Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano (aka Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio) is a "crossover" composition by French jazz pianist and composer Claude Bolling. The composition, originally written in 1973, is a suite of seven movements, written for a classical flute, and a jazz piano trio (piano, string bass, and drums).
Album The suite was recorded in 1975 by Bolling, classical flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal, bassist Max Hédiguer, and drummer Marcel Sabiani, and originally released as an LP album by CBS Masterworks Records and Columbia Masterworks.
Legacy In the U.S., the album was nominated in 1975 for a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance. A video recording of Bolling and Rampal playing the Suite was recorded in 1976 at the Palace of Versailles in France, and was released on LaserVision video disc and on videotape. Eventually, under the title, Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio, digital CD and DVD versions of the respective audio and video recordings were also released. In 1986, Bolling and Rampal released Bolling's later composition, Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio No. 2.Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio No. 2 at allmusic.com
Other recordings 1988: Jeanne Baxtresser (Fanfare Records) 2003: Roseli Quartet (Naxos Records)Bolling: Suites for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio - 8.554848|Naxos 2011: Laurel Zucker (Cantilena Records)Bolling: Suites for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio - Cantilena Records: 660252|Presto Music 2012: Jasmine Choi (Sony Classical)Jasmine Choi — Featured Artist — Flute MagazineWorldCat.org
Track listing LP side A: "Baroque and Blue" – 5:18 "Sentimentale" – 7:45 "Javanaise" – 5:15 LP side B: "Fugace" – 3:50 "Irlandaise" – 2:59 "Versatile" – 5:07 "Véloce" – 3:40 All compositions by Claude Bolling
Personnel Jean-Pierre Rampal — flute, bass flute on "Versatile" Claude Bolling — piano Max Hédiguer — bass Marcel Sabiani — drums
Further reading Columbia Masterworks M 33233 Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio at [ allmusic.com]
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