Inside: Missing Link

by Volker Kriegel

Inside: Missing Link cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1972
  • Label: MPS
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 1:22:17
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Demonstrating immense technical fluidity, the esteemed German guitarist delivered a sweeping double album that traverses the rapidly expanding boundaries of European jazz fusion. The dynamic, entirely instrumental sessions seamlessly integrate sophisticated post-bop harmonic concepts with driving funk grooves and psychedelic rock textures, featuring exceptional interplay from an international backing ensemble.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, instrumental, guitar-led, virtuosic, sophisticated

Tracklist

  1. Slums On Wheels (13:24)
  2. The "E" Again (6:36)
  3. Zanzibar (10:22)
  4. Missing Link (12:03)
  5. F眉r Hector (5:45)
  6. Remis (4:26)
  7. Tarang (10:00)
  8. Lastic Plemon (5:21)
  9. Janellas Abertas (4:09)
  10. Plonk Whenever (4:06)
  11. Definitely Suspicious (5:55)
  12. Finale (0:10)

Credits

  • Eberhard Weber - bass, electric bass, bass guitar, bulbul tarang, written-by
  • John Marshall - drums
  • Peter Baumeister - drums
  • John Taylor - electric piano [electra]
  • Cees See - flute, percussion, voice, effects
  • Alan Skidmore - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Dieter Von Goetze - supervised by
  • Heinz Sauer - tenor saxophone

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