Review: Oliver Lutz - Calamari Fantasy (Klaeng Records)

For the follow up to albums Re:Calamari and Re:Calamari 2, Oliver Lutz takes the next step on the spirit of Jaco journey is in old skool snyths and jazz-funk sax whirls with the mountain tops under the light of the silvery moon.

There's been a couple of 'singles' 'Paffee Mountain' and 'Old & Wise' but it's not a singles type of album have been "recorded in an intense session at Fattoria Musica in Osnabrück" it's clear that these guys are big fans of Weather Report and their individual icons within the band particularly the mainstay leaders Zawinul and Shorter.   That's not to lesson Lutz and Gall section of the Calamari Fantasy: more 'Mysterious Traveller' than 'I Sing The Body Electric'.

There's certainly a deep connection within the group and the jazz-fusion of 'Paffee Mountain' and 'The Revenge Of Ronni Love' and the dream like 'Alfahri's Melancholia' are great examples of where the sum of the whole is greater than the parts.

RE:CALAMARI Band Credits:
Tineke Postma - Saxophone

Pablo Held - Synthesizer, Keyboards

Oliver Lutz - Electric Bass
and guitar
Peter Gall - Drums, Percussion

Artist: Oliver Lutz 

Title: Calamari Fantasy 
Release date: 25th April, 2025
Label :Klaeng Records
Catalog Number: Klaengrecords093
Format: Digital / Bandcamp