Born in 1948 in Barcelona, keyboardist Jordi Sabates begun his career with the Pop group Pic-Nic, where he first met Toti Soler, before performing a Jazz-Rock style both with Jarka and Om in early-70's.From mid-70's he released several albums under his name, the first one ''El Senyor dels Anells'' (1974) being in a jazzier style, while in his second one ''Ocells del Més Enllà'' (1975) he adds a more progressive feeling to his sound.The album was released in 1975, originally on the Catalan Zeleste label.
A great group of musicians support Sabates' inventive moog synth and electric piano lines, such as his alter ego guitarist Toti Soler, Om's bassist Manolo Elias, Jarka's guitarist Ricky Sabates, Orquestra Mirasol's Chilean percussionist Gustavo "Krupa" Quinteros, drummer Iván Bargas and female Brazilian singer Erica Norimar.The opening side is dedicated to the 15-min. three part eponymous epic, which sounds like a cross between Flamenco, light Progressive Rock and Latin-Fusion with strong RETURN TO FOREVER hints.It is filled with Sabates' performance on ethereal electric piano and intense moog synths, dramatic electric guitars, Flamenco-styled themes and Norimar's wordless vocal lines, reminiscent of Flora Purim's work with RETURN TO FOREVER.The second side consists of shorter tracks in the same style with ''Tryada'' being the highlight.Quasi-improvised intense Latin-spiced Jazz/Fusion with beautiful Flamenco guitars and careful electric piano passages but also some great electric sounds.The rest of the tracks are also quite nice with both atmospheric and more virtuosic passages, light interplays and a fair amount of instrumental solos.
Balanced Jazz-Rock/Fusion with a touch of Progressive Rock.Anyone deep into the style of RETURN TO FOREVER or WEATHER REPORT should be a proud owner of this album, which has seen also some CD reissues.Warmly recommended. - apps79
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