From Darkness To Light is an album released by the band Sweet Smoke

Sweet Smoke

Sweet Smoke were a 1960s and 70s psychedelic jazz-rock band. They incorporated many different influences, such as jazz, funk and island rhythms. They were originally formed in Brooklyn, New York in 1967, although the band moved to live as a commune in Germany before the decade was out...

 in 1973. The album exhibits the use of acoustic guitars, 12 string guitars and flute more than their first album Just A Poke

Just a Poke

Just a Poke is the first album by the band Sweet Smoke, released in 1970, engineered by Conny Plank.The song Baby Night displays the band's progressive jazz fusion style at the time...

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Side one

1. "Just An Empty Dream" – 4:20
2. "I'd Rather Burn Than Disappear" – 4:15
3. "Kundalini" – 13:25

Side two

1. "Believe Me My Friends" – 4:29
2. "Show Me The Way To The War" – 5:30
3. "Darkness To Light" – 12:51

Personnel

• Michael Paris – sax
  Saxophone
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  , flute
  Flute
  The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
  
  , vocals
• Marvin Kaminowitz – guitar
  Guitar
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  , vocals
• Steve Rosenstein – guitar, vocals
• Rochus Kuhn – violincello
  Cello
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• Jeffrey Dershin – piano
  Piano
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , vocals
• Andrew Dershin – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Jay Dorfman – drums
  Drum kit
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• Marty Rosenberg – percussion on "Kundalini" and "Believe Me My Friends"
• Puppa Kuhn – flute on "Darkness to Light"
• Peter von de Locht – alto saxophone
  Alto saxophone
  The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor but larger than the soprano, and is the type most used in classical compositions...
  
  on "Darkness to Light"

Quote: "From Darkness to Light is a very rare record. EMI made a new edition available on CD. It's a very different record than Just a Poke, quite religious, with the arrival of an acoustic guitar which may be responsible of the general sound of the record"

External links

• Reviews at www.progarchives.com