Carmina (album)

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Carmina
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Studio album by Tete Montoliu
Released 1984
Recorded April 25, 1984
Studio Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Length43:58
Label JazzIzz
JIR 4003
Producer Nils Winther
Tete Montoliu chronology
Catalonian Nights Vol. 3
(1980)		Carmina
(1984)		 The Music I Like to Play Vol. 1
(1986)

Carmina is an album by pianist Tete Montoliu recorded in 1984 and released on the JazzIzz label. [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.

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Track listing

  1. "Please! No More Smoking!" (Tete Montoliu) – 3:19
  2. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 9:04
  3. "Scandia Sky" (Kenny Dorham) – 6:15
  4. "Salt Peanuts" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 2:19
  5. "Carmina" (Tete Montoliu) – 7:23
  6. "My Foolish Heart" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 9:00
  7. "Stablemates" (Benny Golson) – 6:38

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References

  1. ↑ Tete Montoliu discography, accessed June 19, 2017
  2. ↑ Disciogs album entry, accessed June 19, 2017
  3. ↑ Tete Montoliu: Carmina – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
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