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sábado, 22 de junho de 2019

Gilgamesh (Progressive Jazz Fusion Rock {UK})

Gilgamesh foi um grupo
de jazz-rock oriundo do
Reino Unido, liderado pelo
teclista Alan Gowen e pertencente
à cena musical da Cantuária. Apesar
de uma curta e intermitente existência,
o grupo lançou dois discos e deu,
em parte, origem à
National Health.

HISTÓRIA

Alan Gowen tocava num grupo chamado Sunship quando, em julho de 1972, o baterista Jamie Muir saiu para se juntar à King Crimson (com quem gravaria, em 1973, o álbum "Larks' tongues in aspic"). Isto levou o teclista a iniciar um novo projecto com o guitarrista Rick Morcombe e o baixista Mike Travis, que lhe havia sido recomendado por Muir e que tinha já um certo nome na cena jazzística de Londres. Contatos posteriores, agora facilitados pela entrada nessa cena londrina, trouxeram para o grupo o saxofonista Alan Wakeman (irmão de Rick Wakeman) e o baixista Jeff Clyne. Quando Morcombe saiu, Travis recomendou Phil Lee e, depois de Travis ter deixado o seu lugar vago, Gowen convidou Neil Murray que pouco depois seria substituído por Steve Cook, antigo integrante da CMU, por onde também havia andado um velho amigo seu, Roger Odell, que mais tarde se tornaria baterista da ShakatakTrevor Tomkins, o baterista do segundo álbum da banda, "Another fine tune you've got me into", era um antigo colaborador de Phil Lee e, Hugh Hopper, da Soft Machine, ficou apenas o tempo suficiente para a gravação desse registo.

CARREIRA

A formação da Gilgamesh foi sempre algo instável. Os concertos eram escassos e muitos integrantes, após algum tempo, acabavam por ter de partir para outros grupos de forma a conseguirem ganhar o suficiente para subsistirem, ao passo que outros - caso de Richard Sinclair (Wilde Flowers, Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Camel, Caravan of Dreams) e Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine) - apenas fizeram parte do grupo por amizade a Gowen e com objectivos específicos: Sinclair foi o baixista provisório até à entrada de Mike Travis, nunca tendo tocado ao vivo com o grupo, e, Hopper entrou apenas para assegurar o baixo no segundo álbum, "Another fine tune you've got me into".

Apenas em 1973 a Gilgamesh pareceu possuir uma agenda minimamente preenchida, sendo as últimas duas datas desse ano partilhadas com a Hatfield and the North que, com o grupo de Gowen, deram origem ao conceito do duplo quarteto que mais tarde iria dar origem à primeira versão da National Health. Ainda nesse ano, a Gilgamesh foi convidada a gravar alguns temas para a BBC e, algum tempo depois, com a ajuda de Dave Stewart (Arzachel, Bill Bruford, Egg, Gong, Hatfield and the North, Khan, National Health, Uriel), gravaria o seu álbum epônimo.

Gowen e Stewart tornaram-se então amigos e, o primeiro, começou a ponderar a hipótese de uma colaboração do segundo, mas Stewart mostrou-se reticente em relação a estar em dois grupos ao mesmo tempo. As suas reservas ver-se-iam, no entanto, dissipadas quando a Hatfield and the North acabou em 1975. Os planos para o projecto do quarteto duplo começaram a materializar-se e, em 1977, a National Health lançou o seu álbum de estréia.

A Gilgamesh seria reactivada durante um curto período após a saída de Gowen da National Health e editaria, em 1978, o seu segundo álbum. Com a morte de Gowen em 1981, a Gilgamesh fechou as portas de vez. O álbum da National Health "D.S. al Coda", composto integralmente de composições de Gowen, ser-lhe-ia dedicado.

MÚSICA

A inserção da Gilgamesh na marca Canterbury acontece sobretudo por associação. Ainda que o gênero fosse conhecido por uma certa aproximação ao jazz, amplamente desenvolvido pela Soft Machine e pela Gong, também o era por se fazer de um humor que contrastava directamente com a grandiosidade do rock sinfónico praticado por grupos como Yes ou Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Assim, projectos de jazz como a Gilgamesh, mas também músicos como Keith Tippett (tocou com elementos da Soft Machine e com a King Crimson) ou Ian Carr (cujo grupo que o acompanhava, Nucleus, se desmembrou aos poucos em prol da Soft Machine), foram, pela sua associação a agrupamentos de Canterbury e rock progressivo, classificados de Canterbury.

