Nova

[Bilbo]

In light of cetera's Ambrosia post, I thought I would post an old favourite of mine. Its an old jazz rock outfit called Vimana. It featured Corrado Rusticci on guitar and vocals, Elio D'Anna (Sax,Flute), Renato Rosset(Key) our very own Percy Jones on bass, Narada Michael Walden(dr) and, Phil Collins on percussion.

Let these ride: a kind of progressive rock/Mahavishnu/Brand X vibe but very melodic and great dynamics. Vimana is a great composition, The Princess and the Frog is great fun with a solid groove in 6:4 and Driftwood is more subtle. Rustici is a great voice on guitar and D'Anna avoids any bebop cliches. Never heard any of their other stuff - its impossible to find!!


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[Spoombung]

Ooooooo... that's a blast from the past. Pity there's no film of them, though.

[RhysP]

Thanks for posting those - always nice to hear a bit of Percy I've not heard before.

[dmz]

Ah yes ! - wonderful album - first got it on vinyl in the early 80's ......(showing my age here, ahem)

A CD reprint came out a few years ago but only really available in Japan - prefer the mix on the vinyl album.

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Some other albums listed one of which is not available - don't think the other two albums featured Percy mind......

Always an innovator and just goes to show you can get good sounds out of a fretless Precision bass.