Friedrich Gulda - It's All One (1970/2015) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Friedrich Gulda was an Austrian pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields. This release from MPS label is musically complete in all terms, in composition, arrangements and interpretation, a must have for all the fans of Friedrich Gulda, a funny and emotionally album that you can hear from beginning to end everytime without boring, a very fine recording quality very well balanced with great soundstage, do yourself a favor dont miss this piece of art.

Amazing stuff – and one of the hippest records ever cut by pianist Friedrich Gulda! Unlike some of his other more modernist efforts, this one's got a really free swing to it – and it features a spare stripped-down approach that has Gulda's work on piano and 'electra piano' backed only by the drums of Klaus Weiss. If you know Weiss' playing, you'll know that he's 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 Gulda's 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!

Tracklist:

01 - I. Overtüre
02 - II. Bossanova
03 - III. Aria
04 - IV. Finale
05 - Meditation II
06 - Blues Fantasy

Produced & Engineered by Hans Georg Brunner-Schwer.
Recorded in February 1970 at MPS-Studio, Villingen, Germany.
Digitally Remastered.

Musicians:
Friedrich Gulda - piano, electric piano
Klaus Weiss - drums


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