Friedrich Gulda - Its All One '1970/2015

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Amazing stuff – and one of the hippest records ever cut by pianist
Friedrich Gulda! Unlike some of his other more modernist efforts, this ones got
a really free swing to it – and it features a spare stripped-down
approach that has Guldas work on piano and electra piano backed only by the
drums of Klaus Weiss. If you know Weiss playing, youll know that hes a heck of a
player – one of the hardest swinging players in Germany during the 70s,
with a rich range of styles that included funk, soul jazz, and hard bop playing.
The best numbers on the album feature Gulda playing these amazing lines on
electra piano, with Weiss grooving underneath – either hitting a modal
groove, a bossa one, or in some cases a freer beat to match Guldas solos. The
record kicks off with the four-part Suite For Piano, Electra Piano, & Drums
– which has two great groovers, the bossa nova and finale section. Side
two features the more avant Meditation III, plus the excellent Blues Fantasy,
which starts out free, then rolls into a great modal funky part with great
electric keyboard lines!


Tracks:

Suite For Piano, Electra Piano & Drums
01. I. Overtüre 04:03
02. II. Bossanova 04:30
03. III. Aria 04:36
04. IV. Finale 03:45
05. Meditation II 11:55
06. Blues Fantasy 10:26 

Personnel:

Friedrich Gulda, piano, electric piano
Klaus Weiss, drums

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