In the late 1960s and 1970s it was not uncommon for religious labels to release beat and soft RPI albums with Christian themes. One of the better ones from an RPI perspective is the delightful QUEL GIORNO DI UVE ROSSE, which Croce's site says was not a proper band but a collection of musicians assigned to recording the project. Not the name of a real group, Quel Giorno di Uve Rosse was in fact the title of a book by poet Alfredo Bonazzi, whose lyrics were transposed in music by Giuseppe Cappelletti with orchestral arrangements by Giacomo Dell'Orso. Released by the catholic book and music publishing company Pro Civitate Christiana on its PCC record label, the album had a very limited pressing and distribution and is a recent addition to many collectors' want lists.Musically speaking it's a soft-prog album, compared by many with Latte e Miele's Passio secundum Mattheum, with classical influences, male/female vocals and lyrics with a strong religious content. Line-up / Musicians Corinna Rosini/vocals Ernesto Brancucci/vocals Enrico Ciacci/guitar Salvatore Accardi/French horn Cinzia Treggor/violin Mario Scotti/bass Adriano Giordanella/drums,percussion Roberto Capasso/vocals Discography(Album)
Quel Giorno di Uve Rosse 1976
1.Giorni difficili 2.Svanita l'infanzia Sulle tue braccia 3.Un solo Cristo 4.Ci ha tradito il vento 5.Deve pure avere un senso 6.Vampe svanite 7.D'accordo 8.Non fu difficile per noi 9.A piedi nudi 10.Alla tua finestra 11.Un amore più grande 12.Spumeggianti di linfa 13.Ame Maria
Quinteplus, the Argentine jazz quintet represented on this killer reissue of material dating back to 1972, had their roots in the country's New Jazz Collective, which was founded in the early '60s. Gato Barbieri, his brother Reuben, Jorge "Negro" Gonzalez, and Santiago Giaccobe were all members of the collective. The latter two, on bass and keyboards respectively, went on to form Quinteplus with saxophonist Jorge Anders, trumpeter Gustavo Bergalli, and drummer Noberto "Pocho" Lapouble. The group recorded one studio album in 1971; it was released on EMI in 1972 and makes up the first six tracks of this set. The latter four tunes here were recorded live in late 1972 with a lineup that subbed Jorge Cutello on reeds and added electric guitarist Rolando Lew. These final four tracks went unreleased until Melopea issued them in 1980. Spain's great reissue label Vampisoul -- being the imprint of all things strange, exotic, and wonderful -- assembled all ten cuts for this self-titled release on CD and vinyl. The sound of Quinteplus was deeply rooted in the late-'60s funky soul-jazz of Blue Note and Prestige. Rhodes piano is used almost exclusively here, and electric bass as much as the upright. Rhythmically, though, Quinteplus were superior to a lot of what Blue Note issued at the time. Check the rhythm section on some of these cuts -- "El Marques" comes immediately to mind -- and you'd swear it was some date assembled by Lee Morgan or Horace Silver. Latin rhythms and polyrhythms from Argentine folk music and Afro-Cuban rhumba as well as hard bop and soul abound in uptempo grooves like "Loberman, el Hombre Loco" or shimmer and dance with subtly textured melodic ideas on the folkish ballad "Zamba de Mis Pagos." Three of the latter four tunes are extended workouts; they are much more invested in laying out funky rhythms, vamps, and snaky grooves, and the horn players are both tough soloists. The larger rhythm section -- with additional coloration by wah-wah guitar and choppy snare-popping turnarounds -- is especially effective: check out the 14-minute reading of Bobbie Gentry's"Ode to Billie Joe." Truth be told, the sound on some of this leaves something to be desired, and more than likely these selections were mastered from existing vinyl copies rather than master tapes. But whatever, it's still plenty listenable and it's the only chance you're likely to have to take in these now legendary sounds. Line-up / Musicians Gustavo Bergalli/trumpet Carlos Pocho Lapouble/drums Jorge Anders/saxophone Jorge Gonzalez/bass Santiago Giacobbe/keyboards Discography Quinteplus 1971
1.Loberman, el hombre lobo 2.Los ejes de mi carreta 3.Blackman, el justiciero 4.El Marques 5.El pasito de mano 6.Zamba de mis pagos 7.La vuelta del elefantor 8.Oda a Billy Joe
UK act QUANTUM
JUMP was formed in 1973, consisting of Rupert Hine (keyboards, vocals),
Mark Warner (guiatrs), John G. Perry (bass) and Trevor Morais (drums).
Fusion, jazz rock and funk where the foundations of their musical
explorations, and in 1973 and 1974 they recorded the material to be used
for their debut album, eventually issued by The Electric Record Company
in 1975 following their purchase of the rights of the album. "The Lone
Ranger" was issued as a single from the album, and although initially
gathering a lot of interest at first this abruptly stopped when the BBC
banned the single from being played due to what they deemed were
inappropriate lyrical contents.The lack of sound management and the
disillusion of many aspects of the band where the banning of said single
was the last in a long list of challenges resulted in Warner leaving
the band at this point, opting for a place in Cat Stevens backing band.
The remaining trio decided to give this project one more shot though,
and with the help of a number of musical friends "Barracuda" was
recorded and released in 1977. A tour followed, with Roye Albrightson
(guitars) joining the band for live purposes. Album sales were
disappointing though, and at the end of 1977 Quantum Jump disbanded. In
1979 their previously banned single "The Lone Ranger" was reissued; and
with the ban now lifted the band suddenly got a posthumous highly
unexpected rise in popularity, eventually selling half a million copies
of the single and entering the pop charts; peaking at the number three
slot.The original quartet decided to reform due to this, and besides
issuing the compilation "Mixes" they also had a performance at TV show
"The Top Of The Pops". The band fell apart again shortly after this
though, this time for good. Line-up / Musicians Rupert Hine/vocals,keyboards John G. Perry/bass,vocals Trevor Morais/drums,percussion Mark Warner/guitars,vocals Discography(Album) Quantum Jump 1976
1.Captain Boogaloo 2.Over Rio 3.The Lone Ranger 4.No American Starship 5.Alto Loma Road 6.Cocobana HAvana 7.Constant Forest 8.Something At The Bottom Of The Sea - Stapping Stones (Part 1: Stepping stones) 9.Something At The Bottom Of The Sea - The Roving Finger (Part 2: The roving finger) 10.Something At The Bottom Of The Sea - Stepping Rocks (Part 3: Stepping rocks) 11.Something At The Bottom Of The Sea (Part 4: (flatline...) 12.Captain Boogaloo (Mixing) 13.The Lone Ranger (Mixing) 14.No American Starship (Mixing) 15.Over Rio (Mixing) 16.Drift
