The Music I Like to Play Vol. 3 | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | Tete Montoliu |
Cover: | The Music I Like to Play Vol. 3.jpg |
Released: | 1991 |
Recorded: | January 28, 1990 |
Studio: | Barigozzi Studio, Milan |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 47:14 |
Label: | Soul Note SN 1180 |
Producer: | Giovanni Bonandrini |
Chronology: | Tete Montoliu |
Prev Title: | Sweet'n Lovely Volume 1 |
Prev Year: | 1989 |
Next Title: | The Music I Like to Play Vol. 4 |
Next Year: | 1990 |
The Music I Like to Play Vol. 3, subtitled Let's Call This, is a solo album by pianist Tete Montoliu performing compositions associated with Thelonious Monk recorded in 1990 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.[1] [2]
Ken Dryden of AllMusic states, "Montoliu's approach to the keyboard is hardly a slavish adaptation of Monk's style, though there are some obvious influences, and as liner note writer Art Lange points out, he owes a debt to Bud Powell as well. He opens the CD with an uncredited chorus or so of the elegantly played "Jackie-Ing" before launching into overdrive for "Straight, No Chaser"; likewise, his daredevil approach to the furiously played "Well, You Needn't" is a treat. His disguised introduction to "Let's Call This" plays with the listener's ears, and he plays a modified form of stride in "Blues Five Spot." He also stretches the boundaries of the two standards "Sweet and Lovely" and "April in Paris" in a playful way worthy of Monk. It's a pity that Montoliu only recorded one more studio session as a leader following this productive date, but all of the late blind pianist's releases from his final years are well worth acquiring".
All compositions by Thelonious Monk except where noted.