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707

Nighthawks

707

Nighthawks

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About

The seventh studio album from electro-jazz group Nighthawks. For music heads Dal Martino and Reiner Winterschladen, the Boeing 707 is a pertinent childhood memory. When the first Boeing 707 took off into the skies in 1958, the boys tracked the jet engine's vapour trail. Just six years later, the plane transported the Beatles to America. A mere 1 ½ decades after this, the first rock stars sauntered down the gangway of a 707.

An echo of the spirit of the time was definitely present in the studio. Time and again, libertine Reiner Winterschladen, an avid proponent of improvised music, had to restrict his trumpet playing to comply with Dal Martino's focus on reduction. These conflicting poles gave birth to an abundance of sound sketches which, craning over the studio desk, Dal Martino considerably condensed during countless night sessions. The resulting album consists of seven songs as well as the 707 Suite in four movements - a journey lasting just under an hour.

Contents and tracklist

Rickenbacker Causeway 5.51

Corneto Por Stefano 5.08

Portree Liberty 3.55

Little Do I Know 5.12

Courage 2.54

Blue Steel Silver 6.28

First Class Turbulence 4.59

Leaving Iceland 5.17

Six A.M. Gate 27 4.14

Happy Days 4.34

Casino Revisited 6.44

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