Freedom jazz dance (Brian Auger) (LP 2086 - 2088)

Billy Cobham  Total Eclipse (Vinyl, Atlantic Records, 1974) *****  

Brian Auger and The Trinity  Berliner Jazzstage  November 7, 1968 (Vinyl, Rock Beat Records, 2018) ***  

Brian Auger's Oblivion Express  Second Wind (Vinyl, RCA, 1972) ****   

Genre: Jazz fusion  

Places I remember: Melbourne Record Shops - Wax Museum Records; Round and Round Records; Record Paradise

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Truth (Second Wind)

Gear costume: Bandits, Sea Of Tranquility (Total Eclipse)

Active compensatory factors: I bought quite a few records while in Melbourne recently. These three are all in the jazz fusion category.

I love this genre because it can extend in lots of directions along a jazz rock fusion continuum.

Billy Cobham's Total Eclipse is an intense multi-layered experience. I've highlighted a short intense track (Bandits) and a longer form intense track for your listening pleasure. Even so, the music feels tight - no noodling wig outs from Billy!

While Billy is intense, Brian Auger is cool personified. When he gets into a great groove like on Truth there is no one better on the Hammond B3 organ.

The 1968 live album is recorded well and a great artifact from Driscoll and Auger. Season Of The Witch gets a ridiculously expansive treatment from the pair.

Second Wind from four years later features spirited vocals from Alex Ligertwood, those sinewy and funky organ lines from Auger and some excellent songs.

Where do they all belong? All excellent additions to one of my favourite genres.