Gryphon

Orion performs Progressive rock sung in French, with some folk influences, close to French groups such as Mona Lisa or Atoll. One may also think of anglo-saxon bands such as Gryphon, Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes or Gentle Giant. Orion lies somewhere between these groups, with its own style. Recorded in the year 1979, "La Nature Vit, L'Homme Lui Critique…" is a very sought-after collector, reissued by Musea with a new cover art by Jean-Jacques Killan and, as a bonus, the two titles from the band's single. Orion was back with a second album entitled "Mémoires Du Temps". Originally planned for the beginning of the Eighties, this second effort had to wait about thirty-three years to eventually see the light of day…

Clark Terry & Red Mitchell - Jive At Five (1990) {Enja Records - ENJA CD 6042-2 rec 1988}
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© 1990 Enja Records | ENJA CD 6042-2
Jazz / Bop / Trumpet / Bass

The style and the class of these two sacred monsters of music, is best expressed in these very special performances in an unusual but extremely involving duo! A great record!

Beginnings (1975). "Beginnings" is the debut solo studio album of Yes' guitarist Steve Howe. The album was one of the five solo efforts released in the same period of time by all Yes' members during a hiatus of time by the band, after the release of their studio album "Relayer", in 1974. "Beginnings" also features some Yes’ members, Alan White and Patrick Moraz, and the ex-Yes' member Bill Bruford. There are also members of the progressive rock band Gryphon, Graeme Taylor, Malcolm Bennett and Dave Oberlé on one of the songs, besides other guest musicians.
"Beginnings" sounded overall most like a folkier version of Yes' sound with less emphasis on the keyboards. The material on the album is decent and varied. However, the problems here are the vocals of Howe himself. His voice fitted well into the vocal harmonies in Yes, but it reveals itself as very thin and helpless when it stands alone…

Excellent five CD set containing albums from a quintet of Krautrock's finest bands packaged in mini LP sleeves and housed in a slipcase. Includes Parzival's Legend, L.A. Dusseldorf's Viva and self-titled albums from Message, Asterix and Gift…

Ougenweide is a Teutonic musical collective formed at the beginning of the 70's. Their music consists of "pastoral" folk rock compositions with Middle Ages influences. They recorded their first album in 1973. Since 1974 until the end of the 70's they published several albums for Polydor label. They released their last album in 1981 before to split up in 1985. The band reformed in 1996 for a reunion album called "Sol". Both released in 1976, "Orhrenschmausen" and "Eulenspiegel" represent their most notorious efforts. Two classics in the mood of authentic "Pagan" folk rock music with a great variety of acoustic instruments from medieval (with mandolin, flute, Krummhorn.) to "World" (sitar, bongos, marimba.). The result is unique and highly inspired, introducing the listener in an "enchanting" poetic, mythical world. Beautiful lyrics in German accompany tremendous prog folk instrumentations…

Martin Orford is an English keyboard player best known as the keyboardist and founder member of progressive rock bands IQ and Jadis. He also worked with former King Crimson, UK and Asia bassist John Wetton. With an impressive host of high quality musicians such as Gary Chandler (Jadis), John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson), Nick D’Virgilio (Spock’s Beard), and Dave Oberle (Gryphon). Although the simple song structures and occasional radio-friendly vibe may put off the more demanding prog listeners, this album oozes class, as well as warmth and passion.

Live & Unreleased, 1967 is basically a re-release of 1998's 50 Minute Technicolour Dream, only with four fewer tracks. The radio sessions have the expected sound for the era and offer an alternative to the common versions found on Tomorrow…