Artista: Nucleus
Álbum: Elastic Rock
Año: 1970
Género: Jazz Rock Britanico
Duración: 36:18
Nacionalidad: Gran Bretaña
Año: 1970
Género: Jazz Rock Britanico
Duración: 36:18
Nacionalidad: Gran Bretaña
Lista de Temas:
1. 1916 (1:11)
2. Elastic Rock (4:05)
3. Striation (2:15)
4. Taranaki (1:39)
5. Twisted Track (5:15)
6. Crude Blues, Pt. 1 (0:54)
7. Crude Blues, Pt. 2 (2:36)
8. 1916- The Battle of Boogaloo (3:04)
9. Torrid Zone (8:40)
10. Stonescape (2:39)
11. Earth Mother (0:51)
12. Speaking for Myself, Personally, in My Own (0:54)
13. Persephones Jive (2:15)
Total Time: 36:18
1. 1916 (1:11)
2. Elastic Rock (4:05)
3. Striation (2:15)
4. Taranaki (1:39)
5. Twisted Track (5:15)
6. Crude Blues, Pt. 1 (0:54)
7. Crude Blues, Pt. 2 (2:36)
8. 1916- The Battle of Boogaloo (3:04)
9. Torrid Zone (8:40)
10. Stonescape (2:39)
11. Earth Mother (0:51)
12. Speaking for Myself, Personally, in My Own (0:54)
13. Persephones Jive (2:15)
Total Time: 36:18
Alineación:
- Ian Carr / trumpet, flugelhorn
- Karl jenkins / electric piano, oboe, piano, baritone saxophone
- Brian Smith / tenor & soprano saxes, flute
- Chris Spedding / guitars
- Jeff Clyne / bass, electric bass
- John Marshall / drums, percussion.
- Ian Carr / trumpet, flugelhorn
- Karl jenkins / electric piano, oboe, piano, baritone saxophone
- Brian Smith / tenor & soprano saxes, flute
- Chris Spedding / guitars
- Jeff Clyne / bass, electric bass
- John Marshall / drums, percussion.
Nucleus fue un grupo de jazz rock británico, que permaneció activo entre 1969 y 1989. Fue fundada por el trompetista, profesor y escritor Ian Carr, el único miembro constante, una vez que se deshizo su asociación con Don Rendell.
La formación original (hasta Solar Plexus) contaba además de con Carr, con el teclista y oboísta Karl Jenkins, el saxofonista y flautista Brian Smith, el guitarrista Chris Spedding, el bajista Jeff Clyne y el baterista John Marshall. Con esta formación, y en su primer año de vida, Nucleus obtuvo el primer premio del Montreux Jazz Festival de 1969 y publicó el álbum Elastic Rock (que consiguió posicionarse en el puesto nº 46 de los charts británicos), además de actuar en el Newport Jazz Festival y en el Village Gate de Nueva York. Este trabajo sería lanzado en marzo de ese mismo año 1970, cuya cubierta seria diseñada por el artista Roger Dean y su contenido bien recibido por los críticos de jazz de la época, considerado como un trabajo pionero para la epoca de fusión entre el jazz y el rock.
’Elastic Rock’’ es un disco de jazz moderno, por ser lanzado en 1970 tiene toda una impronta rockera y peculiar, la banda es una estricta banda de jazz que supo incursionar eficazmente en los terrenos del fusión, con cierta similitud a trabajos de Miles Davis de la misma época. Desarrollan un jazz estrictamente instrumental, bastante soft pese a incluir guitarra que acerca el sonido al fusión.
La influencia de Miles Davis sobre el sonido del disco es considerable, si bien Bitches Brew no había sido lanzado para la época de grabación de Elastic Rock,y ademas Ian Carr ha asegurado que hasta el momento no habían oído ni siquiera hablar de la floreciente etapa eléctrica de Davis, sin duda que esos sonidos eléctricos están presentes en Nucleus, ‘Stonescape’ es una prueba de ello.
