Album guide
Blues Goes to Spain
- Released
- 2026
- Label
- Magic Ball Jazz Records
- Forces
- Piano
- Personnel
- Peter Beets, Ian Cleaver, Gideon Tazelaar, Nate Jones, Reuben Rogers and Willie Jones III
Beets narrows the idea to Spanish repertoire rather than assembling another general anthology of famous themes.
The front line of trumpeter Ian Cleaver and saxophonist Gideon Tazelaar gives the project a sextet sound, with the melodies passed around rather than left permanently at the piano.
Hear both
The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.
The final track draws on two separate works, so it has a recording of each. Every other source is played once, in album order.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Serenata Andaluzade Falla: Serenata andaluza
- La Vida Brevede Falla: La vida breve: Interlude and Dance
- Danza Ritual del Fuegode Falla: El amor brujo: Danza ritual del fuego
- MallorcaAlbéniz: Mallorca, Op. 202
- Intermedio / El Mirar de la MajaGranados: Goyescas: Intermezzo; Granados: El mirar de la maja, from Tonadillas