Title: Jazz Goes Baroque-Jazz at Bp XVIIIIII Artist: Bernd Lhotzky Label: Act Music Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 614427803023 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2026-07-31 Number of Discs: 1
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 Loch's early triumph as a producer with George Gruntz's 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 Esperanto's 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.
Tracks: 1.1 Monsieur Charpentier Raises the Curtain 01:47 1.2 Ciacona - la Roue Du Hamster 04:25 1.3 Alma's Gavotte 04:26 1.4 Pasquini's Slow Drag 02:57 1.5 Double Talk (A Fugue) 04:37 1.6 Croc-En-Jambe, Chute Fatale 03:30 1.7 Gavotte en Rondeau (Rondeau No. 24) 04:38 1.8 Affettuoso 04:03 1.9 Vivaldi 156 04:51 1.10 Fuge, Flucht Und Bedrängnis 02:32 1.11 Canarie 02:50
