Japanese jazz fusion/prog rock playing now

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by ChefBrunch, Nov 20, 2022.

  1. ChefBrunch

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    Takanaka an insatiable high (1977), is a killer album. One of his best. smoothfest, jazztastic.

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    Jun fukamachi spiral steps


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    Prism debut album self titled 1977, a special album , smooth, balanced. Fantastic!

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    Ryo kawasaki love within the universe, sultry album with some great female vocals, blues fusion. Kawasaki is some kind of guitar wizard.

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    Kazumi Watanabe mermaid boulevard 1978

    Fantastic sound.
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    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




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    This masterpiece consisting of four lengthy analog synthesizer suites (no band, all Jun) sorely needs another reissue. The 2009 CD is impossible to find.
     
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    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

     
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    Casiopea mint jams, another classic

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    Prism second thoughts
    Stellar album

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    This anime soundtrack has become some sort of cult classic with audiophiles, the recording is excellent. mostly jazz , blues , rock

    Cowboy bebop

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    Keep 2 (1982) , great album, heavier than the first one, this is almost jazz metal fusion progressive. Amazing album

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    Akira Wada and friends, American romance, nice album, great line up

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    First track, whole album on yt
     
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    Jun miyake new album whispered garden

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    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

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    Newest one from electric asturias, trinity


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    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.

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    just because I want to easy find it later
     
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    ExhiVision s/t
    Japanese supergroup with the late great Akira Wada on guitar.

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    WYSIWYG What You Sing Is What You Get
    Another supergroup

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    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?

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    Prism was a great live band with multiple live albums as well. Ken Watanabe very underrated bass player, smooth operator live.

     
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    Ryo Kawasaki such smooth guitar , love his blues/jazz style, great female vocals on this one also.

     
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    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.

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    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

     
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