Fusion Jazz / Jazz-Funk

 
Style: Fusion Jazz / New Age of Fusion 

Format: LP
Label: Dorato

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+

Merge's sought after and hard to find first album. Don't pass on this one if you dig esoteric grooves with that special 80s sound. Jo Lienen, the mastermind of Merge doesn't like it that much if you compare his sound to Pat Metheny's but hey -  they both use guitar synthesizers and know how to handle a guitar so I dare to compare. 

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Style: Contemporary / Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Club Niederöstereich (Private)

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Excellent contenporary jazz by pfrofs and semi professionals. I have never heard of Helmut Berger before discoverin this record, so the amazement about these two guitar jams sowmwhere between pastoral and psychedelic couldn't have been bigger. Sorry for ruining the fun before your first listen! Last one in the clip is a pretty wild track called G-Waltz by Mirror Image (their only apperance on a medium)

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Style:  Fusion / Contemporary Jazz

Format: LP
Label: Thein

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM sealed, very light dishwarp

One of the boldest 80s Eurojazz LPs I know. Forget about Jazzwheel or Mr. Circle ; ) This is the real deal!! Wütrio's 2nd LP is lacking the "Sade softness" that most of the late 80s productions have. Wütrio has vocoders instead!!

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Style:  Oriental Fusion

Format: 2LP
Label: WEA

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/NM   

A magnificent double album filled to the brim with jazz & fusion gems. Some with wonderful oriental influences. Not to speak of Timna Brauer's magic voice.... wether she's scatting or sings the blues - it's a feast for the ears. Some tunes remind me of Rimona Francis' awesome selftitled LP on MPS. But enough of the words.....

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Style: Jazz Funk

Format: LP
Label: RRR (Private)

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+  

Laid back Jazz Funk from the golden days of private pressings. "And Friends" is Jürgen Waidele's first and most impressive album to my ears. Funky guitar riffs, warm bass slaps and synth stacks over fat pounding drums. It has a bit of CTI sound at some points. Now please check it out and ...

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Style: Latin Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Nabel

Year: 1981 / 1994

Condition: M/M

Wonderful latin fusion jams galore on John Thomas' most sought after album. Monika Linges involved on the feathery Like A Samba. This is the 180g issue from the early 90s in LIKE NEW condition

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Style: Private Pleasures / Jazz Funk / Latin Jazz

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1989

Condition: VG+/VG wear on delicate cover

This wonderful private compilation is almost invisible. I am on the hunt for copies since i found mine in the late 90s but hardly anything pops up. Too bad, because it's filled with excellent "Jazz Funk made in Germany".

The most prominent might be Chinchilla's Don't Kill Your Fantasy which appeared on a reissue compilation ten years ago. Check the tracks by Jazz On Line and Chamäleon as well (in the second clip)

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Style: Keybopard Trip

Format: LP
Label: MPS

Year: 1975

Condition: NM/VG+

Synthesized Fusion meets totally trippy Placebo style psych funk... Don't sleep on these dudes: Wolfgang Dauner, Jasper van't Hof, Joachim Kühn, George Gruntz, etc.

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Style: Jazz Funk / Flyin' with Mizells

Format: LP
Label: Blue Note

Year: 1976

Condition: VG+/VG

That dude looks funny huh? I wish I'd seen a caricature of the Mizells too. These guys made it floaty as fuck again!

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Style: Private Pleasures

Format: 3LP
Label: IG Jazz

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+

A 3-Record set recorded live in Stuttgart, Germany 1978. The first side is straight Dixie shit and I can't listen to that longer than 5 minutes. From side B on it's getting more and more interesting. My personal highlight is the last record. Opened by Peter Garratoni & Friend's amazing jam Rock For Li - followed by Syncrisis and Frederic Rabold jamming with percussionist Manfred Kniel. On Side F we find the complete unknown group Baobab with the incredible spiritual jazz funk tune Keine Nummer - rocking it over 6 minutes. The next group Muja is just as famous and they kick ass as well. Jan Jankeje and his Mlada Muzika crew are closing the set with two short but wicked drum and bass psalms. Also in the clip: Blowin Five by Styx, So What by Flute Jazz and A Night In Stuttgart by the Stuttgarter Jazz Workshop with Ala Heiler (À la Ala) on sax &

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Style: Flyin' Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Prosound (Private)

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG

Jazzier than Kraan, funkier than a mosquito's tweeter. This unknown band from Hannover has some great tracks to offer. Too bad there's just this one lovely album with tracks ranging from Jazz Funk over reggae-ish AOR top Latin Fusion.

