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For thejargonking, I wasn't referring to Soft Machine or Robert Wyatt; I'm talking about Caravan and Heatfield & the North. It may be that Caravan are historically and organically linked to Soft Machine, but I find they've taken some progressive stereotypes too far. Caravan, for me, is a somewhat failed musical "experiment." Perhaps it's because I don’t have a refined enough palate or, better yet, a discerning enough ear, but I find the influences and contaminations, as notable as they are, to be "baroque." In any case, returning to the discussion of Area, I believe, as already mentioned, that it's impossible to label their musical genre precisely; saying progressive, jazz/rock, or progressive/ethnojazz/fusion, and so on, is always reductive.

I don't express opinions on Mitchell having only listened to Blue. Definitely too little to make a judgment!

For Contemplation: Did Hancock pay tribute to Miles Davis? I know he performed So What live several times...

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The fact that you'll meet Fariselli leaves me nothing short of speechless! As for Davis' influences on the Area, I believe you're referring to Davis' fusion phase, and I couldn't agree more. However, the AREA stands out from most jazz groups or projects due to its formation and personal experiences. Let me explain: each of the five musicians arrives at jazz more or less directly after a more or less long and intricate personal path. Demetrio, before his experience with AREA, was a keyboardist in the Ribelli, Ares even played in dance halls, and within AREA, the five musicians, including Fariselli, created what they've often referred to as a "laboratory," meaning they experimented with improvisation and the study of harmony, approaching jazz in the field. They emerged as a group that wanted to transcend the song form, thus with a pure progressive approach, but they also committed to more jazz-oriented experiments. The mere existence of a fierce rivalry between AREA and PFM was a sign of the progressive positioning of both bands.

Well, don't mention it! Rather, I thank you for bringing it to my attention! It's not the first time I've come across albums with completely "skipped" tracklists. I take this opportunity to say that I read the other review of Crac on DeBaser and found it really, really well done, even though I don't agree, as I've already said, with the label of a group with a progressive skeleton and a jazzy vibe. But in the end, we are faced with a band whose sounds are so varied and musically rich that we will always find differing opinions.

Yes, I'll explain the reason for the tracklist. I have never had this original record (never found in the record stores of my city and nearby) and I have always stuck to that of the CD I downloaded. That’s the reason.

In response to Supersoul and pixies77, I would like to counter. I define Area as a progressive group for two simple reasons: 1) the obsessive use of complex rhythms and time signatures, which are indeed a hallmark of jazz/fusion but are taken to the extreme (as in AREA) in progressive music. 2) Ares Tavolazzi, who does not devote himself entirely to the double bass (as he often does outside of Area) but often resorts to the electric bass, with a style that strongly reminds me of Greg Lake's in "In the Court of the Crimson King." This is an opinion I've formed based on personal experience, having observed all of this firsthand (I play electric bass and double bass like Ares).

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