''Profile'' is an album by Dutch jazz guitarist
Jan Akkerman
Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. He first found international commercial success with the band Focus (band), Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo musician, adding ja ...
.
Track listing
# "Fresh Air" (Akkerman) – 19:55
##(a) Must Be My Land
##(b) Wrestling to Get Out
##(c) Back Again
##(d) This Fight
##(e) Fresh Air – Blue Notes for Listening
##(f) Water and Skies Are Telling Me
##(g) Happy Gabriel?
# "Kemp's Jig" (anonymous) – 1:34
# "Etude" (
Matteo Carcassi
Matteo Carcassi (8 April 1792 – 16 January 1853)Raffaele Carpino, Mario dell'Ara: "Matteo Carcassi. Un nuovo aggiornamento biografico", in: ''Il Fronimo'' no. 184 (2018), p. 5–9. was an Italian guitarist and composer.
Life
Carcassi was born i ...
) – 1:33
# "Blue Boy" (Akkerman) – 2:26
# "Andante Sostenuto" (
Anton Diabelli
Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (5 September 17818 April 1858) was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote ...
) – 4:09
# "Maybe Just a Dream" (Akkerman) – 2:35
# "Minstrel/Farmers Dance" (Akkerman) – 1:46
# "Stick" (Akkerman) – 3:41
Personnel
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Jan Akkerman
Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. He first found international commercial success with the band Focus (band), Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo musician, adding ja ...
– guitar, bass
* Ferry Maat – piano (track 8)
* Bert Ruiter – bass guitar
* Jaap van Eik – bass guitar (track 8)
*
Pierre van der Linden
Pierre van der Linden (born 19 February 1946) is a Dutch drummer, songwriter and member of the band, Focus.
Early life
Pierre van der Linden was born in Amsterdam in 1946. His father was Dutch actor Ab van der Linden, who was known in the Ne ...
– drums
* Frans Smit – drums (track 8)
References
External links
Jan Akkerman's official website
1972 albums
Jan Akkerman albums
1970s instrumental albums
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