Katamaran - 1978 - Cafe Florian

Katamaran

1978 

Cafe Florian

01. Café Florian
02. Plaza de la Trinitad
03. Das Stück der Quated
04. Chromadur
05. Kurt

Bass, Percussion – Dago Dombrowski
Drums, Percussion – Rudi Marhold
Guitar – Franz Holtmann
Percussion – Waldemar Karpenkiel
Saxophone [Tenor, Soprano] – Roland Schmitt

Katamaran's second album was named after the famous ''Cafe Florian'' in Venice (1978, Pläne) and featured a slightly different line-up to the debut album.Former Kollektiv Waldo Karpenkiel joined them on percussion, Roland Schmitt grabed the saxes and Rudi Marhold was the new drummer.The album was an abstract mix of Jazz, Return to Forever-styled Lounge Fusion and Passport's discreet spacey aesthetics on Jazz Fusion, containinig also a nice amount of funky grooves.Rather poor in true dynamics, but very rich in changing moods, solos and atmospheres.Extremely professional plays, which sometimes get on the very loose side of Jazz, still having this atmospheric German vibe all the way through.Great jazzy drumming, pretty heavy on the flute work, with some very good synth and electric piano lines and touches of Latin Fusion in specific pieces.These guys apparently could perform every Jazz-generated style with comfort.This work just falls on the more improvised style of Fusion, but contains more than enough interesting instrumental parts.