Joystick

Tracklist

1. What It Means4:03
2. Sandy Times6:08
3. Sunny Side Up4:55
4. Wide Scope6:24
5. Cc Me3:02
6. Manto8:16
7. Patchwork4:43
8. Is It You5:40

Personnel & credits

• AndreJ VckovskiAlto Saxophone , Soprano Saxophone
• Philipp AckermannBass
• Martin MullerDrums
• Ronnie BrunnerFlute, Alto Saxophone
• Ralph SchneiderGuitar
• Dominik SchoopKeyboards
• Michael GassmannTrumpet, Flugelhorn

About this record

Genre

Jazz

Style

Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Rock, Fusion

Discogs

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Background

Recording/concept context: none found. The release is a 1988 vinyl LP on the Hue label (cat. Hue 0288), credited to a group called Joystick (8) rather than to a named leader, with Michael Gassmann listed in an "Appearance" role (Discogs lists him on trumpet/flugelhorn). No producer, studio, recording-date, liner-note, or stylistic context could be recovered from public sources; the Discogs release page (discogs.com/release/3064365) returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches and no mirror exposed its detail fields. Background on the artist: Michael Gassmann is a Swiss jazz trumpeter (born 1964, Zurich), later associated with ECM (e.g., Stefano Battaglia's "Re: Pasolini") and Claudio Fasoli, and documented in the Willisau Jazz Archive's trumpet index. This 1988 LP would sit among his earliest recorded appearances. Note this Hue release is unrelated to the modern "Joystick Jazz" video-game big-band series and to the Dazz Band's 1983 funk album "Joystick."