Tuesday, June 11, 2024

El Trio (Lapouble / Lew / Cevasco), Argentina


El Trio (Lapouble / Lew / Cevasco) - Todo En Su Medida y Armoniosamente. 1974 Music Hall

My original review here stated: Highly inventive, and primarily instrumental, guitar trio with fuzzy electric and some well placed acoustic bits. The two tracks with female vocals are the highlights, and add to the jazzy psych allure of the material. Like a looser, more improvisational take on the second El Reloj album.

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After purchasing the reissue LP: I'm going to step away from the El Reloj reference, but despite that, last night's listen resulted in a +1 experience. The album is very unusual in its construct. It's jazz rock but very inventive. The label tries hard to claim it's jazz funk, but that's not the case really. It's just their market they're trying to appeal to. For me the highlight is the title track with Patricia Clark's beautiful wordless voice. Guessing she's not a native with that name, but who knows. This track in particular sounds Brazilian and reminds me of the best of Sergio Mendes. The guitarist isn't highly amplified, but he's active as is the rhythm section. B3 is another highlight. I can do without A3, but the rest is splendid. Unfortunately the album is too short coming in at 32 minutes with one 3 minute throwaway. Even still, it's one of a kind and well worth pursuing.

Priority: 2

***Reissued on LP by Vampi Soul (2021)

1/25/10

1 comment:

Cristian Borello said...

Hello, I've just discovered this blog looks great, what a pity you don't ost the albums, but it's great to promoto the reissue of great albums on cd. Here's the link to download the album form a great argentine blog whre The Trio (Lew, Cevasco, Lapouble) and I are from. Long live Argentine Rock!
http://www.losinconseguiblesdelrock.com/2011/06/el-trio-lapouble-lew-cevasco-todo-en-su.html

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