Ananga Ranga - 1977 - Privado

Ananga Ranga
1977
Privado

01. Queen's Jail        
02. Kiss You in the Highway        
03. Lots of Miles Away        
04. Madness        
05. Estranha        
06. Privado        
07. Umnidade        
    a) Espaço Branco        
    b) Saudade        
    Funky Fonky   
08. Libra


Luis Firmino - guitar
Manuel Barreto - keyboards
Vasco Alves - bass
Necas - drums
Manuel Garcia - sax

Portuguese prog rock with some definite jazz tendencies.Interesting and worthwhile addition to any prog fans collection.Very much like "french prog jazz" ZAO meets Italian ARTI MESTIERI, with lots of Sax , Moog and electric violin. Highly professional musicianship and even an oriental (indian) feel to some songs , from which the band's name is a clear source. Very strong is also the late 70's Frank Zappa influence, along with a strong impro funky style reminding me some early Funkadelic works or the 70s Miles Davis explorations in funk music.