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Topic: The Advancement (1969 US ) Jazz-rock, psyche,blues Posted: February 10 2010 at 22:35
Released just one album in 1969.
After collaborating with Gabor Szabo on such superb efforts as
More Sorcery and Dreams, bassist Louis Kabok and drummer Hal Gordon
further embraced jazz-rock fusion under the Advancement aegis, issuing
their sole LP in 1969. The opening "Juliet" establishes a dark, moody
atmosphere immediately bolstered by the intriguing "Painful Struggle,"
with its eerie vibes and Kabok's extended bass bridge. "Moorish Mode"
is Gordon's star turn, highlighted by an impressively restrained drum
break. But it's the most overtly rock-influenced cuts that make
Advancement worth seeking out, in particular "Fall Out," an
impressively heady melange of jazz, hard rock, and psychedelia.
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 08:06
Greg, a great suggestion as usual. 1969...the year I was born my personal issue aside...with old but graceful spice of psychedelia, a wondrous jazz rock outfit I've felt.
Interesting stuffs...sorry I do not know if they should be much fit for JRF or not (and consider they not be purely psychedelic progressive), though.
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Posted: February 11 2010 at 13:29
As for the genre, you are suggesting it yourself. Proto-prog for sure with the mix of genres, jazz (rock?) (Painful Struggle), US psyche (Fall Out) R&B (Stonefolk) and - unusual for a US band at this time - symphonic (Juliet and Sunflower). Unfortunately the rock component is limited (and rather miserable when present IMO).
Eclectic mix of genres and instruments. (It does however tend towards muzak, IMO.)
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Posted: March 17 2010 at 18:13
Its not muzak (that's just a lame insult), not if you listen. Its relaxed, dreamy and pastoral jazz fusion. And a very early entry for this style, and I'm definitely all for.
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Posted: March 19 2010 at 11:54
I like a lot of music that is more muzaky than this (commonly of the lounge/ tropical variety). I do hope this early JRF album is accepted -- seems a no-brainer for PA to me, but we'll see.
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Posted: March 19 2010 at 13:49
I understand Slava, there is rock music that is not
jazz-rock. For instance, "Fall Out" is blues-rock. It does have
Eclectic qualities. It's one that I definitely think should be added,
and I would rather it be considered an example of early prog than
"proto-prog" . I think the jazz-rock component significant, but
there's quite a "fusion" of styles.
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Posted: May 14 2010 at 12:19
A belated thank you. I checked and it seems they did not think it worthy. I, personally, think this music would be a nice PA inclusion. I put it to the Proto Prog team to consider in February following Early Prog's suggestion, and considered it myself when suggesting it (though for me it's a kind of early progressive rock that I'd be happy to see in a progressive rock category) but there is no advancement from that front (of course the musical approach/ style is not enough to gain acceptance into Proto Prog). I'm now thinking of suggesting it to Eclectic (for its psych jazz rock, and symph qualities). And one could consider it for Crossover (has pop qualities).
Like much of the music I've been into, it has exotica qualities (I'd rather like to see a Prog Exotica category and a Prog Beat one). It does sound dated (rooted in a 60's sound found in various soundtracks from the time)....
An interesting case, I would think (and could relate to many other possible additions).
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