Despliegan una buena gama de pasajes e intensidades, con una calidad que intenta ser progresiva, talvez lo logre. Pasan por momentos por el fusión, hay otros momentos de jazz más lento, siendo los momentos más movidos y ‘fusionados’ los más agradables, aunque en los momentos más lentos y oscuros no saben estancarse, mutan muy bien los distintos pasajes para que el disco vaya fluyendo de una manera natural.
Despliegan una buena gama de pasajes e intensidades, con una calidad que intenta ser progresiva, talvez lo logre. Pasan por momentos por el fusión, hay otros momentos de jazz más lento, siendo los momentos más movidos y ‘fusionados’ los más agradables, aunque en los momentos más lentos y oscuros no saben estancarse, mutan muy bien los distintos pasajes para que el disco vaya fluyendo de una manera natural.
En 1971, La banda se amplió con dos trompetistas más (Kenny Wheeler y Harry Beckett), otro saxo, Tony Roberts, un percusionista, Chris Karan y Keith Winter con el sintetizador VCS3. Paralelamente, Ron Mathewson tomó el bajo, en sustitución de Clyne, y Dave MacRae se añadió en los siguientes discos. A partir de este momento, la banda comienza a cambiar con bastante frecuencia de músicos, hasta su primera disolución en 1989.
Entre 1970 y 1971 el grupo tuvo su mejor época critica y comercialmente, con dos álbumes compuestos principalmente por Jenkins, y un tercero (Solar Plexus) compuesto completamente por Carr. También en 1971 músicos actuales y futuros de Nucleus participaron en Septober Energy, álbum de la big band Centipede. Esta además incluía a Keith Tippett (creador del proyecto) y su banda, con miembros de Soft Machine y King Crimson entre otros músicos de la escena del jazz inglés de los 70.
Cuatro integrantes de Nucleus terminaron uniéndose a Soft Machine, siendo el más notable Karl Jenkins quien sería el líder de esa banda desde 1973.
Ian Carr murió en 2009 a los 75 años tras haber sufrido de Alzheimer.
Un gran disco muy recomendado para aquellos que no se han adentrado aun a los terrenos del jazz, un sonido muy agradable y recomendable. Para la muestra un boton...
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Nucleus biography
If SOFT MACHINE was a rock group that veered towards jazz rock, NUCLEUS can be seen as a jazz group that veered towards jazz rock, as most musicians were clearly jazz musicians with the notable exception of Chris Spedding (yes, Mr. motocycle-punk/Chameleon-man of rock). If a comparison of those two groups can be made, it is also obvious that NUCLEUS became a nursing ground for those musicians before joining SOFT MACHINE (around ten musicians did the transfer). They were signed on the famous progressive Vertigo label and the first two superb artwork album sleeves were designed by Roger Dean.
NUCLEUS was trumpet player (and confirmed jazzmen and biographist) Ian Carr's project and the its discography is rather confusing with the different designations as some were called "Ian Carr's Nucleus", "Nucleus With Ian Carr" or simply "Ian Carr" (but with all NUCLEUS members playing). This is hardly meaning that he was the main writer, main influence or main soloist. Many outstanding musicians contributed loads of material among which Karl Jenkins, Jeff Clyne, Chris Spedding, Alan Holdsworth, Brian Smith & Dave MacRae. Their music was of a frantic instrumental jazz-rock much alike some Miles Davis jazz-rock of the same era. Loads of wind instruments, but KB and a wide place for the guitarist (Spedding's guitar is superb and grandiose while self-restrained). Clearly the groundbreaking essence of NUCLEUS is best heard on the early albums as the later albums only managed to repeat the formula but not evolving much. Nucleus lasted as a touring unit until the early 80's and then reformed on the odd occasion since. Alas, early 2009, Ian Carr left us for proggier pastures, leaving behind an important aural and written oeuvre.
If SOFT MACHINE was a rock group that veered towards jazz rock, NUCLEUS can be seen as a jazz group that veered towards jazz rock, as most musicians were clearly jazz musicians with the notable exception of Chris Spedding (yes, Mr. motocycle-punk/Chameleon-man of rock). If a comparison of those two groups can be made, it is also obvious that NUCLEUS became a nursing ground for those musicians before joining SOFT MACHINE (around ten musicians did the transfer). They were signed on the famous progressive Vertigo label and the first two superb artwork album sleeves were designed by Roger Dean.
