The 1975 coming-together of the mighty trio of John Abercrombie, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. Down Beat spoke of “daring and visionary spirit” in a five star review.
Yar! During my years as a pirate on the high seas, sailing beneath the Jolly Roger and switching my eye patch from one eye to another as the mood struck me, my mates and I had one album we listened to all the time. I’m talking about Procol Harum’s 1969 release A Salty Dog, which made for the perfect soundtrack to those quiet nights when we drank rum until we were stone blind
Vangelis did a masterful job of using synthesizers and other eletcronic music of the early 1980s to pull together this soundtrack. If you know this movie, the image of a group of young men running along a largely deserted beach is what you'll see when the title track comes on. The other tracks, though lesser known, are equally enjoyable and well-matched to the movie.