Release Date - 7/10/2026
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.
TRACKS:
- 1 Monsieur Charpentier Raises the Curtain 01:47
- 2 Ciacona la Roue Du Hamster 04:25
- 3 Almas Gavotte 04:26
- 4 Pasquinis Slow Drag 02:57
- 5 Double Talk (A Fugue) 04:37
- 6 Croc-En-Jambe, Chute Fatale 03:30
- 7 Gavotte en Rondeau (Rondeau No. 24) 04:38
- 8 Affettuoso 04:03
- 9 Vivaldi 156 04:51
- 10 Fuge, Flucht Und Bedrängnis 02:32
- 11 Canarie 02:50
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