"classic" jazz rock-fusion

^ That's an awesome friend your parents had. Maybe he would have sent a couple of Pekka Pohjola-albums if he served in Helsinki.

^Yes maybe that was how things were in 1993. Everything changed after internet. The world got smaller and music scenes in overlooked nations like Finland suddenly got a potential worldwide audience.

BaldJean wrote: I actually consider Joe Farrell or Pekka Pohjola to be much more obscure than Volker Kriegel

You do as you please and I’m sure it appears that way for you as a German. But all Pekka Pohjolas 1970's albums sparks a lot more interest than Volker Kriegels solo outings of the same era - here and on RYM.  Pekkas "classic" albums has usually been rereleased 8-10 times, while Kriegel usually two, maybe three. His 1970's soloalbums are simply more known and talked about outside of his own country. I got to know about him by word of mouth through friends, while Kriegel is someone I found because of the internet.

Saperlipopette! wrote: BaldJean wrote: Saperlipopette! wrote: BaldJean wrote: oh, and I'd definitely throw Aera (not Area), Pork Pie, Volker Kriegel, Et Cetera, the Release Music Orchestra, Paraphernalia and the United Jazz & Rock Orchestra into the mix BaldJean wrote: Cristi wrote: BaldJean wrote: how exactly do you define "golden age"? where does it begin and where does it end? probably 1967-1979  then the bands I listed all fall into that range, at least with their first releases Yes, they all do. I do know and like Aera, Et Cetera + Volker Kriegel's contributions pretty much everywhere I've heard him. Perhaps moreso than on his own solo albums. I do love Inside: Missing Link, and all his albums ca. 1968-1975 are well worth checking out. But as a solo artist he is relatively obscure. A poll like this has an element of a "popularity contest" I'm afraid, as I was trying to include most of the profilic/popular acts. Volker Kriegel is definitely not obscure in Germany. and what very few people know: he was also a cartoonist. we have a very original book with cartoons of him. it looks like the sketchbook of an artist who is a heavy smoker; it has holes from "cigarette burns". but these are not real cigarette burns; they are just painted on. the holes are real though. a highly original idea Yep, but completely unkown in (most of) the rest of the world. Which is where I happen to live. Its often like that isn't it? His two most rated albums here on PA has 11 and 12 ratings. In the Jazz Rock/Fusion overlooked and obscure gems albums-section you'll find Dedalus - St - which has 127 ratings. Some jazzrock-interested folks may know about Passport and Embryo - a few more know Eberhard Weber because he was on ECM, and I think that's about it. Some of the Krautrock bands are quite huge though. And hip. Can in particular.

Saperlipopette! wrote: David_D wrote: About Area by the way, it has been mostly considered as Jazz-Rock until some years ago. That didn't change just because they've been lumped into RPI here, simply because they're an italian band. I focused more on the "purely" jazzrock-fusion in the poll. Area is of course jazzrock to an extent, much like Magma, Henry Cow and even early Art Zoyd are. I would personally placed them in Avant/RIO.

Grumpyprogfan wrote: Here's some Di Meola with Mr. Hammer, Anthony Jackson, Steve Gadd, and others.

Here's some Di Meola with Mr. Hammer, Anthony Jackson, Steve Gadd, and others. 

Can't touch this!

^ It's Hammer Time!