''Piano for Nuria'' is an album by pianist

Tete Montoliu Vicenç Montoliu i Massana, better known as Tete Montoliu (28 March 1933 – 24 August 1997) was a Spanish jazz pianist from Catalonia, Spain. Born blind, he learnt braille music at age seven. His styles varied from hard bop, through afro-Cuban, ...

recorded in 1968 and released on the German label,

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Reception

Ken Dryden of

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stated: "The opening track is a startling original blues by Montoliu that mixes the flavor of Monk's dissonance with the Catalonian's own furious hard bop technique. Trunk contributed both the bluesy waltz 'Tranquillogy' and the unpredictable 'Visca l'Ampurda,' which must have been a challenge to learn. Montoliu's approach to standards like 'Alone Together' and 'Speak Low' is more typical, while he tackles 'I Surrender, Dear' as a solo. Unlike most recordings issued by Brunner-Schwer, the piano on this CD seems out of tune and slightly overmodulated, giving it a somewhat brittle sound. But Montoliu's breathtaking performances are able to overcome these minor blemishes".

Track listing

# "Blues For Nuria" (Tete Montoliu) – 6:01 # "Tranquillogy" (Peter Trunk) – 5:02 # " Alone Together" (

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) – 5:40 # "

Speak Low "Speak Low" (1943) is a popular song composed by Kurt Weill, with lyrics by Ogden Nash. Background It was introduced by Mary Martin and Kenny Baker in the Broadway musical '' One Touch of Venus'' (1943). The 1944 hit single was by Guy Lombardo ...

" ( Kurt Weill) – 4:17 # "Visca L'Ampurda" (Trunk) – 5:43 # "

I Surrender Dear "I Surrender Dear" (sometimes written as "I Surrender, Dear") is a song composed by Harry Barris with lyrics by Gordon Clifford, first performed by Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra with Bing Crosby in 1931, which became his first s ...

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, Gordon Clifford) – 5:15 # "Stable Mates" ( Benny Golson) – 4:20

Personnel

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Peter Trunk Peter Trunk (May 17, 1936, Frankfurt – December 31, 1973, New York) was a German jazz double-bassist. Trunk played late in the 1950s in concert and on radio with Kenny Clarke, Stan Getz, Albert Mangelsdorff, and Zoot Sims. During this time he a ...

– bass (tracks 1-5 & 7) * Albert Heath – drums (tracks 1-5 & 7)

References

{{Authority control Tete Montoliu albums 1968 albums MPS Records albums