Vinyl Vault Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Share
This week the Vinyl Vault acknowledges the passing of French jazz pianist Claude Bolling by featuring probably his best known work, “Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano.” Bolling passed away on December 29, 2020 at the age of 90.
“Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano” was a hit in the 1970s and into the 80s. It stayed on the Billboard charts for nearly 10 years. The record could be called a fusion album; but not a fusion of jazz and rock as that term is usually applied, but a fusion of jazz and classical music. At the time of the album’s release in 1975, Columbia records referred to the music as “crossover,” no doubt to distinguish it from the louder and more bombastic fusion.