Monday, August 1, 2022

Armada - Beyond The Morning (2011)

The one and only album from this band from England.

The band was a seven pieces big band with a lineup of bongos, drums, xylophone, bass, guitars, keyboards, saxophones, clarinet, flute and vocals.

I discovered too late that this is a compilation of unreleased recordings from 1972 and 1973. It was released as this seventy minutes long box because of the popularity of Sammy Rimington who are a legend in the jazz scene..... I have been told. This was his first band. A couple of Armada members also joined Roxy Music and Curved Air after Armada were disbanded. 

The music on this album is a mix of fusion, jazz, eclectic prog, soul and blues. 

The sound quality is fair enough as being a box with more or less cleaned up 1972-73 recordings from someones vault.

The vocals is also good and Sammy Rimington shines. I need to check out this guy's music....

The quality of the music is decent enough and fans of early 1970s fusion should check out this album.

2 points

 

 


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