''The Concert for García Lorca'' is an album by pianist

Ben Sidran Ben Hirsh Sidran (born August 14, 1943) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist, producer, label owner, and music writer. Early in his career he was a member of the Steve Miller Band and is the father of Grammy-nominated musician, composer an ...

featuring performances recorded in 1998 at the home of

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

using his piano on the 100th anniversary of his birth and released on the Go Jazz label.Ben Sidran discography
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accessed November 13, 2015

Reception

The

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review states "This is not only a fitting tribute to Federico García Lorca, but it is also a shining, truly original portrait of a very literate jazzman who has plenty of tricks and wonders up his sleeve, more than three decades after he began. Highly recommended if you can find it".

Track listing

''All compositions by Ben Sidran featuring text by Federico García Lorca except as indicated'' # "On Defeating Death/Absent Soul" – 11:37 # "

It Ain't Necessarily So "It Ain't Necessarily So" is a popular song with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira Gershwin. The song comes from the Gershwins' opera ''Porgy and Bess'' ( 1935) where it is sung by the character Sportin' Life, a drug dealer, ...

" (

George Gershwin George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions ' ...

, Ira Gershwin) – 5:02 # "On Duende" – 10:30 # "Cante Jondo and the Blues" – 11:49 # "New Gypsy Ballads: Whisper Not/ Lover Man" ( Benny Golson/ Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 6:18 # "Look Here" (

Mose Allison Mose John Allison Jr. (November 11, 1927 – November 15, 2016) was an American jazz and blues pianist, singer, and songwriter. He became notable for playing a unique mix of blues and modern jazz, both singing and playing piano. After moving to N ...

) – 3:34 # "Poet in New York/Freedom Jazz Dance" (García Lorca, Sidran/ Eddie Harris) – 8:37 # "For Margarita Xirgu" – 8:29

Personnel

– piano, vocals *Bobby Martínez –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

*Manuel Calleja – bass *

Leo Sidran Leo Sidran is an American Grammy-nominated musician, composer, performer, and producer whose credits include co-producing the Oscar-winning song "Al Otro Lado Del Rio" for the soundtrack to the movie '' The Motorcycle Diaries''. Sidran began ...

– drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Concert for Garcia Lorca, The Ben Sidran albums 1998 albums