Ghosthouse:
I have never heard of this group. I did google them after I read your post. I watched and listened to a clip of their concert in Paris. I thought it looked a little dated, then realized it was done in 1970!! These guys have been around forever.
I then listened to "5". I should have listened to "5" first, because I thought it was pretty good. But first impressions are the most lasting, and that was the Paris gig. There, everything about them screamed "Rock". From the music to their appearance.
I am not sure they are playing Jazz. That is, as I unbderstand Jazz. O-10 and The Frogman can better speak to that. I did find an interesting statement in one of the reviews on Amazon.
Long ago, someone wrote, "Young people think that any instrumental music (without vocals), is Jazz." This has always stuck with me. This was back when Rock ruled.
From Amazon Reviewer:
"They took the crowd totally by surprise. Their performance was wordless, and contained very little vocal. It was just great playing, with improvisation, and, I learned later, a close relative of jazz fusion.".
Thanks for the post.
Cheers
I have never heard of this group. I did google them after I read your post. I watched and listened to a clip of their concert in Paris. I thought it looked a little dated, then realized it was done in 1970!! These guys have been around forever.
I then listened to "5". I should have listened to "5" first, because I thought it was pretty good. But first impressions are the most lasting, and that was the Paris gig. There, everything about them screamed "Rock". From the music to their appearance.
I am not sure they are playing Jazz. That is, as I unbderstand Jazz. O-10 and The Frogman can better speak to that. I did find an interesting statement in one of the reviews on Amazon.
Long ago, someone wrote, "Young people think that any instrumental music (without vocals), is Jazz." This has always stuck with me. This was back when Rock ruled.
From Amazon Reviewer:
"They took the crowd totally by surprise. Their performance was wordless, and contained very little vocal. It was just great playing, with improvisation, and, I learned later, a close relative of jazz fusion.".
Thanks for the post.
Cheers