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Style: Eastern Spirits

Format: EP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1988

Condition: NM/VG+

Percussive yet relaxed indian influenced Fusion made in Germany. The short lived group only released this one EP - now very hard to find. An album was announced but never came. Too bad!! That album might have a been a huge GEM. This EP already is - all three tracks are great. Kaharwa and Der Ring Des Berbers are over eight minutes for extended listening pleasures. Power recommended!!

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Style:   Swedish Jazz Funk

Format: LP
Label: Metronome (SW)

Year: 1971

Condition: NM/VG+

Here you have Björn J:son Lindh's first album including one of his most magical songs: Lastbrygga. One of the funkiest flute jams the world has heard :) The rest of the LP is also great! BTW It's the original swedish gatefold version with the matte cover.

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Style: Modal Jazz / Contemporary

Format: EP
Label: Fusion

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/VG+  small tear

Unplayed back stock copy!! The title track is to be found on the excellent "The Spinning Wheel Of Jazz" compilation. BUT all tracks on this EP are great. My fave is the uplifting "Watch you sleepin". In demand and definitely not easy to find.... tiny sticker tear on front cover

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Style: Cosmic Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Vanguard

Year: 1977

Condition: VG+/VG woc

Let the willow take your hand,

and take you to organic land,

where shakuhachi and piano grow

and Cosmology play that funky show

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Style: Heavenly Sweetness

Format: LP
Label: CTI (Ger)

Year: 1976

Condition: VG+/VG+

Plain heavenly Jazz Funk imported straight from big island. Tunes to melt away with...

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Style: Experimental Fusion / Percussion Party

Format: LP
Label: Achim Ranke Musik

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

Private Fusion with lust for experiments.

The percussive parts might be most interesting...

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Style: Synthesized Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Stunt

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+

Breeziest Fusion from Denmark. Lots of good tracks here in the vein of Roidinger Computer Project and the title track is a hot Proto Burner ...

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Style: Mellow Jazz

Format: LP
Label: Fonit Cetra

Year: 1985

Condition: NM/VG+

Including that highly unusual jam Cervia's Kites where drum computer meets clarinet.

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Style:  Modal Jazz

Format: LP
Label: BN Records / Private

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+  

This is a private pressing and accordingly not that easy to find. It holds great versions of standards like All Blues, Take Five, St. Thomas or Coming Home Baby. And then are Still Alive track and Rolands Tune. WTF!!  I simply cannot believe how these guys have managed to stay unknown.....

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Style: Jazz Funk!

Format: LP
Label: Muza

Year: 1975

Condition: NM/VG polish paper cover!

Synthesized Jazz Funk made in Poland. Partly very Dauner and very funky throughout the whole album. A BLAAAAST!

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Style: Jazzy Hymns

Format: LP
Label: PM

Year: 1979

Condition: VG+/VG+

That title track!! Seriously!!!!!

Airto and Flora could't have said it better. Apart from that masterpiece there's a bunch of wonderful tunes to found on this underrated album.

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Style: New Jazz ; ) / Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Atlantic

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+  

Snowball might be called a Passport offshoot. Why? Curt Cress, Dave King & Kristian Schultze! Defroster is their best and it includes this magic track TENDER STORM. When this one popped up in my mp3 player I always thought it was some end 90s New Jazz tune......

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Style:  Jazz-Funk

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG  small rip

Here's one of the true holy grails in private german Jazz-Funk.

There's only a few LPs of that quality out there. ALL KILLER!

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Style: Synthesized Jazz Funk

Format: LP
Label: Turbo

Year: 1976

Condition: VG+/VG

Insane Jazz Funk. Overall great condition with an audible scratch in the weakest track of the album - Without You that is. The tracks you'd buy this for play fantastic!

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Style: Krautrock / Fusion

Format: LP

Label: RSM

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/NM

Not to be confused with Snowball's Defroster LP.....

this is some obscure private pressed Kraut LP with this magic kraut voodoo track N'Goro Goro, the fusion jam Bonebreaker and the funky krautrock tune Criminal  with lovely synths ; )

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Style: Moonlit Jazz Funk

Format: EP
Label: Growing Bin Records

Year: 2016

Condition: M/M

Operating on their own and free from outside control, the Melbourne quartet Krakatau had gone further than ever before, diving deep into black holes and solar flares to create their own style of sun-kissed funk and moonlit jazz. Clocking in at an expansive ten minutes a-piece, these extra terrestrial expressions were taken back to the Bin and transferred to the only format strong enough to contain them. The A-side of this freshly pressed vinyl belongs to ‘Tharsis Montis’, a particularly potent strain of slowly creeping funk, germinated in the Victoria sunshine and matured under the steady glow of the Hamburg heat lamps.

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ONE PER CUSTOMER...

