Release Date: 12 March 2021
Label: Steeplechase
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 716043121618
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 12 March 2021
Label: Steeplechase
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 716043121618
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Solo album by the great pianist Tete Montoliu recorded in 1971 and released on SteepleChase in 1986.
"El Grand Señior from Catalonia" was the way Dexter Gordon used to introduce Tete Montoliu to the audience at Club Montmartre in the '60s. Vincente Montoliu Massana, better known as Tete Montoliu (1933-1997) was born blind and learned to play piano at age 7 by Braille method. He studied music at the Conservatori Superior de Música de Barcelona (1946-1953). His remarkable international career took off in 1956 when Lionel Hampton invited him for his big band and since then Tete played all over the world with host of jazz luminaries.
"Listen to the superb interaction between a man and his piano in the utmost sublimity...Montoliu shares the same pulse, sincerity, talent with his illustrious predecessors Art Tatum and Earl Hines..." - Pierre Steve
Tracklisting
Vito Dieterle; Kris Kaiser; Griffin Fink; Aaron Seeber
Thad Jones; Ole Kock Hansen; Jesper Lundgaard; Ed Thigpen
Matt Panayides; Rich Perry; Steve LaSpina; Mark Ferber
Andrew Rathbun; Gary Versace
Tomas Martinez; Michael Weiss; David Wong; Paul Sikivie; Kenny Washington; Teo Perez
John McNeil; Jesper Lundgaard; Aage Tanggaard
Horace Parlan; Thad Jones; Eddie Harris; Jesper Lundgaard; Aage Tanggaard
Dexter Gordon; Horace Parlan; Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen; Tony Inzalaco
Tete Montoliu
Tete Montoliu
Tete Montoliu
Tete Montoliu