Supersister

Supersister were a Dutch avant-garde/jazz-rock band that issued five albums on Polydor between 1970 and 1974.

Members: Robert Jan Stips (vocals, keyboards), Sacha van Geest (flute, 1968-73, 2000-01), Marco Vrolijk (drums, 1968-73, 2000-01), Ron van Eck (bass), Rob Douw (vocals, 1968), Herman van Boeyen (drums, 1973-74), Charlie Mariano (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute, nagaswaram, 1973-74), Elton Dean (saxophone, 1974)

Supersister was formed in 1967 as a school band by teenage keyboardist Robert Jan Stips. They initially performed as Sweet OK Supersister with five members, including a brief-serving vocalist. By 1968, they settled on the name Supersister with Stips, flautist Sacha van Geest, bassist Ron van Eck, and drummer Marco Vrolijk. As they worked up a setlist, they were heavily influenced by the fuzz-bass runs and asymmetric meters of Volume Two, the 1969 second album by UK jazz-rock/psych trio Soft Machine.

Discography:

• Present From Nancy (1970)
• “She Was Naked” / “Spiral Staircase” (1970)
• To the Highe$t Bidder (1971)
• Pudding en Gisteren (1972)
• Iskander (1973)
• Spiral Staircase Sass (1974 • Sweet Okay Supersister)

Sources:

• Discogs: Supersister