Flamenco Jazz (Remastered) Pedro Iturralde Quintet with Paco de Lucía

• 1 Veleta de Tu Viento 15:02
• 2 Cancion de las Penas de Amor 07:36
• 3 El Vito 14:52
• 4 Cancion del Fuego Fatuo 05:35
• Total Runtime 43:05

Info zu Flamenco Jazz (Remastered)

Jazz and flamenco first crossed paths not in Spain, but in the USA when Miles Davis and arranger/composer Gil Evans recorded “Sketches of Spain” in November 1959 and March 1960. It became one of the most successful jazz albums of all time. And the jazz musicians in Spain? They attempted to emulate – as did their colleagues world-wide – the American model.

Jazz stood for open-mindedness; national folklore was thought of as too parochial. Spanish saxophonist Pedro Iturralde was the only musician who, under the influence of “Sketches of Spain”, added a couple of flamenco melodies to his repertoire as he toured Europe accompanied by two Germans and a Swiss. That’s why Joachim-Ernst Berendt sought him out to play at the 1967 Berlin Jazz Festival.

With the festival’s motto “Jazz Meets the World”, Berendt was looking for a jazz-flamenco combination to fit the bill. Since Berendt absolutely wanted a guitarist in the band, Iturralde came to Berlin with a 19 year old flamenco musician named Paco de Lucía. He would become an international star as one of the greatest flamenco musicians of our time, and continued to be involved with jazz until his death in February 2014. Paco de Lucía’s participation as a regular band member is what makes this MPS recording so appealing.

Iturralde also brought Italian trombonist Dino Piana into the band for this recording as well as the Berlin Festival appearance. Today, Europe’s jazz musicians use the folk and classic music of their countries as sources of inspiration to help shape jazz in the 21st century.

Paco De Lucia, flamenco guitar
Paul Grassl, piano
Pedro Iturralde, tenor saxophone
Dino Piana, trombone
Erich Peter, bass
Peer Wyboris, drums

Recorded in Berlin, November 3, 1967
Engineered by Günter Topel
Produced by Joachim Ernst Berendt

Digitally remastered

Pedro Iturralde
He was born in (Navarre) in 1929. He started to study clarinet and saxophone when he was 9 years old. In 1948 he embarked on his first tour outside Spain. On his return he completed formal saxophone studies within one year. In 1949, he composed his best-known work: “La pequeña Czarda” (The Little Czarda). In the mid-70s he settled in Madrid. He played at the Whisky Jazz Club, where he had the opportunity to join Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz or the brilliant Tete Montoliú. In 1967 he recorded the legendary “Jazz Flamenco”, with the participation of Paco de Lucía. He has also been very influential in the classical field, which he complemented to perfection with his teaching activity and his jazz performances.

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