Year : 2007
Label : VAP
Serie : LUPIN THE THIRD [JAZZ]
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Rock, Jazz Funk, Fusion
Taken from the LUPIN THE THIRD [JAZZ] serie, the third Yuji Ohno's album featuring the Lupintic Five who celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Shin Lupin III second TV serie birth (1977-1980), ten years after the first publication of the Monkey Punch's manga (1967). As the title suggests, "What's Going On?" is a jazz album to the Funk/Soul accents with mellow grooves & soulful arrangements including cover songs from Stevie Wonder (You Are The Sunshine, Lately), Marvin Gaye (the title-track), Roberta Flack (Where The Love), jazz standards by trumpeter Neal Hefti (Girl Talk) and saxophonist Duke Pearson (Jeannine). Titles include also new original composition, the Jazz Rock "But Not Really" and variations on the "Theme From Lupin III" & "Angel Dance". All tracks arranged & produced by Yuji Ohno.
MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - piano & electric piano - Yoshihito Eto - drums - Masayuki Tawarayama - wood bass & electric bass - Keiji Matsushima - trumpet - Hisatsugu Suzuki - soprano & tenor sax - Satoshi Izumi - guitar
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