MAGOG – Live In Montreux '73 (LP-1973 / Evasion Disques – EA 100 812)

Label: Evasion Disques – EA 100 812

Series: Living Now - 3

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: Switzerland - Printed in France / Released: 1973

(Insert a Poem by the Hungarian Poet Endre Ady)

Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation

Recorded live at Centre des Congrès, Montreux, 3 July 1973, Switzerland

Engineer: Chris Pennycate

Layout: Studiopizz

Cover, photo: Franz Glose

Matrix / Runout: Side1: EA 100 812 A1

Matrix / Runout: Side2: EA 100 812 A2

A1 - Magog (One - Two - Three) ................................................................ 7:00

A2 - One For Lucky Luke .......................................................................... 10:23

A3 - Tell (One) ............................................................................................ 9:05

B1 - Tell (Two - Three) ................................................................................ 6:08

B2 - Ganz Zum Überfluss Meinte Eusebius Noch Folgendes .................... 6:35

B3 - Mini Rock ............................................................................................ 5:37

B4 - See Waldi ........................................................................................... 8:05

Musicians:

Hans Kennel – trumpet, fluegelhorn, percussion

Andy Scherrer – tenor sax, alto sax, percussion

Paul Haag – trombone, percussion

Klaus Koenig – piano, Fender Rhodes 

Peter Frei – bass

Peter Schmidlin – drums, percussion

Magog were a Swiss sextet who played many concerts throughout Europe in the seventies - including at the prestigious Montreux Festival in 1973, a performance released on LP on the great Evasion label. They also went on to record one album for JAPO/ECM and both LPs became underground classics garnering much praise from Melody Maker at the time.

The groups approach reflected an all embracing attitude to music making that was akin to other groups of the time such as Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band and the more improvisatory explorations of early Weather Report. However Magog had their own very distinct personality and like British jazz of the early 1970's is clearly deserving of rediscovery.

Enjoy!

If you find it, buy this album!