Thursday, April 23, 2009

Akira Ishikawa Count Buffalo Jazz And Rock Band - Bakishinba~Memories Of Africa


Year : 1970
Label : Polydor
Genre : Jazz
Style : Soul Jazz, Jazz Rock

The legendary drummer Akira Ishikawa & his Count Buffalos were prolific on the japanese fusion scene since the late sixties. Akira Ishikawa started in the mid-fifties when he joined the Akira Miyazawa's Modern All Stars and later the famous "New Herd" big band conducted by saxophonist Toshiyuki Miyama. Akira Ishikawa becomes renown as bandleader for the Japanese version of rock musical ‘Hair’ from Broadway. Thereafter he becomes a sought-after session musician playing for various artists including japanese jazz/pop songstress Mieko Hirota, and formed the supergroup "Freedom Unity", a jazz quintet featuring pianist Hiromasa Suzuki, saxophonist Takeru Muraoka, bassist Kunimitsu Inaba and trombonist Hiroshi Suzuki. After a trip in eastern Africa, Akira introduces in his music various traditional afro-percussions (as the Bakishinba) brought back of his wanderings, in order to create a fusion between African music, Jazz, Rock & Soul,  which will reach its apogee with the iconic album, "Uganda", released in 1972. Titles include soul jazz tracks "Sandstorm", "Flamingo" & "Blue Soul" (composed by Hiromasa Suzuki), the psychedelic-jazz-rock suite with free expressions "African Deer" (composed by Norio Maeda). All tracks arranged by Norio Maeda & Hiromasa Suzuki.

COUNT BUFFALOS : Akira Ishikawa - drums & african percussion - Kiyoshi Sugimoto - electric guitar - Isao Eto - electric bass - Hirosama Suzuki - keyboards - Norio Maeda - organ - Takeru Muraoka - tenor sax - Masami Kawahara - latin percussion


Chute Libre - Spasmolune


Year : 1977
Label : EMI
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk

"Chute Libre" was an short-lived French jazz supergroup to the Funk/Rock accents influenced by Weather Report and Herbie Hancock & his Headhunters. "Chute Libre" was formed by popular jazz session musicians including Patrice Cinélu (eg), Mino Cinélu (ds, per) from Gong, Olivier Hutman (keys), Denis Barbier (fl), Éric Letourneux & Pierre-Jean Gidon (sax), all former members of short-lived prog-rock student band "Moravagine". Their second and last album "Ali Baba" which was released the following year, is more jazz rock than "Spasmolune". Titles include heavy funk (Black Sweat, Jerba), Brazilian fusion (Flauçerto), caribbean sounds (Sainte Bernadette, Jeremy) or Space-Age Funk (Spasmolune).

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Robert Charlebois Avec Louise Forestier - Lindberg

 
Year : 1968
Label : Gamma
Genre : Rock, Jazz
Style : Psychedelic Rock, Progressive Rock
 
Most wanted and iconic record, the psychedelic Québec rock anthem by the best known songwritter, musician & singer in french tongue outside Québec. Robert Charlebois started in Montréal on stage in 1962 and released his first single "La Boulée" in 1965. In the year 1967, he left Canada to California where he met various american counterculture artists such as Frank Zappa and discovered the psychedelia movement which durably changed his vision of music. In the year 1969, he caused outrage when he performed with his "gang" at Olympia concert hall in Paris. Later he played at the Festival Pop of Toronto and took part in 1970 to the Festival Express summer rock tour on the pancanadian train with Janis Joplin, The Band & The Grateful Dead. "Lindberg" includes the famous Quatuor du Jazz Libre du Québec featuring Louise Forestier, the songs "La Marche Du Président" written by famous Québec poet Gilles Vigneault, the single "Lindberg/California", the psychedelic hymns "Egg Génération" & "Engagement" composed by Marcel Sabourin, and "Long Flight 500". All tracks arranged by Robert Charlebois.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Dagha - Object In Motion


Year : 2005
Label :
Miclife Recordings
Genre :
Hip-Hop
Style :
Jazzy Hip-Hop, Conscious, Boom Bap

Dwayne Simmons is a rapper from Boston who started with his friend André Todman aka Insight in the Hip-Hop collective "Electric Company". He shared stage with KRS-1, Big Daddy Kane, Mobb Deep, Wycleff, Common and Cut Chemist from Jurassic 5. Dagha collaborated to numerous Insight's productions including the ShinSight Trio albums, while Insight did the same for "Object In Motion", in charge of production, mixing and scratches, alongside japanese DJ Real from Martiangang (cuts & scratches). Titles include featurings with Insight (8 Count, Skoolhouse Rock), Al-Jabra (Conquerors), Wanda aka Butter (Don't Start Nothing), and bonus tracks released only for Japan featuring Cloke (Whatever It May Be), Anonymous from Project Move (Hands Up), Insight (2 Solutions) plus "No Sheets (DJ Aquarela Remix)". 

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