Quintessence
Quintessence was among the first true progressive rock outfits signed by Island Records. Led by Australian-born Shiva Shankar Jones (keyboards, vocals) and Raja Ram (flute, violin, percussion), the group also included Alan Mostert (lead guitar), Sambhu Babaji (bass), Maha Dev (guitar), and Jake Milton (drums), all of whom, in addition to a common interest in Indian music, also shared the Hindu faith. The group's roots lay in the hippie community in the Notting Hill area, which was to London roughly what Haight-Ashbury was to San Francisco. Their breakthrough performance took place at a festival called Implosion, where they put on a good enough show to get noticed by Island Records, which signed them and got their debut LP, an elaborately packaged concept album entitled In Blissful Company, out before the end of the year. Its mix of rock, jazz, and Indian elements was popular enough at the time with their core audience, especially one track entitled "Notting Hill Gate," a tribute to the hippie community, which found a slightly wider audience; the band subsequently recut the song in a more pop-oriented rendition as a single. The group had a strong reputation from their live work, and their early recordings seemed to build from this base. Quintessence's career reached its commercial peak with their self-titled second album, which got to number 22 on the U.K. charts. They did one more album for Island and then jumped to RCA's new British progressive rock Neon imprint for two LPs in the early '70s. Jones departed soon after the release of the group's second album for the new label, and they split up not long after that. In 1973, Jones became part of the big-band progressive outfit Kala, which recorded one album for the Bradley's label, and in subsequent decades he restarted his own version of Quintessence.
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Self
Pop/Rock - Lançado por Legacy Recordings em 12/09/1971
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Oceans Of Bliss - An Introduction To
Pop - Lançado por UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) em 01/01/2003
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Indweller
Electronic - Lançado por RCA - Legacy em 17/07/1972
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Quintessence
Jazz Fusion & Jazz Rock - Lançado por Mad About Records em 01/01/1970
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Jazz - Lançado por ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann em 01/01/1994
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Talk Less Listen More
Quintessence feat. Tuomo, Emma Salokoski & Verneri Pohjola
Pop - Lançado por Texicalli em 09/01/2006
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Underneath the Stars
Classical - Lançado por Quintessence em 01/10/2021
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Au Temps Perdu
Rock - Lançado por 930080 Records DK em 20/10/2022
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If It Ain't Jazz... It Ain't Cool
Jazz - Lançado por Quintessence em 24/08/2015
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Thinking of Tomorrow
Classical - Lançado por Quintessence em 15/06/2021
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Wrapped Up In Your Kiss
Latin America - Lançado por Steve Millard Music em 01/01/2004
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Sing Joyfully!
Classical - Lançado por Quintessence em 01/10/2021
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Kiss Me (Orchestral)
Phoebe, Raindeavor, Quintessence
Pop - Lançado por Phoebe em 05/02/2020
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Joel R Hobbs: Woodwind Impressions
Classical - Lançado por Hyoshi New Media, Inc. em 31/01/2022
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5 A.M.
Quintessence feat. Tuomo, Emma Salokoski & Verneri Pohjola
Pop - Lançado por Jupiter em 01/06/2015
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Voices Only
Pop - Lançado por quintessence em 16/01/2018
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The Breath
Gospel - Lançado por Quintessence, distributed by Mayvibe Limited em 30/12/2023
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Soir de Pluie
Rock - Lançado por 930080 Records DK em 05/10/2022
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Spark Again (English Metal Version)
Quintessence, Cantus Lupus, Lily Blanc, Patrice Metcalf, Agekk, Niamh Griffiths-jones
Metal - Lançado por quintessence em 08/03/2022
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