Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark

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Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark
Music album Template: Infobox music album / maintenance / type undetectedby Stéphane Grappelli

Publication
(s)

1979

Label (s) Pablo , Universal Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

8th

running time

40:36

occupation

Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark is a jazz album by Stéphane Grappelli that was released in 1979.

background

The album was recorded on July 6, 1979 in Copenhagen by a trio consisting of Stéphane Grappelli, violin, Joe Pass on guitar and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen on bass. The title alludes to the Tivoli amusement park in Copenhagen . Grappelli was 71 years old at the time of recording. The pieces are predominantly jazz standards in swing style and are played at a slightly increased tempo .

reception

Rick Anderson wrote on Allmusic : “But it is difficult to imagine another musician, regardless of his or her virtuosity, who always has the same sense of swing and simple joie de vivre that Grappelli conveys with practically every note. It also doesn't hurt that his companions on this album are among the best in their field; Orsted Pedersen plays with a firmness and rhythmic force, enough to make you forget the lack of a drummer, while Pass effortlessly slides back and forth between unobtrusive backup chords and brilliant solo playing ... Highly recommended. "

Richard Cook and Brian Morton gave the album the highest rating, describing it as “a superb set. Grappelli's interpretations (...) confirm his talent as an improviser and also his ability to tackle sugar-sweet topics with the appropriate hint of spiciness ”.

Track list

  1. It's Only a Paper Moon ( Harold Arlen , EY Harburg , Billy Rose ) - 3:59
  2. Time After Time ( Sammy Cahn , Jule Styne ) - 5:21
  3. Let's Fall in Love (Arlen, Ted Koehler ) - 4:37
  4. Crazy Rhythm (Caesar, Gus Kahn , Meyer) - 3:49
  5. How Deep Is the Ocean? ( Irving Berlin ) - 6:14
  6. I'll Remember April ( Gene DePaul , Johnston, Johnston, Don Raye ) - 7:39
  7. I Can't Get Started ( Vernon Duke , Ira Gershwin ) - 7:14
  8. I Get a Kick Out of You ( Cole Porter ) - 5:42

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review at allmusic
  2. ↑ But it's hard to imagine another player, regardless of virtuosity, ever conveying the same sense of swing and simple joie de vivre that Grappelli does with virtually every note. Nor does it hurt that his accompanists on this album are among the finest in their fields; Orsted Pedersen plays with a solidity and rhythmic power that are enough to make you forget the absence of a drummer, while Pass slides effortlessly between unobtrusive chordal backup and bravura soloing… Highly recommended.
  3. ^ Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD. 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

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