Kraan

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Kraan
Kraan in Wiesbaden (May 25, 2008)
Kraan in Wiesbaden (May 25, 2008)
General information
Genre (s) Jazz rock
founding 1970, 2000
resolution 1990
Website www.kraan.de
Current occupation
Peter Wolbrandt
Hellmut Hattler
Jan Fride (Wolbrandt)
former members
Ingo Bischof (1975–2007, † 2019)
Johannes "Alto" Pappert (until 1976)
Drums
 Udo Dahmen (approx. 1977–1980)
Trumpet , keyboard
 Joo Kraus (approx. 1987-1992)
Drums
 Gerry Brown (around 1982/1983)
guitar
 Eef Albers (approx. 1982/1983)
Vocals, keyboard
 Mark McMillen (approx. 1982/1983)
Drums
 Tommy Goldschmidt (1977)

Kraan is a German jazz rock band that was one of the best-known representatives of the genre in Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. Her musical merit is the mixture of jazz and rock with oriental and Asian sounds.

history

Kraan formed in 1970 in Ulm . The brothers Jan Fride and Peter Wolbrandt had previously played in various jazz bands and in 1968 they convinced Hellmut Hattler to found the band Inzest with them . Johannes "Alto" Pappert ( saxophone ) was at that time with a Soul - Rock Band on the road and pushed on looking for new musical challenges, 1971 to do so.

P. Wolbrandt had started to study graphics in Berlin, J. Fride was enrolled in photography and Hattler was about to graduate from high school when everyone wondered what to do with music: hobby or profession. Four weeks before the Abitur examination, Hattler stopped all school efforts, P. Wolbrandt gave up his graphic studies and J. Fride his photography studies, and the hobby band Inzest resulted in "Kraan". Music and styles were taken, mixed, changed and played anew. From the wide range of musical interests of all band members - with oriental sounds, jazzy runs and hard beats - a new sound emerged at that time, which was later to be labeled jazz rock .

The first concerts met with interest, and the band decided to use their connections in Berlin, including to the musicians of Carthage and a recording studio, for joint meetings and first recordings. After half a year and a few but successful appearances, the first crisis arose and Hattler accepted the offer of the Swabian band Erna Schmidt in Northern Germany. It quickly turned out that he couldn't achieve his musical ideas here, and he caught up with the rest of the group. A fusion of the two bands was planned. The project survived the homesickness of the Schwäbisch Gmünder musicians and the end of the year; Kraan was newly founded.

When looking for a new domicile, they found what they were looking for at Graf Metternich . He made his estate available to Wintrup in the Teutoburg Forest . The lonely location in a valley made rehearsals possible around the clock. The manager Walter Holzbaur remained from the previous residents and immediately began marketing the band. A first concert in Detmold was successful for the band in front of over 400 spectators. Further concerts followed and at the end of 1972 the first record, which was recorded in two days, mixed in one day and not too long later successfully sold to Intercord . It received good reviews and it was followed by a first tour through Germany , trips to Switzerland and the Netherlands .

On the stage, the band impressed with their enthusiasm and musical professionalism. More records followed, and especially the third, recorded live in Berlin, received good reviews. A new man, Ingo Bischof ( keyboard ) already played on the side and became an official member in 1975.

But tensions began again among the musicians. Bischof got out in early 1976 and Pappert in late summer of the same year. In 1977 the band went on tour again with Bischof, released a record, but then broke up after Hattler had moved back to Ulm. The first solo projects followed, but the comeback was not long in coming. At the end of 1978 a new record appeared with Hattler, P. Wolbrandt, Bischof and Udo Dahmen on drums. Until 1983 Kraan played with a changing line-up. There was a break from 1984 to 1987 before Hattler, Wolbrandt and Fride and Joo Kraus started a new comeback. Kraus and Hattler got along so well straight away that in 1990 Kraan separated for the third time and Hattler and Kraus performed together as the duo Tab Two .

In 2000, after almost 20 years of abstinence in the combination of Hattler, Wolbrandt and Fride and Bischof and 10 years of Kraan abstinence, a new comeback succeeded with a concert in Ulm. In 2001, for its 30th anniversary, an extensive tour and a new live album followed. 2003 Kraan album came through , on 23 March 2007 then the album Psychedelic Man (the latter with EMI on the Harvest label that already has the albums Goodbye , Flyday and tour had been published). The album Diamonds was released in March 2010 .

On November 9, 2013 the band gave their farewell concert in Neuss. Just a week later, the musicians announced a concert on Facebook at the Burg-Herzberg-Festival 2014 and the Finki Open Air 2014 in Finkenbach (Oberzent) in the Odenwald . A performance at the Burg Herzberg Festival 2020 is planned for summer 2020.

Discography

  • 1972: Kraan
  • 1973: Wintrup
  • 1974: Andy Nogger
  • 1975: Kraan Live
  • 1975: Let It Out
  • 1977: Listen again
  • 1977: Kraan Star Portrait (Best of)
  • 1978: Flyday
  • 1980: tour
  • 1982: night drive
  • 1982: Wintruper Echo / Faust 2000 (single)
  • 1983: X and 2 records (Best of)
  • 1983: 2 records (Best of)
  • 1988: Kraan Live 88
  • 1989: Dancing in the Shade
  • 1991: Soul of Stone
  • 1998: The Famous Years Compiled (Best of)
  • 2001: Live 2001
  • 2001: Berliner Ring
  • 2003: Through
  • 2007: Psychedelic Man and Psychedelic Man Special Edition with DVD Live at Finkenbach Festival 2005
  • 2010: Diamonds
  • 2018: The Trio Years (CD and double LP)
  • 2019: The Trio Years - encore!

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marin Horn: "Kraan" farewell in the betting hall - end of an era? In: NGZ-Online. November 11, 2013, accessed March 4, 2015 .
  2. ^ Burg Herzberg Festival. Accessed December 9, 2019 (German).

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