Free Fair - 1979 - Free Fair 2

Free Fair

1979

Free Fair 2

01. West End

02. Bassclarinet Introduction

03. Final Call

04. To Raul

05. Napalis

06. Piano Introduction

07. Marathon

Recorded At – Fendal Soundstudio's

Bass – Harry Emmery

Drums – Eric Ineke

Engineer – Jan Kranendonk

Percussion – John Engels (tracks: 4)

Piano – Rob Van Den Broeck

Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Bass Clarinet – Dick Vennik

Recorded at Fendal Sound Studio, Loenen aan de Vecht, Holland, Oktober 14, 1979.

Second Free Fair album '' Free Fair 2'' (1979, Timeless Records) actually came out as a collaboration between the members of the band, at a time when Rob van den Broeck had been arleady involved in Third Eye.It opens with a very long and too loose Jazz Rock piece titled ''West end'', containing too many improvised parts, drum solos and instrumental masturbations, even flirting with Free Jazz forms, and same goes for the whole opening side, which has no evident Fusion elements and is consumed in needless soloing with only a few structured lines. A big dissapointment .Fortunately the flipside is much much better with 2-3 pieces of cool, instrumental Jazz Fusion, featuring lots of delicate flute, interesting acoustic piano and more down-to-Earth sax performamces, especially on ''To Raul'' and ''Napalis'', both breezing some top-league interplays between the musicians and also some nice rhythm breaks.Why including a piece like ''Marathon'' for a closer? This thing seemed to be rolling nicely, before another Free Jazz/Jazz Rock storm strikes again .Seriously virtuosic, but totally directionless.''Free fair 2'' loses the battle again the first album due to its inconsistency.