 
Style: Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Weryton

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+  

Here's the hard to find first album by the short lived Oktagon project from Munich, Germany. Produced and mostly penned by Passport veteran Hermann Weindorf. His fellow Curt Cress plays the drums on this private release ...

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Style: Fusion!!

Format: LP
Label: Melodiya

Year: 1989

Condition: NM/VG+

Sven Grünberg's VSP Projekt plays the most mindbending fusion I've heard from behind the Iron Curtain. When I discovered this one in a batch of records I bought by chance in Estonia i totally freaked out ; )

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Style: Boogie Fusion / Jazz-Funk

Format: LP
Label: Original

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+  

What an album by this short lived UK Fusion Quintet! Jazz-Funk with strong influences of boogie that was developing vastly in the UK back in these days. My fave is the sweet summer tune For You. Good vibes all the way!

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Style: Jazz Funk / Bavarian Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Jupiter

Year: 1982

Condition: NM/VG+

Sizzling synthesized fusion with bits of bavarian influences thus free from saussage and beer associations. Highest recommendation!

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Style: Synthesized Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Brain

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+  

Superb synthesized fusion by the band around Manne Rürup ( now Steinberg CEO). New Morning will put a smile on your face!!

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Style: Soul-Jazz-Rock / Boogie Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Zytglogge

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Soulful Fusion by this octett coming from the Zurich area. Well probably except from the vocalist, he sings in english and sounds like a native speaker (just like his name doesn't sound swiss). The guys play a most excellent mid 80s Fusion of Jazzrock, Soul and Boogie not forgettinhg the obvious latin tinged tune. Reminds me of bands like Zenit, Seawind and Merge...

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Style:  Hammered Fusion / Jazz Rock

Format: LP
Label: Vanguard

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/NM

Enjoy the warbly synthesizer madness of Jan Hammer triggered by Johnson's tight percussions

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Style:  Jazz Rock /Latin Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Babylon

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+  

Excellent Kraut-Fusion from Germany's music capital - Hamburg : ) Here's their first album. More Krautrock and Funky Latin Rock orientated than their boogie-fusion bomb from 1984. Check the breezy GUAPA

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Style:  Progressive Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Bacillus

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG++ 

Virgo's first may easily be called their masterpiece! Especially the work on bass by Reinhard Glöder and the fantastic piano and rhodes playing by Henryk Darlowsky amaze me ever again!

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Style:  Kraut Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label / Private

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/NM

A private pressed gem recorded at a youth club near Hamburg. Sounds pretty professional though and it has funky tracks, scat vocals and even some weirder moments.... highly recommended private Fusion!

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Style: Jazz Funk / Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1980

Condition: NM/VG+

Check this horribly hard to find private german AOR Fusion gem.

Including Tiefflug that also feels very comfy in balearic sets.

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Style: Fuzzed out Jazz-Funk

Format: LP
Label: Crippled Dick

Year: 1972/2002

Condition: M/M sealed

nothing but the almighty Bridge's Overdrive LP. Pre Passport psychedelic Jazz-Funk with a Vampyros Lesbos or  Wolfgang Dauner Group feel to it. OG goes for 300+ ...

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Style: Kraut Funk / Jazz-Rock

Format: LP
Label: Blubber Lips

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+

Superfunky and very percussive Kraut-Funk meets slow Prog Disco! Released on Michael Bundt's amazing Blubber Lips label. The leader of the pack is a drummer with a soft spot for tuplets, so be prepared for some complex but tight tunes. Be prepared for tightest clavinet and moog action too!! 

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Style: Feather light Fusion

Format: CD
Label: Not On Label

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/NM 

Warm, with the scent of wild flowers. Leaving the speakers like a summer breeze. Birldand's 3rd album has never seen a vinyl release. Enjoy!

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Style: Oriental Spiced Jazz

Format: CD
Label: Parachute (Private)

Year: 1991

Condition: NM/VG+  

Here's Bescay's second album - only available on CD (if one pops up ;) Relaxed contemporary jazz meets oriental spiced fusion.

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Style: Jazz-Funk

Format: LP
Label: Hörzu

Year: 1977

Condition: NM/VG++

Like new archive copy of this odd Jazz-Funk album featuring the young Markus Stockhausen on trumpet and flugelhorn. Including one of the funkiest versions of Watermelon Man I ever heard ...

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Style: Jazz Funk

Format: 2LP
Label: Blue Thumb (Ger)

Year: 1975

Condition: NM/VG

My favourite Crusaders album. This 2 LP set has so many wonderful mellow jams. Forget about all the rare and unfindable records for a minute and listen to this masterpiece. Highest possible recommendation!!!

