Ryo kawasaki love within the universe, sultry album with some great female vocals, blues fusion. Kawasaki is some kind of guitar wizard.
Jun fukamachi and the new York all Stars live.1978 Doesn't get much better, line up is insane Alto Saxophone – David Sanborn Bass – Anthony Jackson Drums – Steve Gadd Guitar – Steve Khan Keyboards – Jun Fukamachi, Richard Tee Percussion, Vibraphone – Mike Mainieri Tenor Saxophone – Michael Brecker Trumpet – Randy Brecker Record I - 1 .......Live at Yubin Chokin Hall on September 19, 1978 Record I - 2 & Record II ... Live at Korakuen Hall on September 17, 18, 1978
This masterpiece consisting of four lengthy analog synthesizer suites (no band, all Jun) sorely needs another reissue. The 2009 CD is impossible to find.
Desillusion is amazing Would be great, Fukamachi is amazing with a huge catalog, I hope Sony reissues a bunch of his works. I'm surprised more people don't know about him honestly. I really want a copy of Starview HCT-5808 that was only ever released on laserdisc
This anime soundtrack has become some sort of cult classic with audiophiles, the recording is excellent. mostly jazz , blues , rock Cowboy bebop
Keep 2 (1982) , great album, heavier than the first one, this is almost jazz metal fusion progressive. Amazing album
This Ryo Kawasaki album is really weird and out there, he recorded and mixed this all in his apartment by himself playing everything, it's really good minus the limitations of his recording equipment at the time
Motokazu Shinoda Pivot I don't know much about this keyboard player, but the line-up includes two Fragile members, Koichi Yabori (g) and Masatoshi Mizuno (b), and Prism drummer Mansaku Kimura, plus the music and playing is great.
W.I.N.S s/t Yet another supergroup with Akira Wada on guitar, Kozo Suganuma (Fragile) on drums and Toshimi Nagai (ExhiVision, Power Job) on bass. Does anyone in here have their second cd, A Sound Lump?
Prism was a great live band with multiple live albums as well. Ken Watanabe very underrated bass player, smooth operator live.
Satoshi Takino Clair Voyant-Clamor Nice guitar fusion. Six of the tracks are done with an American line-up, the other four with all Japanese players.
The lone album by Mongol, titled Doppler 444 (1997, Belle Antique), is arguably one of the best to emerge from Japan. A pity they didn't record a follow-up! (Hirofumi Mitoma is also a member of Noa.) Takeshi Yasumoto ~ keyboards Hirofumi Mitoma ~ guitars ("and straws") Naoto Amazaki ~ fretless "ignition" bass Kiyoshi Pochi-Imai ~ drumkit