John Sangster – Lord Of The Rings Vol. 2 (E/VG+) – 2xLP, AU 1976

Lord Of The Rings Vol. 2 is an LP by John Sangster from 1976 released on the EMI label.

About this album

Lord Of The Rings Vol. 2 is one of John Sangster’s most ambitious jazz statements, transforming Tolkien’s fantasy world into a richly imagined suite for Australian jazz ensemble. Issued in 1976, it continued Sangster’s major multi-album project inspired by The Lord of the Rings, using recurring motifs, shifting moods and vivid group interplay to evoke characters, landscapes and episodes rather than simply quote the novels. The result is adventurous and cinematic, but still firmly rooted in jazz improvisation. For listeners, it stands as a distinctive example of how 1970s Australian jazz could be expansive, literate and boldly programmatic.

Genre: Jazz