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logical development. This album too was a Goltermann production. There is also an obscure
single from 1971: "Keep On Running" coupled with "Mr. Cooky" (Phillips 6003 158), neither
track being included on any of the albums.
CREATIVE ROCK
Personnel:
• KLAUS WEBER g, perc
• RAINER ERBEL v
• BENNY STREMMEL sax, flt
• HUBERTUS KREUTNER tpt, flugelhorn
• GUNTER SCHNEIDE g, b
• MICHAEL MAAS b, g
• HEIKO STEINSIEK d
ALBUMS:
"Gorilla" (Brain 1017) 1973
"Lady Pig" (Brain 1074) 1974
Creative Rock - an ambitious name, but they were merely a quite conventional jazz-rock fusion
septet. Possible inspirational sources were Chicago, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Nucleus and
particularly Colloseum. Creative Rock added their own Teutonic slant, though. Gorilla (1973)
was a good album with eight tracks produced by Konrad Plank at Windrose studios, Hamburg.
Instrumentally the album contained equal amounts of brass and guitars. Lady Pig (1974) was
basically more of the same, although by now Creative Rock were beginning to run out of ideas.
Consequently the band broke up. These two green Brain releases have never been re-issued.
Anyway, the demand for them is not too great and they can still be acquired at about 35 DEM
each.
CURT CRESS
ALBUM (up to '76):
"Clan" (Atlantic ATL 50079) 1975
Along with Udo Lindenberg, Mani Neumeier, Harald Grosskopf and Carsten Bohn, Curt Cress
belongs to the most famous group of German drummers. He started his recording career at the
age of 17 in the progressive rock group Orange Peel. Later he worked mainly with jazz-rock in
groups like Passport, Atlantis and Emergency. After four successful years, he left Doldinger's
Passport in 1977 to form Snowball. In-between, he had recorded his first solo album Curt Cress
Clan (1975) with Volker Kriegel (guitar), Kristian Schultze (keyboards), Dave King (bass) and
Ack van Rooyen (fluegelhorn). The album benefited from its experienced musicians, although
this probably made it a little "dry" and predictable as well! You know the way technically perfect
jazz-rock tends to be!
CRY FREEDOM
Personnel:
• RUDI MADSIUS g, v
• GERHARD BILLMANN kb, synth
• KLAUS BRAUN d
• KLAUS KUKLA b