The Music I Like to Play Vol. 4

The Music I Like to Play Vol. 4
The Music I Like to Play Vol. 4
Studio album by Tete Montoliu
Released	1992
Recorded	January 28, 1990
Studio	Barigozzi Studio, Milan
Genre	Jazz
Length	49:00
Label	Soul Note; SN 12 1250
Producer	Giovanni Bonandrini
Tete Montoliu chronology

The Music I Like to Play Vol. 4, subtitled Soul Eyes, is a solo album by pianist Tete Montoliu recorded in 1990 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.^[1]^[2]

Reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	^[4]

In his review for AllMusic, Ken Dryden wrote, "Mixing standards, swing, bop, and hard bop compositions, Montoliu consistently comes up with imaginative treatments. ... Although Montoliu would record several additional CDs after this session, this is easily one of his most essential releases".^[3]

Track listing[edit]

"Bluesology" (Milt Jackson) – 4:16
"Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) – 7:12
"The Way You Look Tonight" (Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields) – 5:13
"Soul Eyes" (Mal Waldron) – 8:15
"All the Things You Are" (Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:13
"Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers) – 5:28
"Fair Weather" (Benny Golson) – 4:18
"If I Should Lose You" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 5:22
"Up Jumped Spring" (Freddie Hubbard) – 4:43

Personnel[edit]

Tete Montoliu – piano

References[edit]

^ Soul Note discography. Retrieved June 20, 2017
^ Tete Montoliu discography. Retrieved June 20, 2017
^ ^a ^b Dryden, Ken. Tete Montoliu: The Music I Like to Play, Vol. 4 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1030. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] Soul Note discography. Retrieved June 20, 2017

[2] Tete Montoliu discography. Retrieved June 20, 2017

[Allmusic-3] Dryden, Ken. Tete Montoliu: The Music I Like to Play, Vol. 4 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 20, 2017.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1030. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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v t e Tete Montoliu
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	A Tot Jazz (1965) A Tot Jazz/2 (1965) Tete Montoliu Presenta Elia Fleta (1966) Piano for Nuria (1968) Body & Soul (1971) Lush Life (1971) Songs for Love (1971) That's All (1971) Catalonian Fire (1974) Music for Perla (1974) Tete! (1974) Tête à Tete (1976) Tootie's Tempo (1976) Words of Love (1976) Blues for Myself (1977) Boleros (1977) Catalonian Folksongs (1977) Meditation (with George Coleman, 1977) Secret Love (1977) Yellow Dolphin Street (1977) Live at the Keystone Corner (1979) Lunch in L.A. (1979) Boston Concert (1980) I Wanna Talk About You (1980) Catalonian Nights Vol. 1 (1980) Catalonian Nights Vol. 2 (1980) Catalonian Nights Vol. 3 (1980) Face to Face (with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 1982) Carmina (1984) The Music I Like to Play Vol. 1 (1986) The Music I Like to Play Vol. 2 (1986) The Music I Like to Play Vol. 3 (1990) The Music I Like to Play Vol. 4 (1990) The Man from Barcelona (1990) A Spanish Treasure (1991) Catalonian Rhapsody (1992)
With Dexter Gordon	Billie's Bounce (1964) Cheese Cake (1964) I Want More (1964) It's You or No One (1964) King Neptune (1964) Love for Sale (1964) Bouncin' with Dex (1975)
With others	In the Tradition (with Anthony Braxton, 1974) In the Tradition Volume 2 (with Anthony Braxton, 1974) Steps Up (with Eddie Harris, 1981) Dog Years in the Fourth Ring (1963) Kirk in Copenhagen (with Roland Kirk, 1963) The House I Live In (wih Archie Shepp & Lars Gullin, 1963)