Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Gebarvaterli - Im Tal der Emmen (1978)

The one and only album from this band from Germany.

The band was a seven piece big band with a lineup of congas, drums, bass, guitars, organ, piano, flute, saxes, trombone and bassoon.

This band released this album, then split and the members then got involved in the German jazz scene and became quite prolific in their respective projects and solo careers.

The music here is indeed jazz. But there is some strong krautrock influences here too and it is only fair to label it as a crossover album between jazz and krautrock.

Clocking in at forty minutes, the album has some nice details and twists. There is not that many solos here and the melodies are a bit lacking in quality. 

There are some pretty good saxophone solos here though.

The rest of the album is a bit too pedestrian. The music is still decent and worthy some investigations.

2 points




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