Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio

Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano is a "crossover" composition by the jazz pianist and composer Claude Bolling. The composition, originally written in 1973, is a suite of seven songs, written for a classical flute, and a jazz piano trio (piano, string bass, and drums).

The suite was recorded in 1975 by Bolling, classical flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal, bassist Max Hédiguer, and drummer Marcel Sabiani, and originally released on 12" LP by CBS Masterworks Records and Columbia Masterworks. In the U.S., the album was nominated in 1975 for a Grammy award in the "Best Chamber Music Performance - Instrumental or Vocal" category.^[1] 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.^[2]

Track listing

LP side A:

1. "Baroque and Blue" – 5:18
2. "Sentimentale" – 7:45
3. "Javanaise" – 5:15

LP side B:

1. "Fugace" – 3:50
2. "Irlandaise" – 2:59
3. "Versatile" – 5:07
4. "Véloce" – 3:40

all compositions by Bolling

Personnel

• Jean-Pierre Rampal — flute, bass flute on "Versatile"
• Claude Bolling — piano
• Max Hédiguer — bass
• Marcel Sabiani — drums

References

• Columbia Masterworks M 33233
• Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio at allmusic.com