The Concert for García Lorca explained

The Concert for García Lorca
Type:	Live album
Artist:	Ben Sidran
Cover:	The Concert for García Lorca.jpg
Released:	1999
Recorded:	June 18, 1998 Huerta de San Vicente in Granada, Spain.
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	65:50
Label:	Go Jazz go 6033
Chronology:	Ben Sidran
Prev Title:	Live at Celebrity Lounge
Prev Year:	1998
Next Year:	2002

The Concert for García Lorca is an album by pianist Ben Sidran featuring performances recorded in 1998 at the home of Federico García Lorca using his piano on the 100th anniversary of his birth and released on the Go Jazz label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic 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

1. "On Defeating Death/Absent Soul" – 11:37
2. "It Ain't Necessarily So" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:02
3. "On Duende" – 10:30
4. "Cante Jondo and the Blues" – 11:49
5. "New Gypsy Ballads: Whisper Not/Lover Man" (Benny Golson/Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 6:18
6. "Look Here" (Mose Allison) – 3:34
7. "Poet in New York/Freedom Jazz Dance" (García Lorca, Sidran/Eddie Harris) – 8:37
8. "For Margarita Xirgu" – 8:29

Personnel

• Ben Sidran – piano, vocals
• Bobby Martínez – tenor saxophone
• Manuel Calleja – bass
• Leo Sidran – drums

Notes and References

1. http://bensidran.com/album/the-concert-for-garcia-lorca Ben Sidran discography
2. Sudo, K., Spiral Quest album entry, accessed November 13, 2015