Spinetta Jade

Spinetta Jade

Genres: Progressive rock, Fusion, Rock Argentino, rock, argentina

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About Spinetta Jade

Spinetta Jade was an Argentine jazz-rock band led by Luis Alberto Spinetta during the final phase of his so-called “jazz project.” The band had various lineups, all of which included Spinetta himself and Pomo Lorenzo on drums. On one of the keyboards, Juan del Barrio, Leo Sujatovich, and Mono Fontana took turns. On the other keyboard, Lito Vitale and Diego Rapoport took turns, until the band stopped having two keyboardists. On bass, Pedro Aznar, Beto Satragni, Frank Ojstersek, César Franov, and Paul Dourge took turns. In the final lineup, Lito Epumer also joined on guitar. Spinetta Jade performed in 1980 and 1981 alongside Almendra, Spinetta’s first band, when the two groups reunited during those years. In 1977, following the breakup of Invisible, Luis Alberto Spinetta formed a band with Diego Rapoport, Osvaldo López, and Machi Rufino, and they recorded the album "A 18' del sol", featuring a musical style more focused on jazz fusion. This marked the beginning of Spinetta’s increasingly frequent musical collaboration with jazz musicians. By the end of that same year, he had assembled a more solid lineup consisting of Ricardo Sanz on bass, Luis Ceravolo on drums, Eduardo Zvetelman on keyboards, and, for the first time, wind instruments played by Bernardo Baraj and Gustavo Moretto. This lineup is best remembered for having performed a series of concerts in April 1978, presenting a repertoire consisting of previously unreleased tracks: Tríptico del eterno verdor, Covadonga, Las alas del grillo, Estrella gris, El Turquito, Bahiana split, and Los Espacios Amados. The latter would give its name to the uncompleted album that was to include that repertoire. By early 1979, the band had undergone another change and adopted the name Experiencia Demente. With Gustavo Bazterrica, Luis Cerávolo on drums, and Rinaldo Rafanelli, they performed songs such as Pájaros de la fe, El sueño de Chita, and an early version of Viento celeste. But that project would be abandoned just as quickly, and Spinetta traveled to the United States to record "Only Love Can Sustain", whose interludes titled “Jade” would give Spinetta the idea for the name of his next band upon his return to Argentina. The original lineup of Spinetta Jade consisted of Spinetta himself (guitar and vocals), Juan del Barrio (keyboards), Lito Vitale (keyboards) , Pedro Aznar (bass) (who was in Seru Giran) and Pomo Lorenzo (drums) initially formed the band with Spinetta. The band introduced the novelty of playing with two keyboards, something unusual in the Argentine music scene, and represented an evolution in the jazz-rock sound Spinetta had been working on since 1976, with the aim of shifting it toward song-oriented and pop music. At the start of Spinetta Jade, Spinetta was also busy with the return of Almendra, with whom he was preparing the album "El Valle Interior", and he was aware that this was still a provisional lineup. For that reason, Aznar and Vitale joined the initial lineup as guest musicians for the debut on May 3, 1980, at Obras Sanitarias. A month later, Lito Vitale left the band and was replaced by Diego Rapoport, who played a major role until 1982, to the point that Spinetta has said that “the core of the project was Spinetta-Rapoport.” With this new lineup, they performed at the Ópera Theater on June 3, 1980. Finally, Beto Satragni joined in place of Pedro Aznar, thus paving the way for their first album, which would be released in October. In September, they returned to the Estadio Obras Sanitarias—which would come to be known as “the cathedral of rock”—to perform a concert alongside Serú Girán, the supergroup featuring Charly García, Pedro Aznar, David Lebón, and Oscar Moro. At the time, Charly García and Spinetta were the two leading figures of Argentine “national rock,” and they were often portrayed as rivals. The joint concert was hailed as “the musical event of the year.” It was a historic moment for García and Spinetta, with two bands of such magnitude, to be on stage together. A few months earlier, the first issue of Hurra magazine had been published with a cover headline that read: “Charly Garcia vs. Louis Al Spinetta ¿El rock es un partido de fútbol?” (Charly García vs. Luis Spinetta: Is Rock a Soccer Match?) The show began with Spinetta singing the Sui Generis song, “Cuando ya me empiece a quedar solo.” Then, out of the darkness, Charly García emerged, accompanying the song “Qué ves el cielo” on piano and backing vocals. Amid a feverish atmosphere, Lebón performed “Música del alma.” Next, Pedro Aznar and Oscar Moro took the stage, completing the Serú Girán lineup, which delivered a powerful performance and received a long ovation from the crowd. Then it was the turn of Spinetta, Pomo, Satragni, Rapoport, and Del Barrio. Spinetta Jade’s performance was highly applauded, despite its challenging style. Spinetta’s effort to achieve greater simplicity in his music, so that the audience could understand his message, was evident. The concert ended with both bands on stage performing “Cristálida”—a classic by Pescado Rabioso, the band to which Lebón once belonged—and “El mendigo en el andén.” The final encore was “Despiértate nena,” a Spinetta song that David Lebón used to sing with Pescado Rabioso. The band’s growing success was temporarily halted by the second comeback of Almendra and the subsequent national tour that culminated at the La Falda Festival on February 15, 1981. In the middle of that year, they recorded their second album, "Los niños Que Escriben en el Cielo", which was released on December 5 at Obras. Starting in 1982, performances became more sporadic due to Spinetta’s solo work, during which he released two albums: “Kamikaze” (1982) and “Mondo Di Cromo” (1983). It was precisely this album that was presented at the Teatro Coliseo alongside “Bajo Belgrano,” Jade’s third album. The next album would be “Madre En Años Luz,” performed live for the first time at concerts organized by the City of Buenos Aires in the Barrancas de Belgrano in the summer of 1985, with Pedro Aznar as a guest and before an audience of 20,000 people. The presentation of this album at Luna Park in May marked the end of the Spinetta Jade era.

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