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J.J. Band, The - The J.J. Band

Label:
Catalog#:
S 64396
Format:
Vinyl, LP, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country:
UK
Released:
1971
Genre:
Jazz, Rock
Style:
Jazz-Rock

Tracklist

A1   Requiem For A Lost Planet
    Arranged By - Ralph Benatar
  Flugelhorn [Solo] - Douglas Lucas
  Trombone [Solo] - Mike Lovell
  Vocals - Garcia Morales
  Written-By - B. Bennett* , M. Hawker*
A2   Shades Of Goodbye
    Arranged By - Ralph Benatar
  Flute [Solo] - Ralph Benatar
  Guitar [Solo] - Francis (Suske) Weyer*
  Piano [Solo] - Gui (Guido) Delo*
  Vocals - Garcia Morales
  Written-By - D. Lucas*
A3   Something To Live For
    Arranged By - Ralph Benatar
  Vocals - Garcia Morales
  Written-By - B. Bennett* , M. Hawker*
A4   Out Of The Darkness
    Arranged By - Ralph Benatar
  Other [Solo] - Guy Delo
  Vocals - Garcia Morales
  Written-By - G. Morales* , Mike Hawker
B1   Pacific Coast Thunder Ball
    Arranged By - B. Bennett* , Ralph Benatar
  Vocals - Garcia Morales
  Written-By - B. Bennett* , M. Hawker*
B2   Tintagel Jones
    Arranged By - Ralph Benatar
  Vocals - Garcia Morales
  Written-By - B. Bennett* , M. Hawker*
B3   I'm Through With You
    Arranged By - Francis (Suske) Weyer*
  Vocals - Garcia Morales
  Written-By - F. Weyer*
B4   Gotta Find A New Way
    Arranged By - Francis (Suske) Weyer*
  Vocals - Francis (Suske) Weyer*
  Written-By - Drury* , Cook* , Cork*
B5   Changing Faces
    Arranged By - J.J. Band*
  Saxophone [Tenor] [Solo] - Ralph Benatar
  Trumpet [Solo] - Douglas Lucas
  Vocals - Garcia Morales
  Written-By - D. Lucas* , G. Delo* , R. Benatar*

Credits

Backing Vocals, Bass - Yvan "Ket" de Souter*
Backing Vocals, Percussion, Drums - Bruno Castellucci
Engineer - John "Speedy Fingers" Timperley*
Lead Vocals, Drums - Garcia Morales
Organ [Hammond], Piano, Trumpet - Gui "Guido" Delo*
Photography - Hans Kellermann , Toto Kellermann
Producer - Brian Bennett , Mike Hawker
Saxophone [Baritone & Alto] - Jean-Claude "Titine" Clement*
Saxophone [Tenor], Flute - Ralph Benatar
Trombone, Backing Vocals - Mike Lovell
Trumpet, Flugelhorn - Douglas Lucas
Vocals, Guitar - Francis "Suske" Weyer*

Notes

There has been of late a resurgence of good rock music coming out of Europe to challenge the already strongly eastablished groups on the home front. Not least of these new forces is the J.J. Band, a cosmopolitan collection of highly intelligent young men with a thorough knowledge of jazz which they have translated into their own individual brand of rock music.

The nine piece band has an impressive list of musical qualifications to its credit. The Belgium members of the band all studied music at the Brussels' Conservatoire and the American member Douglas Lucas, a professor who taught music at Chicago University later met the band while teaching in Brussels. Finally Mike Lovell, the English member of the group was a member of the National Youth Orchestra.

Altough from different parts of the globe they have combined together to form a very tight knit group producing their own more suttle rendition of the jazz/rock amalgam which has gone from strenght to strenght over the past few years.

Recorded at Chappell Studio, London. March 1971