Jazz Articles about Peter Baumann

Peter Baumann: Romance 76

by Glenn Astarita
October 11, 2016

German keyboardist Peter Baumann was a co-founder of the innovative electronics trio Tangerine Dream who seeded new genres and offshoots such as krautrock, new-age music, progressive psychedelia and so on. He remained with the band until 1977. Moreover, Romance 1976 marks Baumann's inaugural solo album, and signifies a distinct contrast from his work with Tangerine Dream, revered for its oscillating and highly rhythmic use of synths, modeled with memorable riffs, up- tempo soloing jaunts and cascading developments. Baumann ...