Bernd Lhotzky - Jazz Goes Baroque-Jazz at Bp XVIIIIII - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The new recording from the Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic series captures a moment rich in both history and renewal, marking the series' fiftieth concert while paying tribute to Siggi Loch's early triumph as a producer with George Gruntz's pioneering Jazz Meets Baroque in 1964. Six decades later, pianist Bernd Lhotzky revisits and reimagines this groundbreaking dialogue between eras, drawing a compelling parallel between Esperanto's vision of universal communication and the shared expressive language of baroque music and jazz. The two traditions meet not as contrasts but as kindred forms jazz infuses baroque with rhythmic vitality and improvisational freedom, while baroque lends jazz it's structural depth and ornate richness. The stage opens up to reveal a German-French ensemble two wind players of French origin and the three members of a German rhythm section, all of them happy to be united through music. Album Tracks 1. Monsieur Charpentier Raises the Curtain 01 47 2. Ciacona - la Roue Du Hamster 04 25 3. Alma's Gavotte 04 26 4. Pasquini's Slow Drag 02 57 5. Double Talk (A Fugue) 04 37 6. Croc-En-Jambe, Chute Fatale 03 30 7. Gavotte en Rondeau (Rondeau No. 24) 04 38 8. Affettuoso 04 03 9. Vivaldi 156 04 51 10. Fuge, Flucht Und Bedrängnis 02 32 11. Canarie 02 50