Viklicky-frisell-driscoll-johnson - Okno / Window

M/m- | EMIL VIKLICKY:synthesizer,piano
BILL FRISELL:guitar
KERMIT DRISCOLL:bass
VINTON JOHNSON:drums
JAN BERÁNEK:violin

The second solo album by jazz pianist Emil Viklicky. He played with Karel VelebnΓ½'s SHQ and was a member of the legendary KlΓ΅vesovΓ΅ konklΓ΅va (The Keyboard Conclave); both groups will be covered in future posts. Besides of that, he was also one of those few lucky guys who were allowed to study in the U.S. in the seventies, where he spent a year at the Barklee Collage of Music. Back in Prague, in the summer of 1979 some of his new friends from the States dropped by to say hello: guitarist Bill Frisell, bass player Kermit Driscoll and the ex-Stark Reality drummer Vinton Johnson. The result of that short visit was the album Okno (The Window).

"Trochu funky" actually means "A little bit funky". But I'd say that the track is funky a lot, thus the English title The Funky Way seems more appropriate. One highlight is certainly Johnson's extensive drumming. Watch out for two long breaks which should please all samplaficionados out there. On the other hand, ViklickΓ½'s melodies borrow a lot from Moravian ethnic music and that joyous nature fits quite well with the disco beat. And although I don't find the tune arrangement and structure as exciting as it could have possibly been, this kind of fusion makes it still quite distinguishable from similar international disco-jazz productions of that era. The rest of album continues in a similar funky fusion vein, except for one ballad.
Okno is without doubt one of the funkiest original albums that ever came out on a Czechoslovak record label.


A1 Trochu Funky = The Funky Way 6:10
A2 Zase ZapomnΔ›li ZavΕ™Γ­t Okno = They've Left The Window Open Again 4:35
A3 Siesta 5:45
A4 Jumbo Jet 6:15
B1 Boston 5:15
B2 Píseň Pro Jana Hammra = Song For Jan Hammer 6:45
B3 JeΕ΅tΔ› Jednou Slunce = Once Again Sun 4:50
B4 KvΔ›ten = Maytime 4:25

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