The mixing of Baroque and jazz styles dates back to the 1960s and '70s, a time noted for the crossover albums of the Swingle Singers, the Jacques Loussier Trio, and the Modern Jazz Quartet, as well as for the appearance of the harpsichord and other classical instruments in popular music, and the emergence of the early music movement in the mainstream. One of the biggest hits to come out of this period was Claude Bolling's Suite No. 1 for flute and jazz piano trio, a bouncy work made popular by Jean-Pierre Rampal that was ...
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The mixing of Baroque and jazz styles dates back to the 1960s and '70s, a time noted for the crossover albums of the Swingle Singers, the Jacques Loussier Trio, and the Modern Jazz Quartet, as well as for the appearance of the harpsichord and other classical instruments in popular music, and the emergence of the early music movement in the mainstream. One of the biggest hits to come out of this period was Claude Bolling's Suite No. 1 for flute and jazz piano trio, a bouncy work made popular by Jean-Pierre Rampal that was the inspiration for the German group Baroque and Blue, who named themselves after the suite's opening movement. The combo, formed by flutist Christiane Meininger, pianist Rainer Gepp, bassist Roger Goldberg, and drummer André Schubert, specializes in music that shifts back and forth between jazz flavors and light classical touches, a limited oeuvre but one that seems to have increased over time. Baroque and Blue's 2008 release on Profil features a shortened version of Bolling's perky...
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