Gustav Brom née Frkal
Czech bandleader, conductor, saxophone and clarinet player, occasional vocalist.
Born May 22, 1921, in Veľké Leváre (Slovakia), died September 25, 1995, in Brno (Czech Republic). Brom led his orchestra since 1940 until his death.
During the WWII Gustav Frkal began to use the pseudonym “Gustav Brom” in order to stay unrecognized by the German Nazi regime. After the war in 1945 he changed his surname to Brom officially and permanently.
From discogs.
Like every musician, I suppose, in the world, in 1977 he created this wonderful fusion album. The remainder of his discography looks less than appealing, obviously. Despite being bandleader, note that he is not responsible for any of the compositional duties here. The title track:
An earlier composition (1969), written by Jarpmir Hnilicka, proved to be mildly of interest as well, though it's more squarely in the big band tradition. Note the 2 different covers. First track, the Preludium:
ReplyDeletePolygamous:
https://www14.zippyshare.com/v/RI8ZHbp3/file.html
https://www.sendspace.com/file/xb206d
Missa Jazz:
https://www44.zippyshare.com/v/JR7S2bxU/file.html
https://www.sendspace.com/file/qzltf7
...I think there are two versions of Missa Jazz. One was recorded in sixties for German label (probably MPS), the other one was recorded later in Czechoslovakia - that would be the yellow-ish cover.
ReplyDeleteyes, this is likely the yellowish
ReplyDelete...Jaromir Hnilicka wrote some far-out stuff for Brom's band in sixties. He told a story in some book that he played a tape of the far-out recordings in his car, with a hitch-hiker on board. The music made the hitch-hiker leave the car in a middle of forest.
ReplyDeleteThank Julian.
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