Close Beauty (Mascot Label Group ) 2019

Jan Akkerman

Portada: Michael Cheval

El guitarrista holandés Jan Akkerman (1946) tendrá en circulación su nuevo álbum  titulado Close Beauty el 25 de octubre. La referida grabación sirve de estreno en su nuevo sello discográfico tras un periodo de ocho años de diferencia con su anterior disco de larga duración.

Close Beauty reúne una docena de piezas instrumentales que se inspiraron, según Akkerman, en la idea de que cuando estás demasiado cerca de un objeto no puedes ver el valor real. Al respecto, Jan reconoce en su página web: 'Siempre he podido decir que ninguno de mis álbumes suena igual. Explorar cosas nuevas es algo que siempre quise hacer. El armonicista Toots Thielemans una vez me dijo: 'tu tiempo, esa es tu firma, tu autógrafo'. Considero que 'Close Beauty es exactamente así. Si te paras muy cerca de una vaca, no puedes decir que es una vaca, después de todo".

Jan Akkerman cuenta con una amplia lista de discos en estudio y en directo tanto como solista como guitarrista de bandas, entre las que destaca la holandesa Focus, cuyo mejor momento se desarrolló durante la década de 1970.

Repertorio

1. Spiritual Privacy (Sunset Tango)
2. Beyond The Horizon
3. Reunion
4. Close Beauty
5. Retrospection (Emotional Debris-The Power Behind The Throne-Hear The Trees Whistle For The Dog-Euridice)
6. Passagaglia
7. Tommy's Anniversary
8. Don Giovanni
9. Meanwhile in St. Tropez
10. French Pride
11. Fromage
12. Good Body Every Evening


Músicos

Jan Akkerman (guitarras)
David de Marez Oyens (bajo)
Coen Molenaar (teclados)
Marijn van den Berg (batería)


Más portadas

C. U. (2003)
Jan Akkerman - Live in Concert (2008)
Fromage A Trois (2009)
Jazzah! (EP 2009)
Minor Details (2011)

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The Complete Jan Akkerman (Red Bullet) 2018

Jan Akkerman

26 CD

Jan Akkerman (1946, Amsterdam) es sin duda uno de los guitarristas europeos de más largo recorrido artístico dentro del ámbito del rock, aunque este músico holandés toca diferentes palos, pues al género musical hay que añadir su trabajos en los terrenos del jazz, blues, progresivo y de la música clásica de diferentes épocas. Este mes se va a poner a la venta una caja especial con 26 discos en formato digital que incluye un completo legado del guitarrista holandés, desde sus discos en solitario a los realizados con otros grupos, entre otros, Focus, y grabaciones en directo, así como un CD con piezas raras y otras inéditas. 

La vasta entrega discográfica se completa con un libreto que ofrece una biografía, fotos inéditas y una explicación de cada uno de los discos, con los créditos completos . Jan Akkerman expone sus recuerdos de los los 23 álbumes de estudio y en vivo, que ha recopilados de entrevistas.


CD 1 – Talent For Sale
1. Bags Groove 2.42
2. Revival Of The Cat 2.53
3. Moonbeam 3.06
4. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy 3.24
5. On The Green Light 2.54
6. What'd I Say 2.37
7. Slim Jenkin’s Place 3.20
8. Hineimatov 3.19
9. Green Onions 3.16
10. Ode To Billy Joe 5.30
11. Comin' Home Baby 2.23

CD 2 – Profile
1. Fresh Air (Must Be My Land – Wresting To Get Out – Back Again – The Fight – Fresh Air, Blue Notes For
Listening – Water And Skies Are Telling Me – Happy Gabriël?) 19.53
2. Kemps Jig 1.32
3. Etude 1.30
4. Blue Boy 2.23
5. Andante Sostenuto 4.07
6. Maybe Just A Dream 2.34
7. Minstrel / Farmers Dance 1.43
8. Stick 3.37

CD 3 – Tabernakel
1. Britannia by John Dowland 3.56
2. Coranto For Mrs. Murcott by Francis Pilkington 1.27
3. The Earl Of Derby, His Galliard by John Dowland 1.57
4. House Of The King 2.23
5. A Galliard by Anthonie Holborne 2.11
6. A Galliard by John Dowland 1.33
7. A Pavan by Thomas Morley 3.06
8. Jaweh 3.22
9. A Fantasy by Laurencini of Rome 3.20
10. Lammy (I Am – Asleep, Half Asleep, Awake – She Is, Lammy – We Are, The Last Will And Testament – Amen)
14.05

CD 4 – Jan Akkerman; Kaz Lux: Eli / Transparental
Eli:
1. Eli 4.24
2. Guardian Angel 4.54
3. Tranquillizer 4.15
4. Can’t Fake A Good Time 5.20
5. There He Still Goes 3.43
6. Strindberg 3.07
7. Wings Of Strings 3.17
8. Naked Actress 5.43
9. Fairytale 3.45
Transparental:
10. Inspiration 6.08
11. Apocalypso 6.15
12. Concentrate, Don’t Hesitate 6.43
13. Transparental 1.10
14. I Don’t Take It Much Longer 3.52
15. Marsha 5.03
16. You’re Not The Type 5.57
17. The Party Is Over 4.28