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Gilgamesh was a
jazz-rock group from the UK,
led by keyboardist Alan Gowen
and a member of the Canterbury
music scene. Despite a short and
intermittent existence, the group
released two albums and gave, in
part, National Health.

HISTORY

Alan Gowen played a group called Sunship when, in July 1972, drummer Jamie Muir left to join King Crimson (with whom he would record the album "Larks' tongues in aspic" in 1973). This led the keyboardist to start a new project with guitarist Rick Morcombe and bassist Mike Travis, who had been recommended to him by Muir and who already had a certain name on the London jazz scene. Later contacts, now facilitated by the entry into this London scene, brought the saxophonist Alan Wakeman (Rick Wakeman's brother) and bassist Jeff Clyne to the group. When Morcombe left, Travis recommended Phil Lee and, after Travis had left his vacant seat, Gowen invited Neil Murray to shortly be replaced by Steve Cook, a former CMU member, who had also been accompanied by an old friend of his, Roger Odell , who later became a Shakatak drummer. Trevor Tomkins, the drummer of the band's second album, "Another fine tune you've got me into" was a former developer of Phil Lee, and Hugh Hopper of Soft Machine was just long enough to record that record.

CAREER

The formation of Gilgamesh was always somewhat unstable. The concerts were scarce and many members eventually found themselves having to leave for other groups in order to earn enough to subsist, while others - Richard Sinclair (Wilde Flowers, Caravan, Hatfield and the North, Camel, Caravan of Dreams) and Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine) - were only part of the Gowen friendship group with specific goals: Sinclair was the provisional bassist until Mike Travis entered, never having played live with the group, and, Hopper came in just to secure the bass on the second album, "Another fine tune you've got me into".

It was only in 1973 that Gilgamesh seemed to have a minimally filled agenda, with the latter two dates being shared with Hatfield and the North, which with Gowen's group gave rise to the concept of the double quartet that would later give rise to the first version of National Health. Also in that year, Gilgamesh was invited to record some songs for the BBC and, some time later, with the help of Dave Stewart (Arzachel, Bill Bruford, Egg, Gong, Hatfield and the North, Khan, National Health, Uriel) would record his eponymous album.

Gowen and Stewart then became friends, and the first one began to ponder the collaborative hypothesis of the latter, but Stewart was reluctant to be in two groups at the same time. However, their reservations would be dispelled when Hatfield and the North ended in 1975. Plans for the double-quartet project began to materialize, and in 1977 National Health released their debut album.

Gilgamesh would be revived for a short time after Gowen's departure from National Health and would release his second album in 1978. With Gowen's death in 1981, Gilgamesh closed the doors for good. National Health's "D.S. al Coda" album, composed entirely of Gowen's compositions, would be dedicated to him.

MUSIC

The insertion of Gilgamesh in the Canterbury brand happens mainly by association. Although the genre was known for a certain approach to jazz, widely developed by Soft Machine and Gong, also was to be done in a mood that contrasted directly with the grandeur of symphonic rock practiced by groups like Yes or Emerson, Lake & Palmer. So jazz projects like Gilgamesh, but also musicians like Keith Tippett (played with elements of Soft Machine and with King Crimson) or Ian Carr (whose accompanying group, Nucleus, gradually disbanded for Soft Machine), were, by their association to groupings of Canterbury and progressive rock, classified of Canterbury.

Membros
Alan Gowen - piano, piano
elétrico, sintetizador,
clavinete, mellotron
Phil Lee - elétrico, acústico,
12 cordas e guitarras clássicas
Jeff Clyne - baixo, contrabaixo
Michael Travis - bateria,
percussão

ALBUMS

Gilgamesh (1975)
01. a) One end more
b) Phil's little dance/
For Phil Miller's trousers
c) Worlds of Zin
02. Lady and friend
03. Notwithstanding
04. Arriving twice
05. a) Island of Rhodes
b) Paper boat for Doris
c) As if your eyes were open
06. For absent friends
07. a) We are all
b) Someone else's food
c) Jamo and other
boating disasters
(From the holiday of
the same name)
08. Just C

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Another fine tune
you've got me into (1978)
01. Darker brighter
02. Bobberty/Theme
from something else
03. Waiting
04. Play time
05. Underwater song
06. Foel'd again
07. T.N.T.F.X

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Arriving twice
[1973-75] (2000)
01. With lady and friend
02. You're disguised/
Orange diamond/
Northern gardens
03. Island of Rhodes/
Paper boat/As if your
eyes were open
04. Extract
05. One end more/
Phil's little dance/
Worlds of Zin
06. Arriving twice
07. Notwithstanding
08. Lady and friend

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GilgameshAnother fine tune...- 1978