July 22, 2019

Piano Conclave ‎– Palais Anthology (1975, LP, Germany) Repost!



Tracklist:
A1. Rumba Orgiastica (6:05)
A2. English Moxplott (4:29)
A3. Hymny Shimmy (2:48)
A4. Hal-Lucy-'n-o'-One Step (4:37)
A5. Zookie Cookie (5:58)
B1. Lookie Pookie (5:17)
B2. Tango Teclado (4:32)
B3. Titty-Chickie-Fitterbug (4:54)
B4. Shoo-Fly-Shuffle (3:40)
B5. Charles' Stone And Quickflip (2:46)

Musicians:
Arranged By – George Gruntz (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B4)
Bass – John Lee
Directed By – George Gruntz
Drums – Alphonse Mouzon
Electric Piano, Clavinet, Organ, Synthesizer, Grand Piano – Wolfgang Dauner
Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Voice – Gordon Beck
Grand Piano – Martial Solal
Piano, Grand Piano – Joachim Kühn
Piano, Grand Piano, Synthesizer – George Gruntz
Piano, Organ, Voice – Jasper van't Hof

Dubbed “the Keyboard Philharmonic”, and directed by the Swiss master pianist/composer George Gruntz, this 1975 album features six of the greatest European jazz keyboardists of the period. French master Martial Solal, Englishman Gordon Beck, Germans Wolfgang Dauner and Joachim Kuhn, and Netherlander Jasper van’t Hof join Gruntz in a pianistic extravaganza of a particular sort, accompanied by the crack American bass and drum team of John Lee and Alphonse Mouzon. British critic Mike Hennessey termed the album “an anthology, in highly contemporary musical dress, of all those celebrated nostalgic dances of the thirties.” With all of the pieces composed by the various pianists, the high-octane play has more to do with 70’s fusion and the avant-garde than the musical mores of the Jazz Age. Rumba Orgiastica solo order: Gruntz/Kühn/Mouzon. English Moxplott coda duo: Dauner/Solal. Hymny Shimmy solo: Beck. Hal-Lucy-‘n-o’-One Step collective: Dauner/van’t Hof/Gruntz. Zookie Cookie solos: Dauner/Kühn/van’t Hof. Lookie Pookiesolos: Gruntz/Kühn/Lee. Tango Teclado solos: Dauner/van’t Hof. Tittie-Chickie-FitterbugDauner/Solo/Beck. Shoo-fly-Shuffle solos: Kühn/Mouzon. Charles’ Stone and Quickflip intro solo: van’t Hof, bridge duo: Dauner/Gruntz. A unique chance to hear some of Europe’s greatest keyboard stylists in a pianistic meeting of the minds.

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