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    Posted: April 20 2024 at 05:58
This superb jazz-rock record, mostly forgotten, was released in 1979 by Soonopen, a band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The members were Peter Bombar on guitar, Len Johnson on keyboards, Bob Fetherlin on keyboards, and Bill Roslund on bass. The rhythm section and keyboards are superb, and the guitarist did some really amazing soloing. 
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Smak - "Talisman" (1981)
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Tako - "Sinteza" (1978)
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Predmestje - "Peklenski stroj" (1978)
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Izvir - "Sel je popotnik skozi atomski vek" (1977)
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Reuben Gingrich - Blue Island (2017)
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Originally posted by Droxford Droxford wrote:

That's great , many thanks for the further Yugoslavian Fusion videos and the background information. Would be great to see some footage of the 1972 Boom Festival 'the festival of Yugoslav Progressive music .Intrigued by what the audience and the performers  would have looked like. 
I'm glad you liked it. Sadly, I didn't find any footage from the Boom Festival at the Internet. But here are the album cover of the Boom Festival 1976 and 1977 original LPs that at least feature some nice pics, and two live audio clips from the Boom '76.


















September - "Noc kradljivaca" (live at the Boom Festival 1976)





R.M. Tocak (feat. Smak) - "Svrabez" (live at the Boom Festival 1976)










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That's great , many thanks for the further Yugoslavian Fusion videos and the background information. Would be great to see some footage of the 1972 Boom Festival 'the festival of Yugoslav Progressive music .Intrigued by what the audience and the performers  would have looked like. 
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Always looking to absorb more fusion. 

Thanks for the recommendations, OP!

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021
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Den Za Den - "Svadba" (1980)
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A footage of Leb I Sol play their cover of traditional Macedonian song "Aber dojde Donke", Belgrade 1978:
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Originally posted by Droxford Droxford wrote:

Interesting selection Boboulo , thank you for posting  and giving some insight into the music of former Yugoslavia. 
Enjoyed them all, probably the leb i sol track was my personal favourite, reminded me of Santana around the time of 'Caravanserai' .

Intrigued how Fusion and Prog got to reach former Yugoslavia . Did a scene just evolve from the Jazz scene without too much Western influence ? 
According to the data available on the Internet, a guy named Rafael Blam has founded the first real jazz orchestra in Belgrade, under the name "Studentski Micky Jazz", quite early, in 1927. His son, Misa Blam, who has played jazz bass, was released an interesting jazz fusion album titled "Secanja", in 1979.





Misa Blam - "Bocekova balada" (1979)



 I don't know if Yugoslav Underground i.e. "progressive" rock scene of the late 60's has evolved from the Jazz scene. Though, the band Mladi Levi were recorded this instrumental track that sounds like a proto-fusion thing, already in 1967:

Mladi Levi - "Dervis i smrt"




And this is also an instrumental track by Mladi Levi, "Spominjam se antimaterije", recorded live at the Boom Festival that was billed as "the festival of Yugoslav progressive music", 1972:
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Interesting selection Boboulo , thank you for posting  and giving some insight into the music of former Yugoslavia. 
Enjoyed them all, probably the leb i sol track was my personal favourite, reminded me of Santana around the time of 'Caravanserai' .

Intrigued how Fusion and Prog got to reach former Yugoslavia . Did a scene just evolve from the Jazz scene without too much Western influence ? 
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Smak - "Tegoba" (1977)
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Leb I Sol - "Marija" (1978)
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Originally posted by Droxford Droxford wrote:

Wow this is fabulous. Thank you ever so much for sharing. Will have to check this band out. 

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Soncna Pot - "Zarek" (1978)


I'm glad you liked it. In the former Yugoslavia, there was a certain degree of enthusiasm for the genre, and therefore some songs are really like little masterpieces.


Tihomir Pop Asanovic (featuring Josipa Lisac) - "Ostavi trag" (1974)
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Wow, I can't believe no one has mentioned Iceberg yet. 
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Wow this is fabulous. Thank you ever so much for sharing. Will have to check this band out. 

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Soncna Pot - "Zarek" (1978)
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