1916/Elastic Rock/Striation/Taranaki/Twisted Track/Crude Blues Part I/ Crude Blues Part II/1916 (Battle Of Boogaloo)/Torrid Zone/Stonescape/Electric Mother/Speaking For Myself/Persephones Jive
Elastic Rock was the debut album from the British jazz-rock band Nucleus. They were led by trumpeter Ian Carr, a prominent figure in jazz circles during the 1960s. They won first prize at the 1970 Montreux Jazz Festival. (UK:46)
“Ian Carr's trumpet is the secret ingredient which makes the whole experiment gel, but all the band members turn in good performances and offer an interesting take on fusion which tends towards shorter, snappier tracks than most of the fusion crowd were working on at the time.”
“It sounds like a textbook 70s fusion album. Battle Of Boogaloo is a real masterstroke with its irregular yet satisfying groove. I find the second half better than the first, but the whole album is full of good jazz-rock.”
“Highly acclaimed by both prog and jazz reviewers, Elastic Rock is smooth jazz music led mainly by improvisations through sax, flutes and Ian Carr's trumpet. In this all instrumental album, the brass instruments are supported by a nice electric piano, and the very distinctive and somewhat fuzzy guitars result in mellow yet delicate jazz musicianship.”
“Though closer to jazz than rock, Nucleus proved that there is no need to be highly complex in order to create a relaxing and greatly executed piece of jazz-rock.” “A quite enjoyable yet rarely imaginative fusion, that is more rock-centred rather than jazz-centred.”
“The drumming, playing and composition style are instantly recognisable to any fan of mid-70s Soft Machine, and this is what makes this album both delightful and disconcerting at the same time. Only Ian Carr's trumpet and the understated guitar keep reminding me that in fact this is Nucleus. At this time many exponents of British jazz-rock fusion did sound very similar, some doing it better than others, Nucleus being one of the better ones.”
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