Bolling: Concerto for Classic Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio

by Alexandre Lagoya, Concord All Stars, Claude Bolling

Overview

With the success of his Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, Claude Bolling had stumbled upon a cottage industry: round up a willing classical soloist regardless of instrument, let him be himself, insert a piano part that plays ambassador between the classical and jazz camps, and voila! A neat little crossover record. Concerto for Classic Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio is one of the best manifestations of Bolling's personal solution to the perennial Third Stream puzzle, incorporating Spanish ideas into the guitar part, moving his piano in and out of the jazz rhythms with an easy Continental elegance, coming up with attractive pastiche tunes in the baroque and classical idioms. The 5/4 theme and guitar/piano juxtapositions of "Hispanic Dance" remind one of Dave Brubeck's famous experiments in odd meters, and "Serenade" makes delicious use of a bossa nova groove. The Greek/Italian classical guitarist Alexander Lagoya is the sharp-edged soloist; Bolling is equally at home in both stylistic camps (though the piano is sometimes a wee bit out of tune), and Michel Gaudry (bass) and Marcel Sabiani (drums) make up the rhythm section. Note: the first version of this performance, released on RCA in 1976, contains the six-movement edition of the Concerto; Bolling later added a seventh movement that was tacked onto this recording when CBS reissued it in 1982. Also, the "Finale" features a different rhythm section (Marc Michel, bass; Andre Arpino, drums). ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date:	06/10/2003
Label:	Fr?Meaux & Associ?S
UPC:	3448960244428
Rank:	115110

Tracks

1. Concerto for classic guitar & jazz piano trio~Hispanic Dance (with a blue touch)
2. Concerto for classic guitar & jazz piano trio~Mexicaine
3. Concerto for classic guitar & jazz piano trio~Invention
4. Concerto for classic guitar & jazz piano trio~S¿¿r¿¿nade
5. Concerto for classic guitar & jazz piano trio~Rhapsodic
6. Concerto for classic guitar & jazz piano trio~Africaine
7. Concerto for classic guitar & jazz piano trio~Finale

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Alexandre Lagoya   Primary Artist,Guitar
Claude Bolling   Primary Artist,Piano
Concord All Stars   Primary Artist
Marc Michel   Contrabass,Double Bass,String Bass
Andre Arpino   Drums,Percussion
Michel Gaudry   Bass,Contrabass,Double Bass,String Bass
Carol Sloane   Vocals
Gray Sargent   Guitar
Scott Hamilton   Sax (Tenor)
Marshall Wood   Bass
Chuck Riggs   Drums
Marcel Sabiani   Drums,Percussion
Dave McKenna   Piano

Technical Credits

Claude Ermelin   Engineer
Claude Bolling   Editing,Composer,Producer
Richard Rodgers   Composer
Phil Edwards   Remixing
Ken Franckling   Liner Notes
Patrick Fremeaux   Editing
Judy Kaganowich   Art Direction
Ian Craigie   Assistant Engineer
Sandi Young   Art Direction
Carl Jefferson   Producer
Serge Kaufmann   Liner Notes
Toby Pieniek   Executive Producer
Claude Colombini   Editing
Lorenz Hart   Composer
John Harris   Assistant Engineer
Wayne Shorter   Composer
Randy Ezratty   Engineer
Emmanuel Chamboredon   Executive Producer
Bernard Fremeaux   Control Engineer,Recording Editor
Stephane Lerouge   Liner Notes
Roger Huyssen   Design,Cover Design
Bill Smith   Composer
Alexandre Lagoya   Performer