MUSICA URBANA – Musica Urbana

One of the crown jewels of the European jazz-rock-prog-fusion scene. This band from Barcelona, comprised of top notch musicians connected to Crac, Màquina! And Barcelona Traction, mixed Canterbury / RIO influences with classical Spanish music. This is their first album from 1976. Música Urbana was a short-lived Spanish jazz‑rock band formed in Barcelona in the mid-70s by composer and multi-instrumentalist Joan Albert Amargós. Their aim was to forge a distinctly Catalan progressive-rock identity—rooted in Mediterranean and Andalusian traditions rather than Anglophone influences. The band assembled top-tier musicians (Lucky Guri, Carles Benavent, Salvador Font, Luigi Cabanach…) piece by piece, ultimately becoming a sort of local supergroup. Their sound blended jazz‑rock, traditional Spanish and classical music, and even cinematic scores, forming a unique, sophisticated fusion style The original album cover referenced Spanish classical composers —signaling the band’s deep embrace of Iberian musical heritage in a prog-fusion framework. *Remastered sound in 24-bit domain *Multilingual insert with liner notes by journalist Àlex Gómez-Font and rare photos Tracklist: Side 1: 1. Agost – 2. Violeta – 3. Vacas, Toros y Toreros Side 2: 1. Font – 2. Caramels de Mel – 3. El Vesubio Azul