Bolling: Concerto for Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio [Original recording remastered]

Claude Bolling (Artist), Alexandre Lagoya (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 10, 2003)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Fremeaux & Assoc. Fr
• ASIN: B000067G3Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,601 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hispanic Dance (With a Blue Touch) - Alexandre Lagoya

2. Mexicaine

3. Invention

4. Sérénade

5. Rhapsodic

6. Africaine

7. Finale

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Triump for Bolling, September 8, 2004

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Avid Reader (Franklin, Tn) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bolling: Concerto for Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio (Audio CD)

Alexandre Lagoya and Claude Bolling have combined to produce yet another winner in the long line of Jazz "Suites". Perhaps future musicians will associate the Jazz Suite with Bolling much as we associate the Nocture with Chopin or the Tango with Piazzolla. I was apprehensive over the effect that a guitar could bring to the world of jazz. One usually associates the wind or wood or brass instruments with that genre and I have to admit that the CD has a more "classical" ring to it than the other suites.

That is not a criticism by any means. In a way, this is some of the most inventive music Bolling ever penned. Many of these are idiomatically "guitarish". AFRICAINE touches on several themes - jazz, blues, tango, classical whereas INVENTION sought after Bach (was the name a pun?) This is a more private album, one that benefits from a solitary rather than public listening, perhaps due to the detailed playing that is difficult to grasp in the public social setting.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An exciting piece of work, August 29, 2005

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Sor_Fingers (Boulder, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bolling: Concerto for Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio (Audio CD)

This is an unbelievable contribution to the polytheon of excellent music. Bolling has merged the two great worlds of classical music and jazz to make for one of the most exciting musical experiences I've ever heard. The first movement alternates between a very Spanish 5/4 dance feel and a laid back jazz/blues feel. The invention movement brings Bach to mind immediately, but the jazz rhythm section behind LaGoya's very traditional melody makes for a completely different feel. The Rhapsodic movement is enchanting and brings Gershin to mind immediately. Bolling not only writes great music in this Concerto, but also uses the music in order to pastiche the great composers in a jazz idiom. He answers the question: What if Bach was a jazz cat? It's an exciting piece with a lot of dimension, a lot of elasticity and a lot of fun. It's well excecuted. LaGoya's guitar work is excellent and Bolling is a monster at the keyboard. This album is a must have. You will probably never hear something quite like Bolling's work. I love this album. Take advantage of this great music, you won't regret it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classical Guitar meets Jazz, May 25, 2004

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KDS "KDS" (Jettingen) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bolling: Concerto for Guitar & Jazz Piano Trio (Audio CD)

This is an outstanding piece of music. The guitar is very spanish in the style of Rodrigez "Concierto d'Aranjuez". It is accompanied by a Jazz Trio, which sometimes swings, sometimes is in a very classical mood. Together they are fantastic. Just buy, listen and swing.