Chakra is awesome! I'm checking out the eponymous album atm, but I like this one even better

best song

Clarinet – Jerry Rosen
Fortepiano – Frederic Rzewski
Fortepiano, Timpani – Franco Evangelisti
Organ [Hammond] – Roland Kayn
Percussion – Mario Bertoncini
Tenor Saxophone – Ivan Vandor
Trombone – John Heineman
Trumpet – Ennio Morricone

^ I'm guessing that must be the famous Ennio Morricone on trumpet, so it was interesting to discover he'd been involved in this improv project. The music didn't do much for me though.
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Right now, because I'm posting it, and yesterday in my car, I was impressed once more by this song by Audience. It has a great hook, a satisfying line up of instruments and some intense soloing:-

Yes, when Evangelisti started Gruppo..., Morricone had already
been playing trumpet in jazz bands in the 40s and practically all
these guys in Gruppo went on to even more renown after Evangelisti
died and the group disbanded. They contributed to quite a few of
Morricone's soundtracks in the late 60s/early 70s. Bertoncini and
Kayn recently had some career-spanning type releases just before they
both passed away recently (Kayn's was my choice for best release of 2017)
and I talked to Rzewski recently after a performance and he looks and
feels good and is as feisty in his socio-political views as ever these days.
Their importance to group improv cannot be overlooked or underestimated.

Good to see Audience mentioned. In addition to House on the Hill,
please consider Friend's Friend's Friend also. An interesting tidbit: after
the band folded, the guitarist-vocalist went on to join the Doors as a
replacement for Morrison after he died. That didn't last long. :laughing:

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