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Formats and Editions
1. 01 Monsieur Charpentier Raises the Curtain 01:47
2. 02 Ciacona La roue du hamster 04:25
3. 03 Almas Gavotte 04:26
4. 04 Pasquinis Slow Drag 02:57
5. 05 Double Talk (A Fugue) 04:37
6. 06 Croc-en-jambe, chute fatale 03:30
7. 07 Gavotte en rondeau (Rondeau No. 24) 04:38
8. 08 Affettuoso 04:03
9. 09 Vivaldi 156 04:51
10. 10 Fuge, Flucht und Bedrängnis 02:32
11. 11 Canarie 02:50
More Info:
The new recording from the Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic series captures a moment rich in both history and renewal, marking the series fiftieth concert while paying tribute to Siggi Lochs early triumph as a producer with George Gruntzs pioneering Jazz Meets Baroque in 1964. Six decades later, pianist Bernd Lhotzky revisits and reimagines this groundbreaking dialogue between eras, drawing a compelling parallel between Esperantos vision of universal communication and the shared expressive language of baroque music and jazz. The two traditions meet not as contrasts but as kindred forms: jazz infuses baroque with rhythmic vitality and improvisational freedom, while baroque lends jazz it's structural depth and ornate richness. The stage opens up to reveal a German-French ensemble: two wind players of French origin and the three members of a German rhythm section, all of them happy to be united through music.
