Bolling: Suite No. 2 for flute & jazz piano trio

Claude Bolling (Composer), Claude Bolling (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Claude Bolling
• Composer: Claude Bolling
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000026FR
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,872 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #43 in Music > Classical > Instruments > Reeds & Winds
  • #65 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Suites
  • #92 in Music > Jazz > Swing Jazz > Swing General

Customer Reviews

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another amazingly listenable album from Claude Bolling, October 3, 2002

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Catherine S. Vodrey (East Liverpool, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bolling: Suite No. 2 for flute & jazz piano trio (Audio CD)

I stand in awe of Claude Bolling's amazingly inventive musical talents. Not only does he compose the most astonishing music--a delicious cross of classical structure and jazz loosey-gooseyness--but he gets folks like flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal, guitarist Alexandre Lagoya, bassist Pierre-Yves Sorin, and many others to join him in recording these pieces. On "Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio No. 2," Bolling is up to his usual high-jinks, which is to say he's in fine form.

"Amoureuse" is a lush ballad, opening with contemplative piano work by Bolling and gradually adding in Rampal's impeccable flute. It's a song you'd want to be kissed to if you were starring in a romantic film. "Entr'Amis" is a saucy, sassy prance of a song, flute and piano winking at each other throughout. "Vagabonde" opens with the most gorgeous fuguelike piano work--it sounds as though J. S. Bach might have composed it after a stein or two of good German beer. "Intime" is a pretty, quiet little song with an in-joke of a title (it means "intimate" in French, but you could also read it as a clue to the pace of it, as in the instruments staying "in time" with each other). "Jazzy" is a vigorous cartwheel of a song with a frenetic pace--it's positively dazzling. Highly recommended!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bolling Spreads His Wings, October 16, 2003

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

This review is from: Bolling: Suite No. 2 for flute & jazz piano trio (Audio CD)

With this, the second in a series of jazz-classical fusion collections, Bolling has reached new heights. Every single piece is refreshingly original - no repeats are duds in this collection.

The style and expression are both freer and more intense - indeed this seems more "musical" in many ways. Once again it is almost impossible to select a "favorite" although JAZZY and AMOURESE are two that stand out. The sound is sheer perfection but it is the inventive aspect of the series that makes this collection shine.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flute and Jazz Piano, October 26, 2001

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Judy Rich (Phx, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bolling: Suite No. 2 for flute & jazz piano trio (Audio CD)

I had this tape years ago and loved it! I hear the music from it on all kinds of shows as background music. It's really upbeat and fun.