Monday 19 November 2018

Jazz-Quintet of the Soloists, Barometer 1983





A gorgeous light fusion post-bop Charlie-Mingoidal album out of Russia, 1983, consider the beautifully breathy and sweet-flavoured second track called Three Horizons:





As fabulous as anything made in the great fusionary America of the seventies-- in fact, reminds me of the glory days of Freddie Hubbard, in the early 70s, before fusion became fuzak... (if only we could make fusion great again! get those hats out!)  Too bad it was so much easier for the East to copy musical memes than to copy Western democracy.  Of course today it's the reverse, the West is copying Putin's Russia, in a great example of how 'what comes around goes around.'  Progress is wonderful isn't it.

I've always loved the poetry in the fourth track's title of  "The Nonexistent Rain."  A lovely composition too.

6 comments:

  1. https://www113.zippyshare.com/v/dUWIzG4E/file.html
    love this album, so smooth

    Incidentally I am well aware a rip has been floating around already, but this is a new rip from nice clear vinyl

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    1. no problem to reup, here it is
      https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/nbuwwz

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    2. @Julianryan: Thank You for your quick reply.

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  2. Thank you Julian. Wondering whether you might have Angklung - Wege?
    https://www.discogs.com/Angklung-Wege/release/3064409

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  3. Damned, once again you chose the track I love the more on the album ;)
    Really this song is beautiful and kinda haunt me those days. The rest of the album is quite enjoyable too, mother Russia rules once again ! :)

    Thank you very much for sharing Julian !

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  4. Hi, any chance of re-up of this gem?

    Thank you..

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