Label : King Records
Serie : Electric Bird
Genre : Jazz, Latin Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk
Toshiyuki Honda is a jazz saxophonist, best known as composer & arranger of various japanese animated movies soundtracks such as "Metropolis" directed by Rin Taro in 2001 or "Nasu : Summer in Andalusia" in 2003. He started as a leader, in the middle of the seventies, recording under the "Toshiyuki Honda & The Burning Waves" name, a five albums serie released on japanese fusion jazz label "Electric Bird" whose "Burnin' Waves" was the first. The Burning Waves band is based on the core of the american fusion group, "Seawind", featuring Pauline Wilson, Larry Williams, Jerry Hey & Bud Nuanez. Titles include various styles from Jazz Funk (Burnin' Waves & Thunder Kiss) to Samba fusion (You Blow My Heart Away, São Paulo, 747 Wind Flight), passing by Afro-Cuban Jazz ("Havana Candy" feat. Pauline Wilson). All tracks arranged & conducted by Chikara Ueda.
MUSICIANS : Toshiyuki Honda - alto & soprano saxophone, flute - Eiji Arai - trombone - Tadaomi 'Pepe' Anai - percussion - Bob Wilson - drums, percussion - Larry Williams - keyboards, percussion - Jerry Hey - trumpet, fluegelhorn, percussion - Gary Herbig - alto, tenor saxophone, alto flute - Ken Wild - bass - Bud Nuanez - guitar
