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There must be something wrong with that alto, and that’s why it sounds so painfully out of tune, right? 😜

Looks like we have two similar threads in parallel, one in the Miscellaneous Music section and one in the Vinyl Frontier section:

Mixed feelings. I can enjoy it from time to time, only in small dosis... Funny to recall Tete's comments on this session, which was initially planned as a Dexter Gordon session but turned into a Braxton-led session when Dex failed to be available for some reason that I cannot remember now. Ok, we got the rhythm section, we got the studio... let's do it. Looks like Braxton was very satisfied with Tete's playing, which he deemed as perfectly suitable for his avant-garde conception of jazz. On the other hand, Tete recognized he was playing notes and chords "here and there", without any thread or preconceived approach, while Braxton was "playing his non-sense" (not the perfect translation for the Spanish word "burradas").

Loved that disc when it first came out! And I still revisit it from time to time...

I couldn't disagree more. Sam Cooke was simply great!

From Spanish jazz promoter Jordi Suñol’s Facebook page:

Date: July 15, 1995 Location: Vitoria Jazz Festival, Vitoria, Spain Label: [television broadcast] Chick Corea, Tete Montoliu (ldr), Chick Corea, Tete Montoliu (p) a. Monk medley (Thelonious Monk) b. How Deep Is The Ocean (Irving Berlin) c. Children's Song (Chick Corea) d. Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham) e. Oleo (Sonny Rollins) Omit Chick Corea (p) on a; Omit Tete Montoliu (p) on b, c. Video exists from television broadcast. TT 46:00. —————— Vídeo exists and is partially available on YouTube: