Financial Tycoon (album)

Financial Tycoon (1977) is the first album of the Danish progressive rock jazz fusion band Coma. Influences include Frank Zappa, who is named on the back cover of the album, and the band also cite King Crimson, John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix in an interview they gave in 1978. The bands MusicAL style has also been compared with Gong and Supersister.

Artwork

The front cover artwork was created by Lars Rasmussen. The back cover photograph was taken by Lief Christensen. Genlyd owns the photographic copyright to both front cover and back cover images respectively.

Personnel

Coma

• Viggo Steincke Bertelsen - guitar
• Flemming Friberg - vocals, guitar
• Jakob Mygind - tenor, alto, and soprano saxophone
• Lief (Guru) Christensen - bass
• Klaus Thrane - drums, percussion, piano

Additional personnel

• Ernst Thomsen - violin
• Skak Snitker - trumpet
• Bent Klausen - vibraphone

References

Books

Articles

Web

External links

• [http://www.discogs.com/Coma-Financial-Tycoon/release/1750458| Financial Tycoon] @ Discogs
• Borderline Productions Website
• [http://www.myspace.com/dagerikasbjornsen| Dag Erik Asbjornsen] @ MySpace
• Guide @ The Prog Rock Bibliography