Mahagon – Mahagon [1978] |
Genre: Jazz-Rock
Release date: 1978
Length: 39:27
Tracklist:
1. Dny, měsíce a roky – 3:07
2. Moře klidu – 5:17
3. Člověk kybernet – 4:32
4. Sen o zemi – 1:45
5. Oči nevidomých zrcadel – 4:12
6. Písečné přesypy – 3:54
7. Půlnoční – 6:30
8. Dívka s jablky – 3:12
9. Obrazárna – 6:58
Mahagon biography:
Mahagon started life as a folk duo in the early 70s, founded by Petr Klapka and Jan Hála. Soon enough their musical direction changed towards funk-rock similar to Chicago and the line-up expanded to include brass and woodwind instruments. In 1976, Klapka's wife, Zdena Adamova (ex-C&K Vocal) joined them, at which point the band started flirting with pop, as evidenced on their singles at the time. However their self-titled debut LP from 1978 was vintage fusion, with some funky leanings as well. The compositions themselves suggest early Return to Forever, an influence amplified by similar instrumentation that is dominated by rhodes, flute and female vocals. A second album entitled "Slunečnice pro Vincenta van Gogha" (Sunflowers for Vincent Van Gogh) followed in 1980, though this one was leaning towards the pop side of things. In 1981, Klapka and Adamova emigrated to the U.S., leaving the project in dust.
===Magor===
Discography:
1978 - Mahagon
1980 - Slunečnice pro Vincenta van Gogha

Klapka usually had an excellent taste in choosing his sidemen: one of the first lead singers was “Mr. Soul” himself, Michal Prokop. Unfortunately that period remained undocumented on records. On the Mahagon debut album, recorded in 1977, you can hear for example Klapka’s schoolmate Michael Kocáb on keyboards, ETC members Jiří Jelínek on guitar (who died tragically soon thereafter) and violinist Jan Hrubý, as well as a large horn section around jazz saxophonist Jiří Niederle.
At that time a significant number of the players were also members of the Prague Big Band (Pražský big band) of keyboarder MILAN SVOBODA, yet another Klapka’s schoolmate from the conservatory.
After adding his wife and ex-C&K Vocal singer Zdena Adamová to the line-up in 1976, Klapka occasionally began to slip into the pop music genre. He featured Adamová on several Supraphon and Panton seven inch sides between 1976 and 1979.
