Lunch in L.A.

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Lunch in L.A.
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Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedOctober 2, 1979 at Contemporary Records Studio in Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz
Length54:11
Label Contemporary
SJP 107
Producer John Koenig
Tete Montoliu chronology
Live at the Keystone Corner
(1979)
Lunch in L.A.
(1980)
Boston Concert
(1980)

Lunch in L.A. is a solo album by pianist Tete Montoliu (with one duet with Chick Corea) recorded in 1979 and released on the Contemporary label. [1] [2] [3]

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Scott Yanow of AllMusic stated: "For what was probably his only session for an American label, the great pianist Tete Montoliu is heard in top form... Excellent playing". [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Tete Montoliu, except as indicated

  1. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) – 3:48
  2. "Blues Before Lunch" – 7:03
  3. "I Want to Talk About You" (Billy Eckstine) – 12:22
  4. "Put Your Little Foot Right Out" (Larry Spier) – 9:30
  5. "Blues After Lunch" – 5:41
  6. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 7:07
  7. "Margareta" (Perry Robinson) – 8:40

Personnel

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References

  1. Contemporary Records discography, accessed May 6, 2015
  2. Tete Montoliu discography, accessed May 6, 2015
  3. Concord Music Group: album details, accessed June 22, 2017
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Tete Montoliu: Lunch in L.A. – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  5. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 147. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.