JAN HAMMER TRIO Maliny Maliny (2009 UK 7-track digitally remastered CD album - when Jan Hammer recorded 'Maliny Maliny' at a club in Munich on August 30, 1968, the keyboardist had no idea that, in three short years, he'd be at the top of the jazz heap as founding member of one of fusion's most significant groups, guitarist John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra. 'Maliny Maliny' proves that even the most progressive players have to have roots, and, although the album is a decidedly straight-ahead set with Hammer — on piano and organ — ably supported by bassist George Mraz and drummer Cees See, there's certainly no shortage of the kind of virtuosity that would make him a hugely influential keyboardist just a few short years later, presented in digipak sleeve with 'vinyl-look' disc).