Body & Soul (Tete Montoliu album)

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Body & Soul
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Live album by Tete Montoliu
Released 1983
Recorded April 1971
Venue The Domicile, Munich, Germany
Genre Jazz
Length40:31
Label Enja
enja 4042
Producer Ernst Knauff
Tete Montoliu chronology
Tete Montoliu Interpreta a Serrat
(1969)		Body & Soul
(1983)		 That's All
(1971)

Body & Soul is a live album by pianist Tete Montoliu recorded in 1971 and released on the German label, Enja in 1983. [1] [2]

Tete Montoliu Spanish jazz musician and pianist (1933-1997)

Vicente Montolíu Massana, better known as Tete Montoliu was a jazz pianist from Catalonia, Spain. Born blind, he learnt Braille music at age seven. His styles varied from hard bop, through afro-cuban, world fusion, to post bop. He recorded with Lionel Hampton in 1956 and played with saxophonist Roland Kirk in 1963. He also worked with leading American jazz musicians who toured in, or relocated to Europe including Kenny Dorham, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster, Lucky Thompson, and Anthony Braxton. Tete Montoliu recorded two albums in the US, and recorded for Enja and Soul Note in Europe.

Enja Records record label

Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971.

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Reception

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Ken Dryden of AllMusic said "This 1971 live date comes from a Munich nightclub, with a respectfully audience that saves its raucous applause until the conclusion of each number. ... highly recommended". [3]

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Track listing

  1. "Sweet Georgia Fame" (Blossom Dearie) – 8:09
  2. "Old Folks" (Dedette Lee Hill, Willard Robison) – 5:56
  3. "Blues" (Tete Montoliu) – 6:11
  4. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin) – 7:25
  5. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green) – 8:04
  6. "Lament" (J. J. Johnson) – 4:46

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Jazzlists: Enja Records main series discography, accessed June 19, 2017
  2. ↑ Tete Montoliu discography, accessed June 19, 2017
  3. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. Tete Montoliu: Body & Soul – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 19, 2017.
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