Label : MPS
Value :
This is album of a little known album by German Jazz-Rock
ensemble Free Orbit, formed in Hamburg by vocalist / drummer Udo
Lindenberg, trumpeter Fred Christmann and American saxophonist Frank St.
Peter. The final lineup, which recorded this album, also included
vocalist Mike Brooks, trumpeter Heinz Habermann, trombonist Peter
Herbolzheimer, saxophonist Emil Wurster and bassists Hans Hartmann (who
also played the sitar) and Reiner Vogelei. There are also guitar parts
and female vocals present on the album, but their contributors remain
anonymous. The album presents ten original songs, all written or
composed or co-composed by Lindenberg and feature lyrics in English.
Contrary
to the ensemble's name or the album's title, the music has absolutely
nothing to do with Free Jazz and is all Jazz-Rock Fusion / Brass Rock
with a touch of Psychedelics and Funk, quite delightful and nostalgic.
The brass arrangements (by St. Peters) are all excellent and a bit a la
Blood, Sweat & Tears. In retrospect this is a delightful gem, almost
completely forgotten and definitely worth discovering. Apart from some
British Brass Rock ensembles, Free Orbit was one of the very few
representatives of the genre in Europe.
Taste :
Free Orbit - Flying Windmill
Free Orbit - Big Family
Free Orbit - Never Felt So Free
By Electric Looser
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