Tete Montoliu

[EKE BBB]

Tete would have been 74 today. It's been exactly 10 years since he passed.

We still miss you, meu amic !!!

[EKE BBB]

  Bright Moments said:

  jazzbo said:

That footage with Roland Kirk is AMAZING!

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does anybody know where i can find this footage?

Guess Lon's talking about THIS.

[EKE BBB]

Check out some Tete Montoliu concerts at king ubu's blog (pointing to dimeadozen):

http://ubu-space.blogspot.com/

[six string]

  Free For All said:

One Tete side that I don't believe has been mentioned is a duo session with George Coleman from '77. The incarnation I have is called Dynamic Duo and is thoroughly enjoyable, IMHO.

I have one by the same called Meditation that is also excellent.

[EKE BBB]

  six string said:

  Free For All said:

One Tete side that I don't believe has been mentioned is a duo session with George Coleman from '77. The incarnation I have is called Dynamic Duo and is thoroughly enjoyable, IMHO.

I have one by the same called Meditation that is also excellent.

Different name, same disc. From my Tete Montoliu Discography at Michael Fitzgerald's JazzDiscography website:

  Quote

Date: February 20, 1977

Location: Dureco Studio, Weesp, Netherlands

Label: Timeless

George Coleman, Tete Montoliu (ldr), George Coleman (ts), Tete Montoliu (p)

a. a-01 Lisa - 5:28 (Tete Montoliu)

b. a-02 Dynamic Duo - 4:03 (George Coleman)

c. a-03 First Time Down - 5:01 (George Coleman)

d. a-04 Waltzing At Rosa's Place - 6:38 (George Coleman)

e. b-01 Meditation [aka Meditaçao] - 11:55 (Antonio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça, Norman Gimbel)

f. b-02 Sophisticated Lady - 12:18 (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills)

All titles on:

Timeless LP 12": SJP 110 — Meditation (1977)

Timeless/Muse LP 12": TI 312 — Meditation (1979)

Jazz Stop LP 12": JS-113 — Meditation (1983)

Timeless CD: SJP 110 — Dynamic Duo (1992)

King CD: ABCJ-131 — Dynamic Duo (2000)

Timeless CD: SJP 013 — Solo/Duo/Trio (2000)

[EKE BBB]

For those who can read Spanish....

In Tomajazz, we have re-published a very long and interesting interview with Tete Montoliu conducted by Miquel Jurado and first published in Quàrtica Jazz #1 (April 1981) (of course, with due permission from Jurado).

I have added new footnotes with clarifications, additional information, discographical comments and corrections to several data.

The first part was published in October, while the second part will be published in a few days.

Best regards,

Agustín Pérez

[EKE BBB]

More Tete news...

In a few days, Spanish label Contrabaix will release a CD with duo recordings by Tete Montoliu and bass player Javier Colina from August 1995. Their one week engagement at the Café Central led to this recording at the Cine Arte studio, which has remained unissued so far due to hard negotiations.

Since Contrabaix has refused to send me an advance copy to write an early review at Tomajazz, I will have to wait like lesser mortals..

[EKE BBB]

  EKE BBB said:

For those who can read Spanish....

In Tomajazz, we have re-published a very long and interesting interview with Tete Montoliu conducted by Miquel Jurado and first published in Quàrtica Jazz #1 (April 1981) (of course, with due permission from Jurado).

I have added new footnotes with clarifications, additional information, discographical comments and corrections to several data.

The first part was published in October, while the second part will be published in a few days.

Best regards,

Agustín Pérez

The second (and last) part of this Tete Montoliu interview is now available at Tomajazz.

It shares cover in the November issue of this on-line magazine with a very thoughtful and profound interview with Spanish pianist and free improviser Agustí Fernández (first of two parts) focused on his "Aurora" CD.

[alocispepraluger102]

one of my fav cd's is tete and toots(thielemans).

Edited November 7, 2007 by alocispepraluger102

[EKE BBB]

  alocispepraluger102 said:

one of my fav cd's is tete and toots(thielemans).

Are you sure about that? To my knowledge, and though they played live together a few times, there's no commercial recording with these two musicians.

Check my Tete Montoliu Discography.

Best regards,

Agustín

[brownie]

Aloc is probably thinking of Martial Solal (great record with Toots) instead of Tete!

[MartyJazz]

He did make a wonderful duet recording with George Coleman.

[clifford_thornton]

I feel like I mentioned this before somewhere, but his playing behind Archie Shepp and Lars Gullin on The House I Live In (Steeplechase, rec. 1963) is really great. Archie and Gullin are in fine form, too!

