ROMANTIC WARRIOR

If someone started telling me in the beginning of the eighties that I would hear and appreciate a musical genre named jazz rock I wouldn´t take that seriously. It is easy to understand the reason; jazz-rock sounds very DIFFICULT to understand and finally to appreciate its achievements.

As the time goes on passing through, the age gave me conditions to make myself close to this, let´s say, difficult kind of music. The process for this advance centered in some study of music, yet superficial, just to make me understand the complexity that the realm of Music presents; it is not for everyone to become a real musical expert. But, if I was not able to become even an amateur player, at least there was the result of leading me to give total respect and admiration for great performers. That´s exactly what is jazz-rock about, artists that excels in playing like monsters and masters of their instruments. This is the main reason for me to listen nowadays to Jazz, to electronic prog and even some rare times classical music.

What do we have in Romantic Warrior ? A CONSTELLATION of masterplayers, the names of Chick Corea, Stanley Clark, Aldi Meola and Lenny White; all of them great names in the world of elaborated music. My favourite one is Stanley Clark, because the instrument I tried unsuccessfully to study and learn was the bass. What about the album itself? Well, there is A LOT to be said; an expert in harmonic rules could write a book about what was achieved in the songs. To all members of the band compositions was allowed, although Mr Corea composed more than one totaling three of them. The title track is supposed to be considered a highlight, but there are no poor songs here.

It is not easy the listening to Jazz Rock/Fusion. You can perfectly consider this album or this genre as a whole, as boring. But once you get your trails throughout this kind of music, I am sure you won´t stop anymore; and for sure I will wish you a very good journey.

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