Composer: Claude Bolling
Performer: Roselli Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2004
Size: 298 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Suite No. 1 for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio
01. Baroque and Blue
02. Sentimentale
03. Javanaise
04. Fugace
05. Irlandaise
06. Versatile
07. Veloce
Suite No. 2 for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio
08. Espiegle
09. Amoureuse
10. Jazzy
French composer and pianist Claude Bolling earned considerable acclaim for his 1970s series of semi-classical jazz suites of which the two flute pieces included here are probably the best known. Originally written for the flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal, they are performed admirably here by the Roselli Quartet, with Giovanni Roselli handling the flute duties. Bouncy and light, meditatively bright and interesting, but a bit too loose for classical, and yet not quite jazz, Bolling’s suites occupy an intriguing middle ground, suggesting possibilities perhaps more than anything else.