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Style: Jazz Funk / Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Not On Label / Private

Year: 1987

Condition: NM/VG+  

Timeless swiss Jazz Funk. Recorded 1987 but it sounds more like a late 70s production. Two guitars, trumpet drumd and bass. Funky Stuff, Psychedelic Drums and even some Jazz-Reggae. Check this undiscovered private pearl!

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Style: Fusion / Contemporary

Format: EP
Label: Private

Year: 1983

Condition: NM/NM

First sidde runs on 33 the second on 45. That should explain the title of this tight Fusion EP from Switzerland! This was released one year before their album (more boogie-ish) and itstill sounds like proper Fusion Jazz. My fave is the epic (10 minutes plus) Easy Street - playful and deep!

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Style: Mellow Jazz Funk

Format: LP
Label: Blue Thumb

Year: 1976

Condition: NM/VG+  

If I say Soft Music Under Stars do you know what I'm referring to? Well please investigate while listening to Serenity - the Crusaders' #1 tune for relaxation under stars. Apart from this masterpiece the album holds the usual soulful jazz funks gems...

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Style: Experimental Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Jazzpoint

Year: 1974

Condition: NM/VG

Martin Ederer solo on guitar, scatvocals, synthesizer, bass, percussion, drums & kettle drums. Soulful experiments from the black forest!

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Style: Jazz-Funk

Format: LP
Label: Мелодия

Year: 1978

Condition: NM/VG+  

Heavy vinyl first pressing of this friendly estonian Jazz-Groove monster. One of those lovely records you can enjoy all the way through!

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Style: Jazz Funk

Format: LP
Label: WB

Year: 1974

Condition: NM/VG

My favourite Herbie Hancock album!

Why? Tell Me A Bedtime Story!

(second tune in the soundclip)

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Style: Psychedelic Jazz Funk

Format: 7"
Label: AOK

Year: 

Condition: VG+/VG+  

A 70s health insurance giveaway... with silly but very entertaining anti drug kraut on side A plus an amazing piece of DIY psychedelic Jazz-Funk on side B. This totally ruins the Anti Drug vibe...

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Style: Fuzzed to the core / Jazz Rocks

Format: LP
Label: Belter (Spain)

Year: 1970

Condition: VG(+)/VG+  

The Kühn Brothers at their best. Together with Volker Kriegel on guitar, Günter Lenz on bass and Stu Martin on drums they freak out and serve some serious psychedelic fuzz-jazz that would make Wolle Dauner blush if he'd be able to blush! Plays with ocasional crackle due to hairlines

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Style:  Scatting behind the Iron Curtain

Format: LP
Label: Melodiya

Year: 1986

Condition: NM/VG+  

Superb russian Jazz. Partly experimental.

And it's including this one track that just won't leave my head ... 

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Style: Spiritual Fusion / Jazz Funk

Format: LP
Label: Prestige

Year: 1972

Condition: VG+/VG Some wear 

Gary and his boys trooping through spiritual fusiuon county as if they own it. Well they do!

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Style: Fraiche Jazz Funk

Format: LP
Label: Storyville

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+  

Danish Jazz Funk at it's best. Long tracks with a lot of drive and vitality plus some trippy moments here and there too. Thomas Clausen on the keys is laying down pure magic!!

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Style: Weirdo JazzFunk

Format: LP
Label: Guerilla Records & Tapes

Year: 1981

Condition: NM/VG+  

"Clive Stevens is an English synthesizer genius whose brand of funk, fusion and rock is simply light years ahead of the competition."

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Style:  Fusion

Format: LP
Label: Abracadabra

Year: 1979

Condition: NM/VG+  

The label is called Abracadabra and the ladies of Tintomara really know how to put some magic into the music (the flute, the flute). Funky Fusion with latin influences was something common in Denmark in this period. The ladies didn't have to hide behind their fellow musicians.

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Style:  Fusion

Format: LP
Label: MPS Metronome

Year: 1975

Condition: VG++/VG++ 

George Duke's 70s albums on MPS belong to the finest fusion records of the genre. I Love The Blues, She Heard My Cry is no exception. From mellow funk in Sister Serene or Prepare Yourself sampled by Madvillain over some nitty gritty blues faeturing Johhny Guitar Watson to awesome fusion fire in Giant Child Within You & Chariot - a feast for our ears! 

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Style:  Fusion / Jazz

Format: LP
Label: Team Records

Year: 198?

Condition: NM/VG+  

Saxophone Joe alias Joe Kucera teamed up with Paul Esslinger and friends to record his first and only solo LP. Saxophone Joe recorded with the Framus Five in the late 60 in Czechoslovakia. He left his home heading for Berlin where he worked as a session musician for a lot of great productions.  Balance is well balanced and features some magic and mellow jazz tunes that will appeal to friends of the baleraic as well as to jazzlovers

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