This Oneness, USA-Minnesota ***REISSUED***

Surprize. 1975 Oz

***Reissued by the band in a 3 CD set with 2 unreleased albums Nov 2022 

Moved to UMR

Priority: 2

5/22/10; 8/13/22 (complete)

Tullio de Piscopo, Italy ***REISSUED***

Tullio de Piscopo Revolt Group - Sotto e 'ncoppa. 1975 Carosello

Tullio de Piscopo Vol. 2. 1976 Carosello

***Both reissued by New Platform Aug 2022

De Piscopo is a well known jazz percussionist (to this day), who ventured into progressive fusion in the mid 1970s. First he played with The New Trolls, then he released these two fusion albums with some excellent Fender Rhodes, sax and guitar action. De Piscopo reminds me most of Toni Esposito's albums from the same era. Sotto e 'ncoppa features Sante Palumbo who was also on the Sway album. Vol. 2 is more diverse, mixing in period disco, acoustic folk, tight fusion, and rock versions of traditional Italian sing-a-longs. I felt this was the stronger of the two releases. Thanks to Midwest Mike! 

Priority: 3

9/28/09 (new entry); 8/6/22 (complete)

Jukka Hauru, Finland ***REISSUED***

Information. 1972 Finnlevy

Episode. 1975 Love

***Information reissued by Lipposen Levy Ja Kasetti in 2021

***Episode reissued by Lipposen Levy Ja Kasetti in 2022

I first came across Hauru's name in the early 90's in association with the first Kalevala album, still a personal favorite album of mine. So I picked up the Information LP not long after from one of my dealer friends. I didn't get Episode until the ebay years. On his debut album "Information", there's no doubt the major influence for Jukka Hauru - one of Frank Zappa, especially of the Hot Rats era. The same motif is applied: Silly bits of humor, an almost academic approach to chamber jazz, and shredding early 70s bluesy wah-wah guitar like the master himself. Hauru proves to be an exceptional student, and this album is a no-brainer for fans of the style. "Episode" is quite a bit different, and moves towards the center of the Euro fusion movement. But it's a really good example of the style, with tight playing and Hauru proves to be once again quite adept with the electric six stringer. As an aside, Jukka Linkola plays keyboards on this album, and he apparently has a fine fusion album as well which I haven't heard. Looks like the cool folks over at ProgNotFrog have a copy to check out. 

Priority: 2

3/25/11 (new entry); 8/3/22 (complete)