NUCLEUS was trumpet player (and confirmed jazzmen and biographist) Ian Carr's project and the its discography is rather confusing with the different designations as some were called "Ian Carr's Nucleus", "Nucleus With Ian Carr" or simply "Ian Carr" (but with all NUCLEUS members playing). This is hardly meaning that he was the main writer, main influence or main soloist. Many outstanding musicians contributed loads of material among which Karl Jenkins, Jeff Clyne, Chris Spedding, Alan Holdsworth, Brian Smith & Dave MacRae. Their music was of a frantic instrumental jazz-rock much alike some Miles Davis jazz-rock of the same era. Loads of wind instruments, but KB and a wide place for the guitarist (Spedding's guitar is superb and grandiose while self-restrained). Clearly the groundbreaking essence of NUCLEUS is best heard on the early albums as the later albums only managed to repeat the formula but not evolving much. Nucleus lasted as a touring unit until the early 80's and then reformed on the odd occasion since. Alas, early 2009, Ian Carr left us for proggier pastures, leaving behind an important aural and written oeuvre.
Prog Folk
Essential debut and a defining moment of jazz-rock - this was recorded only a few months later than Miles Davis's Bitches Brew and obviously Ian Carr was very impressed (and a unconditional fan of Miles as he wrote two books about his life on top of other jazz encyclopediae) and he formed this band with amongst other Jenkins, Marshal and the chameleon of rock Chris Spedding after he left psych-blues group Pete Brown's Battered Ornaments. The sublime sleeve artwork, a cut-out gatefold that lets you peep into a red-hot lava stream opens up on a breathtaking landscape in a volcano park. After listening to side 1, most rock fans will wonder where the rock part went, as only the second part of Crude Blues was energetic enough to be named rock. But right from the opening track with the bowed double bass rumbling as if the earthquake was happening, to the very calm climates of Striaton and Taranaki, we are dealing with a fairly acoustic fusion much like the first two albums of Weather Report. Only the title track is really more upbeat as well as the second part of Crude Blues.
Side 2 is definitely where things pick up, especially with Boogaloo and the self-explanatory Torrid Zone (bound to be a concert favourite) and then comes the hi-energy feel big enough to light a city. We can hear how Jenkins is paving hell with his delicate Fender Rhodes piano layers and Marshall being an extremely intuitive drummer. But the star here especially on the second part of the album is Chris Spedding (that's right Mr. Punk Motorcycle of '77 single fame) with a much understated but still flamboyant style. Smith, Carr and Jenkins also adding some aerial horns layers, making this debut album a classic, but much better is to come.
The first two albums came out together on BGO, but the artwork is not well respected. One might prefer the German label Line A (on the second-hand market ) but to do full justice to those first two albums , only the Vertigo vinyls are the top solution.
Side 2 is definitely where things pick up, especially with Boogaloo and the self-explanatory Torrid Zone (bound to be a concert favourite) and then comes the hi-energy feel big enough to light a city. We can hear how Jenkins is paving hell with his delicate Fender Rhodes piano layers and Marshall being an extremely intuitive drummer. But the star here especially on the second part of the album is Chris Spedding (that's right Mr. Punk Motorcycle of '77 single fame) with a much understated but still flamboyant style. Smith, Carr and Jenkins also adding some aerial horns layers, making this debut album a classic, but much better is to come.
The first two albums came out together on BGO, but the artwork is not well respected. One might prefer the German label Line A (on the second-hand market ) but to do full justice to those first two albums , only the Vertigo vinyls are the top solution.
Espero comentarios y si les gusta la banda tengo más... :-)
ResponderEliminarHola,
ResponderEliminaren la portada trasera aparece un segundo disco We'll talk about it later, por favor lo podrías postear
Eso es correcto "Anonimo", este disco salio morocho!!!. Ya lo publico, es de igual de bueno que este. Tengo otros de esta Banda, a ver quien mas quiere caramelos!!!!
ResponderEliminarEl disco 2 ya está posteado! y está muy bueno, es el "We'll Talk about It Later".
ResponderEliminarGracias LinCab, si hay más, yo sí que quiero!