Tete+montoliu

Tete Montoliu Trio - Catalonian Nights Vol. 1-3 (1980) [3CD] {Steeplechase}
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Genre: jazz, piano jazz | RAR 5% Rec. | Label: Steeplechase | 1994, 1998, 2006

An outstanding veteran pianist from Spain, Tete Montoliu was born blind. He learned to read music in Braille when he was seven and developed impressive technique on piano. He recorded with Lionel Hampton in 1956, had his first session as a leader in 1958, and played with the touring Roland Kirk in 1963. Through the years, he also worked with such visiting Americans as Kenny Dorham, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Lucky Thompson, and even Anthony Braxton. Tete Montoliu's visits to the U.S. were very infrequent, but his SteepleChase albums (starting in 1971) are generally available; he also cut one date for Contemporary (1979) and recorded for Enja and Soul Note.

Tete Montoliu - Montoliu plays Tete (2006) {2CD Set & Comic Book, DiscMedi Blau DM4095}
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© 2006 DiscMedi Blau | DM 4095
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Piano

An outstanding veteran pianist from Spain, Tete Montoliu was born blind. He learned to read music in Braille when he was seven and developed impressive technique on piano. He recorded with Lionel Hampton in 1956, had his first session as a leader in 1958, and played with the touring Roland Kirk in 1963. Through the years, he also worked with such visiting Americans as Kenny Dorham, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Lucky Thompson, and even Anthony Braxton. Tete Montoliu's visits to the U.S. were very infrequent, but his SteepleChase albums (starting in 1971) are generally available; he also cut one date for Contemporary (1979) and recorded for Enja and Soul Note.

Tete Montoliu Trio - Lliure Jazz (1969) {Discmedi Blau ‎DM 183CD rel 1996}
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Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Post Bop / Piano Jazz Trio

"We dindn't know neither what we were going to play, nor what we were playing", remembers Tete Montoliu. "We played in a very free way. In that moment this was my conception of how the free jazz should be. We had not even talk about what we wanted to do. We took the instruments and we played, everything in one go, without preconcived ideas. When we were playing, we had not in mind a title as 'Lliure Jazz' (jazz free), at all. The title was chosen later by the record company, without telling us about it, but it perfectly suits the spirit with the album was recorded".

This 1995 concert represents one of Tete Montoliu's last recordings prior to his death in 1997. What's unusual about this CD is that it is not a solo or trio date, but one with a sextet, which includes drummer Winard Harper, trumpeter Philip Harper, flugelhornist Danny Harper, tenor saxophonist Stephen Riley, and bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa. The blind pianist is in terrific form, particularly in "Muntaner 83 A," his thinly disguised reworking of the standard "On Green Dolphin Street," and his blues-drenched "T'estimo Tant," which showcases Riley. Though the remaining tracks aren't at all familiar, they also bring out the best in the band.

In August 1995, two generations of jazz made in our dollars come together at the Cafe Central in Madrid, around a shared intuition. The idea came from a chance encounter on the same stage a year earlier, from which Tete Montoliu and Javier Colina decide to re-experience the feeling of playing together, without any trial whatsoever. Fans familiar with the intention that this apparent nonchalance hides, the way jazz musicians are measured at a meeting of this kind.

The blind Catalonian pianist Tete Montoliu is in great form on this 1977 session recorded in Spain, accompanied by bassist Eric Peter and drummer Peer Wyboris. He shows off his tremendous chops in a roller coaster treatment of the bittersweet ballad "You've Changed," then switches to a jaunty mood for a brisk treatment of "It Could Happen to You." Wyboris kicks off the thunderous take of Jimmy Heath's "Jimmy's Tempo," a passionate hard bop vehicle. But the primary focus of this CD consists of four original blues penned by the pianist. It seems likely that at least some of them were improvised on the date, though "Blues for Coltrane" seems to draw inspiration from the late tenor saxophonist's rapid-fire live solos that left little open space. "Blues for Myself," the centerpiece of the release, seems closely related to "You've Changed," though the chord progressions do vary. Released by the Spanish label Ensayo, this disc is worth acquiring.