1998 - LA STORIA DI SABAZIO

The way I got hold of this album is somehow odd and peculiar. There was a jazz sale in a prominent record store in my hometown (called Waidele, now defunct). As I searched through the CDs with moderate interest, this particular prog album happened I suppose mistakenly to be a part of it. The big problem here is I didn't know of any Triade. I had to use all my intuition, knowledge and assumption. Study instrumentation, album cover, image, line-up and everything imaginable. Luckily I was convinced about that it wasn't a pure jazz album. Very luckily. As I got home and listened to it it quickly became a huge favorite. Actually music can't reach much higher than this.

ELP line-up right off, but without the occasional electric guitar. Raw Hammond sound from the earth cellar, gentle acoustic guitar and unmistakably Italian vocals. I haven't access to the music where I am now writing this so I can't comment any individual songs. I remember the relatively short running time but that's not a big deal. We never got a follow up album to this low-key masterpiece and will never know if Triade would've competed with the other big names of Italian prog scene.