CD 5 – Jan Akkerman
1. Crackers 4.18
2. Angel Watch 9.50
3. Pavane 5.31
4. Streetwalker 6.59
5. Skydancer 5.12
6. Floatin’ 5.13
7. Gate To Europe 3.01

CD 6 – Tony Scott featuring Jan Akkerman: Prism
1. Silmarillion 11.56
2. The Offering 11.02
3. Blues Blues Blues And Then Some More Blues 11.02
4. Under The Bo Tree 12.02

CD 7 – Jan Akkerman & Claus Ogerman: Aranjuez
1. Adagio from 'Concierto de Aranjuez' 5.54
2. Nightwings 4.49
3. Mondinha (Preludio) 5.04
4. Españoleta 5.32
5. Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte 6.44
6. Love Remembered 3.34
7. The Seed Of God (from ‘Magdalena’) 5.37
8. Bachinanas Brasileiras No.5 5.44

CD 8 – Live
1. Transitory 2.06
2. Skydancer 8.33
3. Pavane 7.15
4. Crackers 6.50
5. Tommy 3.36
6. Azimuth 6.08

CD 9 – Jan Akkerman 3
1. Stingray (Get Up With That) 5.49
2. Wait And See 4.55
3. She’s So Divine 3.49
4. Funk Me 5.56
5. This Is The One 6.00
6. Nightprayer 5.45
7. Time Out Of Mind 1.19

CD 10 – Oil In The Family
1. Oil In The Family 6.22
2. Formula N-One 9.37
3. Disc-O-Asis 7.05
4. No Doubt About It 5.42
5. Family Reprise 1.03
6. Blue In The Shadow 3.52

CD 11 – Pleasure Point
1. Valdez 4.10
2. Heavy Pleasure 8.42
3. Cool In The Shadow 7.01
4. Visions Of Blue 9.50
5. C.S. 3.53
6. Bird Island 7.01
Extras (1998):
7. Atlantean Dew 5.02
8. Laurie’s Dance 1.36
9. Angel Blue 2.42
10. Halfway 4.01
11. 35 Seconds 0.34
12. Waterfalls Of Eden 1.00
13. Desiderata 1.48
14. Terra Pax?! 1.08
15. Guilty By Association 0.33
16. Communion & Procession 2.17
17. Near Odessa 1.14
18. Anne Mia 2.58

CD 12 – It Could Happen To You
1. Old Tennis Shoes 11.27
2. Come Closer 8.41
3. Funkology (Baby Start – One Way – Free) 11.35
4. It Could Happen To You (Free Together) 5.25

CD 13 – Can’t Stand Noise
1. Piétons 7.58
2. Everything Must Change 6.26
3. Back To The Factory 7.52
4. Journey (A Real Elegant Gipsy) 4.28
5. Heavy Treasure 8.55
6. Just Because 5.35
7. Who Knows 1.15
Extras (1994):
8. Crackers 9.38
9. Burger’s Blues (Intro) 3.18
10. Prima Donna 5.19
11. Sketches Of Pleasure 11.12

CD 14 – From The Basement
1. Headbanger 6.28
2. All Along The Watchtower 14.14
3. Dark Rose 2.55
4. Wallenberg (Dedicated To Raoul Wallenberg) 6.09
5. From The Basement 8.22
6. P.C.B. Chicken 6.36
7. Status Quo 2.56
Extras (1998):
‘The Love Is Uneven Suite’
8. a) She Let Me Do What I Want 0.39
9. b) Blues From The Tews 0.46
10. c) Cherubim & Sepharim 1.48
11. d) She Can’t Say Don’t 3.01
12. e) Part 1 – Took Her To Locronan 0.39
13. f) Part 2 – Then Rollright Stones (The Tews) 6.56
14. g) No More Parking 2.44
15. When I Was A Cocktail In A Waitress Bar 4.30
16. Ellington’s Way 3.26

CD 15 – Heartware
1. My Pleasure 8.54
2. Just Because, So! 5.00
3. Lost & Found 7.08
4. Heartware 6.50
5. Winterborn, Lyric 5.07
6. Lonely Street Of Dreams 5.48
7. Firenze 2.54
Extras (1998):
8. Apollo’s Mask 0.50
9. Dancing In Chains (not S.M.) 4.48
10. Dompteuse Du Serpent 0.27
11. Fire From Heaven 2.44
12. Almost Dawn 1.55
13. Agony & Ecstasy 3.16
14. Akkermani 1.42
15. Luxemburger 4.20

CD 16 – The Noise Of Art
1. Trojan Horse 3.55
2. You Can’t Keep A Bad Man Up 3.06
3. Bonnaville 4.33
4. Shame On You 6.44
5. Having Fun 3.55
6. Prima Donna 5.27
7. Prelude: Friends Always 5.18
8. Akkerman’s Sombrero 7.10
9. My Pleasure 6.40
10. Quiet Storm 2.42

