Jean-Jacques Kravetz a classically trained keyboardist-extraordinaire and veteran of such Deutschrock mammoths as Atlantis, Frumpy, Lindenberg, Randy Pie, recorded a little-known solo album in 1972, aided and abetted by his erstwhile partner Udo Lindenberg (later a solo star in his own right) on drums and percussion, simply titled, "Kravetz", and re-released as "The Hamburg Scene - 8 Days In April". It's indeed a strange mixture side one strives to be "conceptual", comprised of just two long tracks I'd Like To Be A Child Again" (with Inga Rumpf guesting on vocals) clocks in at nearly 10 minutes and is surprisingly light on keyboards and heavy on guitar! Side two is much more streamlined with three shorter tracks, featuring some straight-ahead early 70s style heavy rock, gorgeous guitar and organ passages and even some "weird" (avant-garde?) moments, a-la King Crimson.
by Alex Gitlin, November 2001
1972 Atlantis - Atlantis
Tracks
1. I'd Like To Be A Child Again (Jean-Jacques Kravetz, Udo Lindenberg) (9:35)
2. Ann Toomuch (Jean-Jacques Kravetz, Udo Lindenberg) (7:55)
3. Routes (Udo Lindenberg) (7:27)
4. When The Dream Is Over (Udo Lindenberg) (3:14)
5. Master Of Time (Udo Lindenberg) (9:40)
Personnel
*Udo Lindenberg - Vocals, Drums, Percussion
*Jean-Jacques Kravetz - Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Percussion
*Steffi Stephan - Bass
*Thomas Kretzschmer - Guitar
*Inga Rumpf - Vocals
*Roger Hook - 12 String Guitar
Related Acts
1970 Frumpy - All Will Be Changed (2008 remaster with extra tracks)
1971 Frumpy - Frumpy II
1972 Frumpy - By The Way
