Label : ? Electrecord - STM-EDE 02377 Format : Vynil
Country : Romania
Year : 1983
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz-Rock, Jazz-Funk, Post Bop
TRACKS
A1. Negru Pe Alb : 7:31
A2. Kon - Tiki : 6:06
A3. Echinox : 4:50
B4. Cîntecul Căpitanului Nemo : 8:52
B5. Nodul Gordian : 7:57
B6. Din Aproape În Aproape : 2:14
CREDITS
Bass Guitar (A1 to B5): Eugen Tegu Clarinet (A2, A3): Alin Constanțiu Piano,Electric Piano : Marius Popp
Drums (A2 to B5): Eugen Gondi
Drums (A1): Florin Diaconescu
Percussion (A1 to A3): Constantin Petrescu
Tenor Saxophone (A1, B4, B5): Alin Constanțiu Trumpet (A1, A2, B5, B6): Ion Leonte
Composed By, Music : Marius Popp
INFO / BIO
«Marius Popp (born September 21, 1935 in Sibiu) is a Romanian jazz pianist and composer. Popp, who graduated from the Institute of Architecture Ion Mincu in Bucharest, studied with Maricica Neagu (piano), Ana Severa Benţia (piano), Alexandru Paşcanu (musical theory solfège, harmony), and Corneliu Gheorghiu (piano). He has participated in many jazz festivals: Ploiești,Sibiu,San Sebastián,Ljubliana,Prague, Warsaw, Debrecen, Nagykanizsa, Mannheim, Göttingen, Tel Aviv, Russe, Frankfurt am Main, Vienna, Munich, Gărâna, etc. He played with Lionel Hampton when the latter had a concert in București (1971).»
«He was a member of the Mihai Berindei Sextet, of the București Jazz Quartet, and has played with Aura Urziceanu,Pedro Negrescu,Eugen Gondi, Johnny Răducanu, etc. He was a regular of Electrecord's Jazz Series. Panoramic Jazz Rock was his debut album as soloist in 1977, and is one rare example of jazz rock from Romania during the 70s. Later on, after one other intereresting exploration in jazz-rock/post bop with the album
Nodul Gordian
(1983), Popp moved toward more contemporary traditional jazz composition. Full Bio (romanian language): ucmr.org.ro
