GUARDIAN ANGELS

Miroslav Vitous

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Jazz Rock/Fusion

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3.12 | 6 ratings | 1 reviews | 17% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1979

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. His Meaning / Rising / Resoulution (8:30) [Miroslav Vitous]
2. Inner Peace (6:01) [Kenny Kirkland]
3. Guardian Angels (5:45) [Miroslav Vitous]
4. Off To Buffalo (5:07) [John Scofield]
5. Eating It Raw (7:51) [John Scofield]
6. Shinkansen (6:09) [Kenny Kirkland]

Line-up / Musicians

Miroslav Vitous : bass, electric bass, Mini-Moog,
Solina string-ensemble
Kenny Kirkland : piano, Fender Rhodes,
Yamaha CP-70 (electric grand),
Yamaha CS-50 (polyphonic synthesizer),
Mini-Moog
John Scofield : guitar
George Ohtsuka : drums (Yamaha)
Mabumi Yamaguchi : soprano saxophoe

Releases information

TRIO RECORDS, PAP 9154(LP)
(P)1979 TRIO RECORDS, INC., JAPAN
RECORDED: NOVEMBER 12, 1978
RE-ISSUED: ABSORD MUSIC JAPAN, JAPAN, ABCJ-58(CD)
(P)1999 ABSORD MUSIC JAPAN, JAPAN
RELEASED: AUGUST 27, 1999

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MIROSLAV VITOUS Guardian Angels ratings distribution

3.12
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(17%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(17%)
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Review by Evolver
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Crossover & JR/F/Canterbury Teams

The atrocious cover design notwithstanding, this is a pretty good fusion album.

It seemed in the seventies that Czech bassist Miroslav played with just about everyone. I am particularly fond of his performance on Larry Coryell's "Spaces" album. But he is best known for his work with Weather Report.

Here, he has assembled his own band, most notably featuring John Scofield and Kenny Kirkland. The pieces are good, but not terribly adventurous. And although this is Vitous' band, except for the piece Guardian Angels, the bass isn't really featured on the album.

The first half of the album, aside from the song mentioned above, appeared to be geared to feature soprano sax player Mabumi Yamaguchi. He's actually quite good. And Vitous' acoustic bass playing is nice as well, but none of the songs catch fire.

The second half is more electrified. Vitous switches to electric bass (where he plays with more fire), and John Scofield's guitar helps quite a bit.

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