Thursday, September 15, 2022

Vanessa - Black And White (1976)

The second album from this band from Norway.

The band was a quartet with a lineup of drums, bass, saxophones, piano, synths and organ.

This album and indeed band came to my attention when this album was suggested re-pressed on CD as a part of the Norwegian classic albums series. 

I got their two albums and reviewed their 1975 debut album City Lips last week.

The music here is jazz. Jazz with some rock intertwined and that is why the band labeled it as jazz-rock. 

The music is dominated by saxophones. There is long solos here. 

The synths, organ and piano is working on the rhythms and in the background.

Some of the music is not too dissimilar to The Soft Machine, albums four to seven. Black And White is more based on avant-garde jazz than the debut album City Lips.

The result is a decent album which will appeal more to jazz fans than progheads.

Check out this band.

2 points

 

 

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