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Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboard ace Jan Hammer offers up quite a thorough study in synthesizer technology with his second solo release, titled The First Seven Days. With the liner notes declaring "for those concerned, that there is no guitar on this album," Hammer makes it a point to further blur the distinction between the genres of jazz, rock, and classical music. Wishing to portray the first seven "days" of earth's creation, Hammer states that "assuming that each of these days lasted anywhere from one day to 100 million years, the scientific and biblical views do meet in certain points. These points were the inspiration for this album." His incorporation of the piano, electric piano, Moog synthesizer, Oberheim synthesizer, Freeman string synthesizer, and Mellotron vividly evokes images of bubbling cesspools and budding birthrights as his inspired version of the physical world sonically takes shape. While The First Seven Days is atmospheric in nature, with no proper pop sensibilities, its thematic construction yields nothing short of a classic narrative. ~ Robert Gabriel
Recorded at Red Gate Studio, Kent, New York in 1975. Originally released on Nemperor Records. Includes liner notes by Arthur Levy.
Personnel: Jan Hammer (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, Oberheim synthesizer, string synthesizer, drums, percussion, sequencing); Steve Kindler (violin); David Earle Johnson (congas, percussion).
JazzTimes (10/03, p.103) - "...THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS is essential stuff..." First Seven Days Music | List Price | $6.99 (You save $1.04) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Jazz Instrument, Classics (Silents / Avant Garde), Keyboard / Synthesizer, Jazz | | Label | Legacy | | Orig Year | 1975 | | All Time Sales Rank | 90621  | | CD Universe Part number | 7610704 | | Catalog number | 724782 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 01, 2008 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Jan Hammer | | Engineer | Jan Hammer | | Personnel | Jan Hammer - piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, Oberheim synthesizer, string synthesizer, drums, percussion, sequencing
Also: David Earle Johnson, Steve Kindler |
Jan Hammer First Seven Days Songs | 1. | Darkness / Earth In Search Of A Sun | |
| 2. | Light / Sun | |
| 3. | Oceans and Continents | $0.99 | |
| 4. | Fourth Day-Plants and Trees | $0.99 | |
| 5. | Animals, The | |
| 6. | Sixth Day-the People | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Seventh Day, The | |
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