FREE WAVE SYSTEM - Nonostante Tutto( 1981 Jazz Rock/Fusion • Italy)Full Album

Free Wave System biography Free Wave System is a jazz/fusion quartet from Turin, Italy. They were formed in the 1970s from the ashes of a group called Assoluto Naturale, who were more of a traditional progressive rock band influenced by the usual suspects, PFM, Banco, and the like. That band featured vocals and performed early incarnations of Free Wave System songs, but Free Wave later decided to be an instrumental band. Brothers Luca and Enrico Morandi left this band and joined bassist Luciano Devietti and saxist Mauro Ravizza. The new group had a good live activity in northern Italy and managed to release one very good album on the Drums record label prior to disbanding. The band claims to have been most influenced by Perigeo, and I would say they compare very well to other Italian jazz-prog outfits such as Arti Mestieri, Bella Band, Etna, and Esagono. Today Devietti is a very successful Turin based businessman who still plays in a jazz/blues band, while the others are well ensconced in family life it appears. He remembers the band fondly and said his only regret is that they relied too much on sax and should have used some guitar too. Personally I think it sounds great as it is! -Jim Russell/Finnforest 1. Oltre il Tempo (2:16) 2. Xenophobia (2:51) 3. La Coda di Mr. Freeman (4:57) 4. 21/5/81 (3:43) 5. Flavours (4:50) 6. Nonostante Tutto (4:31) 7. Fonodipendenza Totale (5:12) 8. Mia Zia Frenesia (2:35) 9. Frammenti (4:46) 10. Soft Imagine (5:30) Line-up / Musicians -Luca Morandi / keyboards -Mauro Ravizza / sax -Luciano Devietti / bass -Enrico Morandi / drums