ROMANIAN JAZZ by V/A

It was five years ago that Sonar Kollektiv received high praise with the release of the set 'Romanian Jazz - Jazz From The Electrecord Archives 1966 - 1978'.As an encore there are four additional tracks available out of the "Seria Jazz" by the former Communist Romanian national record company Electrecord. The 1932 founded record label is - similar to the GDR imprint Amiga - infamous for its poor quality regarding recordings as well as pressings. That's why Sonar Kollektiv (with Jürgen von Knoblauch leading the way) put time and effort into remastering all (!) the tracks featured on the compilation. Two of the four extra tracks have been pressed on 7" vinyl. On one side there is 'Nu Privi Inapoi' by piano whiz Ion Baciu Jr. (off his Electrecord album 'Jazz' from 1977). The flip side provides further evidence with 'Sonet' off Mandrila's own album 'Alter Ego' from 1980.