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Con LUCKY GURI (piano el\u00e9ctrico Rhodes y mini-moog), JORDY CLUA (bajo) y FRANCIS RABASSA (bater\u00eda).<\/p>\n<p>Portada gatefold como el original.<\/p>\n<p>Insert con fotos y detalladas notas en ingl\u00e9s\/castellano\/catal\u00e1n por el periodista \u00c0lex G\u00f3mez-Font.<\/p>\n<p>Altamente recomendado si te gustan Placebo, Soft Machine, Egg, Return To Forever, Weather Report&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Despu\u00e9s de grabar el disco \u00abWe Are Digging The Beatles\u00bb en 1972 junto a Peter Rohr (saxofonista de M\u00e0quina!), el innovador pianista Lucky Guri decidi\u00f3 formar su propio grupo, tomando el jazz como punto de partida pero incorporando otras influencias m\u00e1s ecl\u00e9cticas y el\u00e9ctricas. As\u00ed que en 1973 nace el New Jazz Trio, que ser\u00e1 el embri\u00f3n de Barcelona Traction. Lucky se hace acompa\u00f1ar por el virtuoso contrabajista Jordi Clua (ex-Dos+Un) y por Francis Rabassa a la bater\u00eda (un veterano de la escena beat de Barcelona). El trio se convierte en el grupo de la casa en la legendaria Cova Del Drac donde tocan cada d\u00eda, incluso acompa\u00f1ando a grandes figuras internacionales del eje jazz USA-Paris. Esto les hace ganar destreza en sus improvisaciones.<\/p>\n<p>Pero el factor decisivo es cuando deciden convertirse en grupo el\u00e9ctrico. Lucky incorpora el piano el\u00e9ctrico (Rhodes) y Jordi el bajo, lo que unido al beat moderno de la bater\u00eda de Francis da como resultado un excitante sonido de jazz-rock el\u00e9ctrico. Sufrieron las cr\u00edticas de los m\u00e1s puristas pero al mismo tiempo una nueva generaci\u00f3n de aficionados que ven\u00edan del rock los apoyan.<\/p>\n<p>Deciden cambiarse el nombre a Barcelona Traction y son fichados por el sello \u00d2liba-Edigsa (dirigido nada menos que por Joan Manuel Serrat, de hecho los m\u00fasicos de Barcelona Traction fueron parte de su grupo de acompa\u00f1amiento) y en 1975 publican su primer disco, envuelto en una curiosa portada abierta. El \u00e1lbum contiene cinco temas instrumentales: tres escritos por Lucky Guri y dos fabulosas versiones de Ruben Serrano (\u00abSudam\u00e9rica) y James Taylor (\u00abFire and Rain\u00bb, titulada en catal\u00e1n como\u00bbFoc i pluja\u00bb).<\/p>\n<p>Durante esa \u00e9poca, el trio es capturado en film por Frances Bellmunt durante su actuaci\u00f3n en el festival Canet Rock, donde se aprecia la fuerza y alto nivel instrumental del grupo en directo.<\/p>\n<p>Sin duda Barcelona Traction marcaron una era y su primer disco es la prueba.<\/p>\n<p>\u00abUna m\u00fasica moderna, fresca y que atrapa a quien la escucha. A diferencia de otros grupos como M\u00fasica Urbana, que basaban su m\u00fasica en la sofisticaci\u00f3n y unos desarrollos mucho m\u00e1s t\u00e9cnicos, Barcelona Traction destaca por ser una de las formaciones surgidas en la Barcelona de los setenta donde adem\u00e1s de marcar una \u00e9poca e innovar, supieron crear una m\u00fasica aparentemente sencilla, con mucha energ\u00eda.\u00bb<br \/>&#8211; \u00c0lex G\u00f3mez-Font<\/p>\n<p>Tracklist: A1. Has Vist Passar Els Ocells \u2013 A2. Modulacions \u2013 A3. Estudi En Afro<br \/>B1. Sudam\u00e8rica \u2013 B2. Foc i Pluja<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Por primera vez reeditado en vinilo el primer \u00e1lbum de Barcelona Traction, originalmente publicado en 1975. 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And thus, in 1973, he created the New Jazz Trio, which would become the embryo for Barcelona Traction. Lucky was accompanied by top double bass player Jordi Clua (ex-Dos +Un) and drummer Francis Rabassa (a veteran of the Barcelona 60s beat scene). The New Jazz Trio was the house band at the legendary La Cova del Drac jazz club, where they played every day, even acting as the backing band for international artists that came mainly through the USA-Paris jazz connection.Performing life on a daily basis gave the trio great skills and the confidence to create a more personal sound through improvisation. But the turning point came when they decided to go electric. Lucky Guri moved to electric piano and even introduced the mini-moog to their sound. Jordi Clua never left the double bass, but started to use an electric bass as well. Add the modern, daring beat of Francis Rabassa and they started delivering a totally electric jazz-rock sound. The resulting mix arose the criticism of their more jazz-purist followers who turned their back on them, but the younger generations and a new audience coming from rock started to follow them instead.After changing their name to Barcelona Traction, they caught the attention of popular catalan singer-songwriter Joan Manuel Serrat, who arranged for them to sign for his label, \u00d2liba-Edigsa. The resulting LP contains five instrumental tracks. Three are written by Lucky Guri, the other two are fabulous covers of Rubens Serrano's \"Sudam\u00e9rica\" and James Taylor's \"Fire and Rain\", here translated to Catalan as \"Foc i pluja\".On Francesc Bellmunt's film about the famous Canet Rock festival, the band appears playing \"Sudam\u00e9rica\". Thanks to this footage we can see how powerful the trio was on stage. Barcelona Traction marked an era, and their eponymous debut LP is here to prove it. Modern, fresh music that gets the attention of the listener. 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