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This Tete Montoliu bio by Benjamin Fraser (any hint on his previous ouvre?) was published in November. I ordered it through Amazon.es back then, and will reportedly receive it next week. https://academic.oup.com/book/44545 "Abstract: No musician did more to shape Iberian jazz than pianist Vicenç Montoliu i Massana (1933–1997), who was known simply as “Tete.” Reflecting his fascination with the modernist aesthetics of mid-century jazz, Tete Montoliu was known for his quick fingering, his carefully crafted mix of lyricism and dissonance, his penchant for discordant crashes, and his development of highly original compositions. He boasted some 100 recordings spanning Denmark, Germany, Holland, Spain, and the United States, and performed with the most notable jazz luminaries, including Lionel Hampton, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Dexter Gordon, and Archie Shepp. Acknowledging and drawing musical inspiration from the Black American jazz form, Tete fashioned an adjacent critical space shaped by his experiences as a Catalan and a person with congenital visual impairment living under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Beyond Sketches of Spain: Tete Montoliu and the Construction of Iberian Jazz explores the artist’s life, musical production, and international reception within a cultural studies framework. This book moves beyond mere sketches of Spanish nationhood to challenge conventional scholarly narratives and recover links between the United States, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and Europe in the investigation of an impressive and often overlooked transnational modern jazz legacy. Eschewing Theodore Adorno’s denigration of Black American jazz, a more compelling model is found in Fumi Okiji’s notion of gathering in difference. In this work, Benjamin Fraser deftly mixes musical biography with urban history, spatial theory, and disability studies, fashioning a highly readable text for readers from all disciplines. Contents: Front Matter Copyright Page Dedication Acknowledgments Selected Tete Montoliu Vinyl Discography Note on Theodor W. Adorno and Jazz Criticism Introduction 1 Sketches of Flamenco 2 The Urban Soundscapes of Modern Jazz 3 Performing Catalanism 4 Blues, Braille, and the Metanarrative of Blindness End Matter Epilogue: The Jazz Artist in Transnational Popular Culture ExpandNotes References Discography and Further Listening* Index" Looking at the contents, I remain a bit skeptical. It seems to be an amalgam of different and "external" approaches to Tete Montoliu (flamenco-jazz (!), blindness, catalanism, jazz in Franco's Spain). On top of that, no one in the Tete Montoliu "circles" that I am in touch with, was aware that this bio was in the works. Still, I will have to wait until I receive it and read it through to get a substantiated opinion.

Sadly, they WERE a reprint series.

Mine says 350. Same criteria. And some duplication, either.

... in a row

Chiquitita (ABBA’s) Chiquetete Tete Montoliu

R.I.P.

https://youtu.be/ZHtZosUJr18

I have the Tommy Ladnier disc, the Ma Raineys, the King Olivers and a bunch more. I agree with mjzee: sound is ok (nothing special, in any direction).

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