Aera Aera Humanum Est 1975 Germany Jazz Rock, Krautrock

Aera - Aera Humanum Est 1975 Germany Jazz-Rock, Krautrock AERA has been a little-known band hailing from a small Bavarian village called “Mechelwind“ (hence the title of one track on their second album). Similar to related band EMBRYO members were coming and going but originally the band consisted of guitarist Muck Groh (IHRE KINDER), bass player Dieter Bauer (2066 AND THEN), drummer Wolfgang Teske and wheelchair-bound Klaus Kreuzeder on sax and flute. They issued altogether four studio albums and one live one with changing line-ups and exhibiting different music styles. Their first two releases which can be obtained as a 2-in-1 CD (being a very worthy purchase that luckily I happen to own) are basically revealing a lively jazz-rock sound at times with extended jammin’ not that far away from EMBRYO, KRAAN or NUCLEUS. Their debut “Humanum Est“ here in review was already quite an impressing demonstration of their musical prowess though still lacking a bit of variation which i