Blue Effect & Jazzový Orchestr Československého Rozhlasu
Nová syntéza & Nová syntéza 2

  • Format: CD
  • Band: Blue Effect & Jazzový Orchestr Československého Rozhlasu
  • Title: Nová syntéza & Nová syntéza 2
  • Band's Origin: CS
  • Style: progressive Rock
  • Rating: 5
  • Release Year: 2020
  • Recording Year: 1971-1974
  • Production Year: 1971 & 1974/2020
  • Record Company: Supraphon
  • Item's Number: SU 6596-2
  • Color of the Label:
  • Edition:
  • Extras: digipak
  • EAN: 099925659622
  • Weight: 111 g
Grading
  • Visual: new
  • Acoustic:
  • Cover: new

Supraphon Release Information



Reissue of legendary albums on two CDs with bonuses

In 1971 it was a real event: the band Blue Effect joined forces with the Jazzový Orchestr Československého Rozhlasu (Jazz Orchestra of the Czechoslovak Radio). The studio recording, supported by a concert presentation of the songs, brought together two previously seemingly incompatible units. In our terms, it was a surprise, although a differently conceived collaboration of beat and big band could have been found, see “Odyssea” (Odyssey) by Brno’s Atlantis and Gustav Brom.

The Prague album, however, went in a different direction: the purely instrumental content was after all more big band jazz than rock, but the vigorous rhythm players Kozel & Čech, the excellent guitarist Hladík and the keyboardist Semelka followed more than ably. The three-years-younger follow-up is already sung, though it definitely does not consist of trivial three-minute pop songs. With the lyrics by Pavel Vrba and Boris Janíček / Eduard Pergner, Semelka and Kůstka did a great job, while the musical part already indicated that the experiment is catching more rock, soon confirmed parameters.

This reissue offers remastered sound, reconstructed cover art, documentary sleeve-notes with photos and CD bonuses. These consist of the first album’s more than twenty-minute variation of JOČR on the theme of Khachaturian’s music for the ballet Gayane (“Variace na baletní hudbu Arama Chačaturjana Gajané”) (first time on CD, solo also by Radim Hladík), in the second case three instrumental pieces by M. Efekt, in many ways related to “Nová syntéza 2”.

Tracklist



CD 1 Jazzový Orchestr Československého Rozhlasu & Modrý Efekt: Nová syntéza – ℗ 1971


1. Má hra 8:58
2. Směr jihovýchod 5:30
3. Popínavý břečťan 5:35
4. Blues modrého efektu 8:02
5. Nová syntéza 14:16
Bonus:
6. Variace na baletní hudbu Arama Chačaturjana Gajané 22:19 – ℗ 1972

CD 2 Jazzový Orchestr Československého Rozhlasu & M. Efekt: Nová syntéza 2 – ℗ 1974


1. Nová syntéza 2 22:04
2. Je třeba obout boty a pak dlouho jít 9:57
3. Klíště 3:24
4. Jedenáctého října 7:31
Bonus:
5. Blue Effect: Boty – Recorded 1973, ℗ 1974 9:57
6. Blue Effect: Skládanka – Recorded 1973, ℗ 1974 5:48
7. Blue Effect: Ztráty a nálezy – Recorded 1973, ℗ 1974 5:12