CD 17 – PucciniI’s Cafe
1. Burger’s Blues 4.28
2. Your Eyes In The Whiskey 6.30
3. Spanish Roads 2.06
4. Key To The Highway 5.37
5. It Comes & Goes 2.54
6. Albatross 4.26
7. Blue Train 6.21
8. Love Is Uneven 8.56
9. Puccini’s Cafe 5.45

CD 18 – Blues Hearts
1. Wake Up! 3.24
2. Blues Route '94 5.45
3. Milestones 7.06
4. Red Pool House Blues 3.02
5. No Gossip 3.45
6. Virgin Mary 5.16
7. Traffic Jam 3.39
8. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy 7.37
9. Soft Focus 4.19

CD 19 – Focus In Time
1. Home Voyage (Intro – Where Would I Be – I’ll Make It Up To You – Extro) 8.13
2. Saudade 5.22
3. Nail The Snake 3.39
4. Après Un Rêve 3.54
5. Am I Losing You 6.24
6. Wildflower 3.58
7. On The Table 3.28
8. Elegy 4.55
9. Laurie Anne 2.13
10. Leading Me There 3.22
11. I'll Find My Own Way Home 2.35

CD 20 – 10.000 Clowns On A Rainy Day (2CD)

CD1:

1. Intro (10.000 Clowns) 4.57
2. Puccini’s Cafe 6.29
3. Skydancer 8.20
4. Eruptions (Orpheo – Questions Answers – Distant Drums – Pupilla – Tommy – Answers Questions – The
New Bridge – Orpheo) 12.09
5. Focus 2 4.47
6. Pre Madonna 6.04
7. Virgin Mary 6.19
8. Soft Focus 4.11
9. Pedestrians (Miss En Scene – Nico’s Delight – J’s 2000 Flight – Stealth – Hocus Pocus) 10.13
10. No Hang Ups 6.53

CD2:

1. On The Table (Sylvia – Under The Table – Spanish Wood – Antonio (drum solo) – Leaving The Church
Before Singin’ – Manuel (bass solo) – On The Table – Sylvia’s Grandmother) 17.35
2. Am I Losing You 6.42
3. Wake Up 3.52
4. Focus 3 6.21
5. Weedstalker 9.36
6. Akkerstones 8.03
7. Pool House 6.57
8. Quiet Storm 2.37

CD 22 – Passion
1. Suite 1 (David’s Harp Song – Wildflower – Across The Bridge – In Amorata – Always – David’s Harp Song)
12.18
2. Suite 2 (Monkey – Sweethearts – Close Enough – Central Park – Ab-so-rocking-lutely – D.Jan.Go – Mary) 10.53
3. Mon Amour 3.06
4. Tranquillizer 5.51
5. Classic Gaz / Gate To Europe 4.16
6. Fellini’s Restaurant 3.34
7. Passion 1.24
8. Countess of Pembrooks Paradise 1.52
9. Muy Linda 2.09
10. The Knight Of The Lute 4.07
11. Whispering / Liebestraum 2.44

CD 23 – C.U.
1. See You 7.59
2. In Between The Sheets 6.18
3. I'm In The Mood 5.43
4. Dance The Blues Away 7.56
5. Cottonbay 10.07
6. Kloenk 5.57
7. Blowing 4.48
8. Slow Man 6.30
9. Urbanstring 4.54

CD 24 – Minor Details
1. Free Wheeling 4.28
2. Big Sir 3.58
3. Dinner Time 4.44
4. Love Train 5.11
5. Blind Baby 6.24
6. Minor Details 8.00
7. Joy 8.52
8. Fernando’s Minibar 5.07
9. Kharmah Chantalah 4.59
10. Searching for Angela 5.45
11. As Long as You're Near 4.40
12. San Frisky 4.25
13. The Arrogant Frogs 5.27
14. Mena Muria 4.00

CD 25 – My Focus
Para este CD Jan Akkerman ha seleccionado grabaciones de  Focus, y otras (pre-Focus) 
Johnny And His Cellar Rockers
1. Exodus 2.08
2. Melody in F Rock 2.46
The Hunters
3. Russian Spy And I 2.40
Brainbox
4. Down Man 2.37
5. Summertime 4.22
Focus
6. House Of The King 2.21
7. Le Clochard 2.00
8. Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! 13.57
9. Love Remembered 2.49
10. Elspeth Of Nottingham 2.58
11. Hocus Pocus (Live) 8.06
12. Out Of Vesuvius 5.49
13. Hamburger Concerto (Starter – Rare – Medium I – Medium II – Well Done – One For The Road) 20.18

CD 26 – Akkerarchives
1. Crackers – demo 5.39
2. Angel Watch – demo 11.18
3. Azimuth – demo 9.18
4. Stingray (Get Up With That) – demo 6.32
5. A Family In The Oil 3.11
6. Come Closer – demo 6.30
7. General Buckshot & The Blues Waffe 4.03
8. Yoyo Working 3.05
9. Song For The Millennium 3.21
10. Plaisir d’Amour 5.07
11. Anonymous 4 Blues 6.46
12. She’s Gone 3.04
13. Payin’ For It Now 10.13