Bistro de Barcelona

*As heard in Woody Allen's Golden Globe Award-Winning motion picture film "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," costarring Penélope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson.

Cover Illustration: Amy Roy (www.amyroyoilpaintings.com)

1. Ah, les Femmes!
    [B. Ballester]
2. Fiso Place
    [B. Lagrene/G. Lagrene]
3. When I Was a Boy
    [B. Ballester]
4. Some Love Here
    (wedding song for Judy
    and Robin) [B. Ballester]
5. Mirv (Farewell Song)
    [B. Ballester]
6. Love For Sale [C. Porter]
7. Conception [G. Shearing]
8. All Blues [M. Davis]
9. Your Shining Eyes
    [B. Ballester]
10. Ah, les Femmes!
     (VAMP) [B. Ballester]
11. You Rascal You
     (duet feat. bass and guitar)
     [S. Theard]
12. Improvisation nº5
     (guitar solo) [D. Reinhardt]
13. Improvisation nº4
     (guitar solo) [D. Reinhardt]
14. Echoes of Spain
     (guitar solo) [D. Reinhardt]

4:54

2:40

3:28*

4:48

3:02

3:08
2:46
4:30
4:36*

3:21

3:16

2:25

2:20

3:07

Total:48:21

Welcome to Bistro de Barcelona where the Biel Ballester Trio will be your host. Come sample the southern European cuisine these maestros prepare with Franco-Spanish ingredients. May we suggest “Ah, les Femmes!” for starters followed by “All Blues” as a main course, or perhaps “Your Shining Eyes”? “Echoes of Spain” will round out the perfect meal at your luncheon or dinner party and be equally appropriate at your cocktail reception or wine tasting. The Biel Ballester Trio’s music creates a sophisticated yet hip atmosphere ensuring a lasting impression among your guests. Expanding on their highly exotic debut recording, Echoes From Mallorca, The Trio blends the sound of gypsy jazz pioneered by the legendary French/Belgian-born Django Reinhardt with exquisite instrumentation uniquely their own. Classically trained guitarist and bandleader Ballester hails from Mallorca in the Mediterranean Sea. Lauded as Spain’s ambassador to gypsy jazz, he now makes his home on the mainland in Barcelona where every day is a celebration of life. The Biel Ballester Trio invites you to share in the festivities and thanks you for your patronage at Bistro de Barcelona.