Second Direction - Four Corners & Steps Ahead '1976/2018

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A Reissue Of The Rare Jazz, Funk & Fusion Library Lp four Corners By Second
Direction. A Project Of The Saxophonist And Flutist Fritz Münzer, Produced In
1976 At Tonstudio Bauer In Ludwigsburg. The New Release Includes Six Additional
Recordings From The Bands Second Unreleased Album From 1978, Entitled steps
Ahead, Recently Pulled From The Archives Of Producer And joy Unlimited Founder
Klaus R. Nagel. A Long Play-cd And 2lp-set, Including The Great Jazz Funk Tracks
steamer, Steps Ahead, keep Going Plus The Brazilian Tinged Jazz Dancers´four
Corners And flying Carpet Ride. All Music Transferred And Carefully Restored
From The Original Master Tapes.

West Germany In The 70s Of The Last Century. Composer And Arranger Fritz
Münzer (1934-2007) Is One Of The Countrys Best Jazz Saxophonists And
Flutists. After A Career In The 50s And 60s As A Hip Musician On The German Hard
Bop And Westcoast Scene, The Man From Mannheim First Refuses To Establish His
Own Band, But Then Forms second Direction. With This Formation He Records four
Corners, A So Called Library Lp For The Small Publishing Label trend Records.
The Album Was Produced In 1976 By joy Unlimited Founder And Guitarist Klaus R.
Nagel With Top Notch Musicians At Tonstudio Bauer In Ludwigsburg. Münzer Is
Now Active Behind The Scenes, Writing Music And Is Heard On Countless Recordings
For Different Music Publishers.

Amongst Connoisseurs four Corners Is Considered One Of The Really Outstanding
Jazz Funk Fusion Albums From Germany. Münzer Is Joined By Gerhard Spirka On
Electric Bass, Val Hargreaves On Drums, Karl-heinz Merkel On Fender Rhodes And
Occasionally Jörg Gebhardt On Congas. However, The Finished Lp Did Not Appear
In Shops. It Was Exclusively Available To Broadcasters And Foreign
Sub-publishers By Nagels Publisher badenia-vineta, For Use On Radio And
Television. Therefore, Background Information And Visual Material Regarding
Second Direction Is Missing. There Is No Band Story, Band Photos Or Anything,
With The Exception Of An Unusual Artistic Designed Front Cover By Karl Hans
Merkel. His Artwork Shows Four Stylized Profile Views Of The Musicians.

For A Long Time, The Album Remained A Secret. Then, In The Mid-90s, It Is
Suddenly Discovered In Alternative German Music Clubs And Discotheques. During
The acid Jazz Revival In The United Kingdom, The Dancers At Mojo, Unique And
Atomic Café Not Only Move To Electronic Music, But Also To Jazz And Funk
Again. Now The rare Grooves Of Second Direction Are On The Playlists. Dj Rainer
Trüby Curates His Internationally Successful glücklich Compilations With
European, Brazilian & Fusion Jazz Of The 70s And 80s. In 1996 On The Second
Volume, He Presents Second Directions flying Carpet Ride. And So Begins The Hunt
For The Extremely Rare Lp. high Class Fusion And Brazilian Beats Made In Germany
On A Level With Bands Such As Weather Report Or Azimuth! The Track Is Frequently
Played At Trübys rootdown Parties And You Just Had To Have It! In Addition To
The High Musical Quality, It Is Above All The Rarity And Obscurity Of The Record
That Makes It Interesting For Djs And Collectors Alike Around The World Today.

Tracklist:
01. Second Direction - Freeland
02. Second Direction - Storm Flute
03. Second Direction - Peace
04. Second Direction - Praeludium No. 3
05. Second Direction - Steamer
06. Second Direction - Flying Carpet Ride
07. Second Direction - Blue Dilemma
08. Second Direction - Four Corners
09. Second Direction - Steps Ahead
10. Second Direction - Feeling Free
11. Second Direction - Moving Fantasy
12. Second Direction - Keep Going
13. Second Direction - Tonys Choice
14. Second Direction - Last Minute

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