Claude Bolling Suite For Flute Piano

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eT SUITE ror FLUTE and JAZZ PIANO TRIO is Jean-PioreRAMPAL Claude BOLLING cao ted PIANO Claude BOLLING SUITE FOR FLUTE AND PIANO SUITE FOR FLUTE AND PIANO This Suite in seven parts is composed for a “classic” flute and a “jazz” piano, The style of writing for each instrument is somewhat different. It should be interesting to bring out those oppositions in the interpretation. The first half of the sixth movement, “Versatile” is written for bass flute. It is possible to play the whole piece with only flute and piano, but itis really complete with counterbass and drums. Claude Bolling Claude Bolling, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader, is one of the busiest and most versatile musicians in France today. Recognized as a prodigy jazz pianist at the age of 14, he became the leader of a small group which won first place in the jazz polls of Europe for five consecutive years. He studied harmony with Maurice Durufle, counterpoint with Andre Hodeir, and improved his ear by countless hours of listening to records. His model and friend was Duke Ellington. As Frank Tenot wrote: “Claude Bolling possesses the keys to the Ellingtonian Paradise’ Stanley Dance, noted jazz critic, stated in the Jazz Journal (England): “Then there is Claude Bolling on Phillips 6311041 playing original jazz classics such as Tiger Rag, Tea For Two, I Know That You Know, Who?, and Blue And Sentimental. It is on piano, for understandable reasons, that Europeans make the most convincing jazz musicians . Claude Bolling is the king of them all. He now has a beautiful technique, and he swings marvelously’ Claude Bolling has enjoyed an exciting career of concerts, tours, and recordings with such jazz notables as Buck Clayton, Bill Coleman, Roy Eldridge, Sidney Bechet, Albert Nicholas, Mezz Mezzrow, Don Byas, Kenny Clarke, Cat Anderson, Paul Gonsalves, Sam Woodyard, Lionel Hampton and others. Rex Stewart said: ‘Claude Bolling personally is as close to being a genius as I have ever seen, and I am sure that he has a lot to give the world?” Claude Bolling’s talent as an arranger has put him in collaboration with such notables as Henri Salvador, Sacha el, Mireille Mathieu, Mouloudji, Juliette Greco, Charles Trenet, Dario Moreno, Liza Minelli, Brigitte Bardot, and Jerry Lewis. He has written original music for more than two dozen movies and television shows and has been awarded the Grand Prix du Disque six times. His latest accomplishments are works which associate, in a new way, jaz and classical music. The leading inter- preters of this new music are Jean-Bernard Pommier and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Michel Perrin states in Tele 7 Jours: “‘Sonata for Two Pianos, Jazz Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, etc., have just been chosen, deservedly so, by the French Academy of Recording. Claude Bolling has not been tempted, as have so many others, by an impossible fusion of classical music and jazz. Passing from one to the other with an angelic virtuosity, he has accomplished a strong exciting juxtaposition for the ear” Claude Bolling is a musician to be reckoned with! SUITE FOR FLUTE AND PIANO Part I BAROQUE AND BLUE —~ PIANO CLAUDE BOLLING Baroque style ¢-=54 "wey ay a Copyright © 1973 by Claude Bolling Invermational Copyright Secured "All Rights Reserved 4..4]0-4 stues swing idiom 3 F ~ Le s mF = \“) ) v Baroque style Bess r - r Jeeddded Blues swing idiom D 4c”. straight St Cantabile un CE TUE tr RH. LH accel. > rall. r r ——_——. ae: te Paes SE idee ED 2 d x mM — => = ; a 5 4 = St d ve} 4 ’ _——————__—__ a) —_ tts eS ” 1 * * _ 2 <= ap yaa ‘pet %n> 5 of ey teehee Baroque meer = Baroque 17 6 Part 2 SENTIMENTALE ee ZC Copyright © 1973 by Claude Boling Intemational Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved 19 21 SOLO improvisations Py 3 Bay 12 et i Rhythmically 26 4+ Bd. Led. Bed. % Bd. % 290 peutin att —— 0? ay 7 = $0,142) _* @—_* W—#M—Hd, gM 30 Part 3 JAVANAISE =~ dava in 5 (J=144) 5 1 a Fy ete nan > Copyright © 1973 by Claude Bolling Intemational Copyright Secured "All Rights Reserved 32 SOLO legato 33 Rhythmic 35 36 Improvisation 13 774 Em7 DM7 Em? e 275 2 oo ~ on oF DMT Em7 IDM7 eee yh go ” DM7 Em7 ji 2 t M7 Em7 ? DM7 37 a4 38 39 Left hand tacet | I et bane : pea Seen SSS + SSS : + an a wo to ¥ > ad Cantabile oO Let hand tacet Pty tot nar 41 marcato > p> >2e > 42 Part 4 FUGACE Allegro fugato w Copyright © 1973 by Claude Bolling Interatonal Capri Secured All Rigs Reserved 43 pegstzysse 44 45 Gminuendo Improvisation wa 46 47 49 Lightly ee Se Ea Part 5 IRLANDAISE Expressively with a swing dem a > > > P Copyright © 1973 by Claude Bolling Intemational Copyright Secured "All Rights Reserved Tegate [Fy Ne straight (improvisation) FP] ° 53 legato Se No straight — =, -=>s__~ Straight Expressively oo 5B Part 6 VERSATILE Ironique + = 80 44" 4 ; as ——— 1 © 1973 by Claude Bol Interaonal Copp Secaed al Right Reserved 56 E) with string bass 57 @ Filling no straight 7 >= iF 58 —=_ af mystervoso @) with string bass Equal Lively 59 60 61 Rhythmic ap 62 eS ai 7 aq 4 "y y Eb Maj.7 obl. e- 63 64 Part 7 VELOCE Fast T°( «= 112) Copyright © 1973 by Claude Bolling Inernational Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved 65 66 67 69 72 He

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