AQUARIANS "Jungle Grass"Bossa Latin Funk Psych Hear
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$ 46 Sold For
Dec 14, 2010 Sold Date
Dec 7, 2010 Start Date
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Condition of Cover: VG+, a few bends Condition of Vinyl: VG++ All Music Guide Review. Part of the strange California zodiac pop funk scene, the Aquarians took astrology rock in several interesting and generally unexplored directions. While primarily the brainchild of composer, arranger, and pianist Vladimir Vassilieff, the Aquarians were actually a supergroup of talented jazz musicians. Featuring Stan Gilbert, a much in-demand bassist at the time, and the incomparable Afro-Cuban percussion of Francisco Aguabella, the Aquarians blended a one love hippie philosophy with smooth, Latin-tinged jazz. Their first, and only, album, Jungle Grass sounds close to related astrology rockers Friends of Distinction (which also featured Stan Gilbert) and the 5th Dimension. While evidencing a nominal interest in astrology, the tracks on Jungle Grass are, at the core, jazz with a heavy Afro-Cuban (evident in the percussion), and possibly a Brazilian Tropicalia (evident in the vocals), influence. On an album packed with talent, there are few solos and no showboating — the performance of each member is subservient to the groove. On the opener, “Bayu-Bayu,” Aguabella lays down several beautiful fills over the sing-song vocal. “Batakum” features nice sax work by Joe Roccisano playing under the sign of Pharoh Sanders. A solid but not explosive album, Jungle Grass is definitely an under appreciated effort and is currently sought after by certain DJs for its little sampled piano flourishes and percussion breaks. ~ Brian Whitener, All Music Guide Shipping Worldwide!!! Any three 12" LP format records to ship for the single LP rate, Canadian rate is $7.50 USD All pictures are scans of actual item in listing and sound samples are MP3's converted from the actual item in listing. Please Note: There is a volumne control in the MP3 application and you can use the slide bar to scroll through the several songs that I include in the sound file




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