Akira Ishikawa & The Gentures - Beat Pops / Drum Hits

Year : 1970
Label : Denon
Genre : Jazz, Rock
Style : Jazz Rock, Pop

Originally recorded in 1969, "Beat Pops / Drum Hits" is a cover album of international pop hits from the late sixties, performed by the first incarnation of the Count Buffalos conducted by jazz drummer Akira Ishikawa. Titles include various western popular songs such as "Sugar Sugar" by The Archies, "Come Together" by The Beatles, "Green River" by The Creedance, "Love Me Tonight" by Tom Jones, "Suspicious Minds" by Elvis Presley or the Rolling Stones' classic "Honky Tonk Women". Among others titles include a french song, "Aime Ceux Qui T'aiment" by Danièle Vidal, best known in Japan than in France under "Tenshi No Rakugaki" name. All tracks arranged by Masahiko Aoi.

MUSICIANS : Akira Ishikawa - drums - Takeshi Onodera - percussion - Hiromasa Suzuki - keyboards - Kiyoshi Sugimoto - guitar - Masaoki Terakawa & Isao Eto - bass - Takeru Muraoka - soprano saxophone - Hiroshi Suzuki - trombone - Tetsuo Fushimi - trumpet

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Shungo Sawada Quintet - Mood In Vossa Nova

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Year : 1968
Label : RCA
Genre : Latin Jazz
Style : Bossa Nova

The classics of Bossa Nova including some pop standards performed by Shungo Sawada, the japanese boss of guitar, You Tokuyama (p), Hironori Takiya (b) and percussionist Takeshi Onodera. Titles include the greatest songs that made the fame of bossa nova from Antonio Carlos Jobim (One Note Samba, The Girl From Ipanema...), Jorge Ben (Mas Que Nada, Constant Rain), Luiz Bonfa (Manhã De Carnaval), jazz standard "Fly Me To The Moon", "Going Out Of My Head", and two Beatles covers "A Little Help From My Friends" & "Day Tripper" played in samba mode.