Sofia Orchestra ‎– Pithecanthropus Robustus (1981, LP, Bulgaria)

Tracklist:
A1. Сеньор Блуз / Senor Blues  
A2. Сюита В Две Части / Suite In Two Parts
B1. Pithecanthropus Robustus
B2. Сенки / Shadows
B3. Струма / Strouma

Personnel:
Dimiter Simeonov - tenor saxophone, band leader
Konstantin Nossov - trumpet, flugelhorn 'Martin
Gencho Vertovski - trumpet
Georgi Borissov - trombone, 'King' trombone with Octavoice King, Microsynthesizer Echo Purl
Todor Karapetkov - keyboards
Nikolay Belev - guitar
Kroum Zahariev - bass guitar
Kroum Kalachev - drums

This LP Recorded in Radio Sofia / 1979
Sound direction: Dimiter Penev, Todor Filkov, Kiril Ivanov
Assistant: Nikola Tasev

Super Soviet Orchestral jazz-rock, from Bulgaria

Bulgarian combo formed in 1964 by the Metropolitan Municipality of Sofia.
During its long existence in the band have played many of the famous Bulgarian jazz musicians.
Emil Georgiev (Емил Георгиев) was the first conductor of the orchestra since its foundation.
The band took part as escort of many domestic and foreign festivals - Golden Orpheus , a pop music festival in Sochi , Festival in Poznan (Poland) and others. which accompanies world-class performers.