Tootie's Tempo

{{Infobox album

| name = Tootie's Tempo

| type = Album

| artist = Tete Montoliu Trio

| cover = Tootie's Tempo.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1979

| recorded = February 15 & 16, 1976

| venue =

| studio = Weesp, The Netherlands

| genre = Jazz

| length = 51:28

| label = SteepleChase
SCS 1108

| producer = Nils Winther

| chronology = Tete Montoliu

| prev_title = Tête à Tete

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = Words of Love

| next_year = 1976

}}

Tootie's Tempo is an album by pianist Tete Montoliu's Trio recorded in 1976 and released on the Danish label, SteepleChase.[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1100.htm SteepleChase Records discography], accessed March 18, 2015[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Montoliu/tete-disc.php Tete Montoliu discography], accessed March 18, 2015

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1029}}

}}

Ken Dryden of AllMusic said, "This CD is highly recommended, as are all of Tete Montoliu's recordings for Steeplechase."{{allMusic|first=Ken|last=Dryden|class=album|id=mw0000768959 |title=Tete Montoliu: Tootie's Tempo – Review |accessdate=March 18, 2015}}

Track listing

  1. "Invitation" (Bronisław Kaper){{snd}}9:49
  2. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, Jimmy Sherman){{snd}}5:42
  3. "Some Other Blues" (John Coltrane){{snd}}5:45
  4. "Time for Love" (Slide Hampton){{snd}}9:31
  5. "Lament" (J. J. Johnson){{snd}}8:00
  6. "Tootie's Tempo" (Tete Montoliu){{snd}}5:30
  7. "Darn That Dream" (Eddie DeLange, Jimmy Van Heusen){{snd}}7:11

Personnel

References