Shivananda
Shivananda was a Swiss jazz rock band.
| Shivananda | |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Fusion (jazz rock) |
| founding | 1973 |
| resolution | 1984 |
| Last occupation | |
| Walter Keizer (from 1975) | |
| Peter Keizer (from 1975) | |
| Carlo Milan | |
| Chico Hablas (from 1978) | |
| Roberto Biagini | |
| Larry Schneider | |
| Kurt Baebi | |
history
The group was founded in 1973 by Kurt Baebi in Zurich and won 1st place at the Augst Jazz and Rock Festival. In the same year, her performance at the Zurich Jazz Festival was broadcast on television.
In 1975 the renowned Swiss rhythm group Keizer Twins joined the band. Extensive tours through Europe followed and, in 1976, further appearances on television ( ORTF Paris , Südwestfunk Baden ) and at major festivals, e.g. B. at the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Jazz Festival in Le Castellet (France) in front of 80,000 spectators.
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In 1977 their first album Cross Now was released. In the same year, a Swiss-Belgian co-production made a television film about Shivananda. In 1978 the band was strengthened by the guitarist Chico Hablas, who later also worked as a studio musician with the Swiss electro-pop band Yello . Again the band performed at well-known festivals. In 1979 they recorded their second LP Headlines . Her last studio album, Comeback , appeared in 1983 , on which Kurt Baebi appeared as producer, sound engineer, band leader, composer and musician at the same time. Among other things, he composed the soundtrack for the opening film of the Ataturk Dam in 1992.
In 2007 a concert by Shivananda live from 1977 was released.
Music genre
The style of music jazz rock, also known as fusion , emerged in the 1960s as a combination of jazz and rock music.
Discography
- Cross Now ; Gnome Records 1977
- Headlines ; Gnome Records 1979
- Comeback ; CSST Productions 1983
- Live In Concert Part 1 ; CSST Productions 2007
- Live In Concert Part 2 ; CSST Productions 2007
- Live In Concert Part 1 + 2 ; CSST Productions 2007