Description

Reduced price due to small bent marks on cover and name on innersleeve

Original 1976 German pressing

Despite a prodigious recording career, Joachim Kuhn essentially seems to be a forgotten name, maybe even in the realms of fusion and jazz where he has primarily made his mark over the last 30-odd years. Sometimes called an avant-gardist, Kuhn has more accurately specialized in a fusion of classical and jazz, with a uniquely European flavor. 1976’s Springfever is an album of mostly accessible, rocking, sometimes funk-tinged fusion, punctuated by Kuhn’s dizzying piano runs and blissful organ tones. Philip Catherine joined on guitar; John Lee on bass and Gerald Brown on drums provided the rhythm section, courtesy of Blue Note Records. The end track California Woman summarizes everything that is great about Springfever. It is an album tailor-made for 70’s prog-fusion nuts, chock-full of warm, analog keyboard timbres; it has just enough succinct melody to be accessible to a casual listener, while maintaining a level of musicianship that is far more than sufficient for chops-hounds; it is a keyboard-lovers feast that puts Kuhn’s ample talents up front for all to hear; Philip Catherine also plays some killer fusion licks; and did I mention that this is one bad-ass bass performance by John Lee. If you are a fan of jazz-rock fusion bands like: Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Nova or Australia’s very own MacKenzie Theory then you are really going to enjoy Joachim Kuhn.

Track list:
1. Lady Amber
2. Sunshine
3. Two Whips
4. Spring Fever
5. Morning
6. Mushroom
7. Equal Evil
8. California Woman