, We’ll Be Together Again and Exit. Shortly after he cut Pure As Rain.

He started with the Gil Evans Orchestra in the early 1980s and also worked with Wayne Shorter, Billy Cobham, and Jim Hall. Other collaborations over the years have included Pat Metheny (Map Of The World and From This Place) and Michael Brecker.

Gifted with an innate sense of compositional structure and harmonic balance, he has forged a diverse career and has composed more than a dozen film scores for the big and small screens. His film credits include Radio Inside (1994) and Simply Irresistible (1999).

He also performed I Love Paris in the film De-Lovely, the 2004 biopic based on the life and career of Cole Porter. He has won five Grammy Awards. Two were for his production and arrangement credits for the album Wide Angles by Brecker.

This eight track CD includes the original LP artwork, and was remastered from the original analogue tapes.