[alocispepraluger102]

  brownie said:

Aloc is probably thinking of Martial Solal (great record with Toots) instead of Tete!

indeed.

thanks.

[EKE BBB]

  EKE BBB said:

More Tete news...

In a few days, Spanish label Contrabaix will release a CD with duo recordings by Tete Montoliu and bass player Javier Colina from August 1995. Their one week engagement at the Café Central led to this recording at the Cine Arte studio, which has remained unissued so far due to hard negotiations.

Since Contrabaix has refused to send me an advance copy to write an early review at Tomajazz, I will have to wait like lesser mortals..

The disc is finally out: Contrabaix website.

Will be listening to this one for the rest of the day...

[EKE BBB]

  EKE BBB said:

More Tete news...

In a few days, Spanish label Contrabaix will release a CD with duo recordings by Tete Montoliu and bass player Javier Colina from August 1995. Their one week engagement at the Café Central led to this recording at the Cine Arte studio, which has remained unissued so far due to hard negotiations.

Since Contrabaix has refused to send me an advance copy to write an early review at Tomajazz, I will have to wait like lesser mortals..

The disc is finally out: Contrabaix website.

Will be listening to this one for the rest of the day...

[EKE BBB]

The film Tete Montoliu. Una mirada has been released a few days ago. It is included in the december issue of the Spanish magazine (in Catalan language) "Jaç".

[EKE BBB]

A copy of Tete's hardest to find CD (Catalonian Rhapsody on Alfa Records) just went for $89.00 on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.es/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewIt...bayphotohosting

[strojon]

I've put a video on Youtube of Tete Montoliu with Herbie Lewis Billy Higgins from the Subway in 1990 playing "If I Should Lose You"

[strojon]

  strojon said:

I've put a video on Youtube of Tete Montoliu with Herbie Lewis Billy Higgins from the Subway in 1990 playing "If I Should Lose You"

I should have added the link :-

[EKE BBB]

For those interested, Venus has just reissued one of the most difficult to find Tete Montoliu discs, "Catalonian Rhapsody", originally, Alfa ALCR-172.

http://www.venusrecord.com/v2/release/VHCD-1154.html

From my Tete Montoliu discography:

Date: March 8, 1992
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Label: Alfa

Tete Montoliu (ldr), Tete Montoliu (p), Hein van de Geyn (b), Idris Muhammad (d)

a. 01 La Dama D'Aragó - 7:01 (Traditional) b. 02 Els Segadors - 7:43 (Traditional) c. 03 Cançó De Lladre - 6:25 (Traditional) d. 04 Three Young Ladies - 6:34 e. 05 Paraules D'Amor [aka Words Of Love] - 4:49 (Joan Manuel Serrat) f. 06 El Cant Dels Ocells - 6:55 (Traditional) g. 07 Don't Smoke Anymore, Please - 4:48 (Tete Montoliu) h. 08 My Street - 8:11

All titles on: Alfa CD: ALCR-172 — Catalonian Rhapsody (1992)

a. listed as The Lady From Arago
b. listed as Catalonian National Anthem
c. listed as Song Of The Robber
e. listed as Words Of Love
f. listed as The Singing Of The Birds
g. listed as Don't Smoke Any More

Details needed on d. and h. which may have more common titles.

Edited May 22, 2014 by EKE BBB

[Bluesnik]

  On 10/1/2004 at 7:53 AM, Alon Marcus said:

I have the "A Tot Jazz" session from the year 1965, the one with Billy Brooks on drums instead of Peer Wyboris (as also mentioned in the terrific discography above). The originality of his interpretations on these standards is striking. Nothing to be ashamed of in front of other great piano trios playing standards (Jarrett's for example).

Yes, that's the one I would recommend too. And, yes, it's with Billy Brooks and Eric Peter.

[EKE BBB]

Today, it's been 20 years since Tete passed away. 

And piles of recorded material (please allow me the exaggeration) remain unissued in the vaults of TVE, FSR... 

[Gheorghe]

I wasn´t aware that he passed away 20 years ago, but it seems to mean something, that I was listening intensly to some of his great piano solos yesterday. Those Steeplechase "Dexter in Radioland" are wonderful and Tete Montoliu really stretches out on them. A fantastic pianist.

Later I think I saw him with Joe Henderson and it was Tete who rescued that gig, while the rest of the rhythm section was not good. Tete just waved to the lousy bass player to lay out and did the bass line himself.

[EKE BBB]

New Tete recording is in the market: