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As a fan and admirer of Tete for more than thirty years, I think his best recordings were from the Rosenberg Studio sessions in Copenhagen in May 1974. To add other titles to ones mentioned previously from these sessions, I think "Falling In Love With Love" and "Sweet Georgie Fame". NHOP and Al "Tootie" Heath, were a wonderful rhythm section for him. Although Tete's favourite rhythm section was John Heard and Billy Higgins. So ofter Tete's recordings were marred by either out of tune pianos or pedestrian rhythm sections. Even so, he still managed memorable performances, despite those. Other selections to listen to, are the Steeplechase 1982 duo with NHOP which is wonderful, and also a session he did in 1975 again in Copenhagen with Buddy Tate, Where he blew everybody off the stage, despite elements of the previous paragraph. I've put some Tete on Youtube, and I'm glad to see one of them has had over 35,000 hits

I should have added the link :-

I've put a video on Youtube of Tete Montoliu with Herbie Lewis Billy Higgins from the Subway in 1990 playing "If I Should Lose You"