An essential debut and a defining moment of jazz-rock.
'Elastic Rock' marked the beginning of a series of intricate and experimental fusion albums. Freewheeling, creative music, thought-provoking and invigorating.
Formed in 1969 by trumpeter and flugelhornist Ian Carr, Nucleus were among the very first groups to fuse jazz and rock from the jazz perspective.
It remains a great piece of early British jazz rock.
Nucleus
Elastic Rock
1970
CD / 2005 / 320Kbps
Tracklist:
1 1916
2 Elastic Rock
3 Striation
4 Taranaki
5 Twisted Track
6 Crude Blues (Part 1)
7 Crude Blues (Part 2)
8 1916 - The Battle Of Boogaloo
9 Torrid Zone
10 Stonescape
11 Earth Mother
12 Speaking For Myself, Personally, In My Own Opinion, I Think...
13 Persephone's Jive
Recorded at Trident Studios, London, January 12, 13, 16 & 21, 1970
Personnel:
Ian Carr / trumpet, flugelhorn
Karl Jenkins / electric piano, oboe, piano, baritone saxophone
Brian Smith / tenor & soprano saxes, flute
Chris Spedding / guitars
Jeff Clyne / bass, electric bass
John Marshall / drums, percussion
Nucleus / Elastic Rock / 1970