Yuji Ohno - The Boss & His Piano Vol. 3 ~ Selected Works 2000 - 2012

 

Volume 3 of the compilation series dedicated to the japanese jazz pianist Yuji Ohno including the classics "Zenigata March", "Magnum Dance" and others original songs recorded for the soundtrack of the annual Lupin III TV Special. It features his usual line-up during the 2000 decade including "Yuji Ohno Trio" & the "Lupintic Five" with Hisatsugu Suzuki (sax), Keiji Matsushima (trumpet), Satoshi Izumi (electric guitar), Yoshihito Eto (drums), Yosuke Inoue & Masayuki Tawarayama (bass) and guests among guitarist Kiyoshi Sugimoto and flutist Masami Nakagawa. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Yuji Ohno - The Boss And His Piano Part II ~ Selected Works 1975 - 1983

Volume 2 of the compilation series dedicated to the japanese jazz pianist Yuji Ohno including studio and live recordings as sideman, producer & arranger. Yuji Ohno was in charge of numerous background music composed for films, among others "Inugamike No Ichizoku" (The Inugami Family, 1976), "Nigen No Shomei" (Proof Of The Man, 1977) and animation TV series such as "Lupin The 3rd" (since 1977), "Captain Future" (1979). During the seventies, he was a popular arranger for various japanese jazz&pop songstress, including Martha Miyake, Mieko Kaji, Eiko Shuri, Kimiko Kasai, Mieko Hirota or Hatsumi Shibata. From 1975, Yuji turns to the Jazz Funk style and formed his famous "You & The Explosion Band" featuring Jake H. Conception, Takeru Muraoka & Akira Okazawa for the "Lupin III" soundtrack. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop featuring Yuji Ohno, Chu Kosaka & Ultra, Hatsumi Shibata & Hang Over, Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Masa Matsuda, You & The Explosion Band, Electro Keyboard Orchestra.

Yuji Ohno - Space Kid

Year : 1978
Label : CBS
Serie : Master Sound 76
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk, Disco, Smooth Jazz

"Space Kid" is a concept album which prefigures the future sound of You & The Explosion Band, formed for the original soundtrack of "Lupin The 3rd". Indeed, some sounds seem to us familiar, various soundscapes have been used in the serie and in particular the moog synthesizer effects heard in the "Cagliostro No Shiro" movie (1979). The core of You & Explosion Band is based on the rhythm section featuring Akira Okazawa, Tsunehide Matsuki, Yasushi Ichihara, Pepe Anai & Larry Sunaga, supported by horn section feat. Jake H. Conception & the Suzuki Group (strings). Tiltes include the disco funk song "Space Kid", a variation on the "Mayflower" recording taken from "Electro Keyboard Orchestra", where accoustic piano replaces moog synthesizer, two featurings with brazilian songtress Sonia Rosa (Never More, Dancing Raccoon) and the latin funk "Solar Samba". All tracks composed, arranged & recorded by Yuji Ohno.

MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - keyboards - Kazushi Sugihara - synthesizer programmer - Akira Okazawa & Kenji Takamizu - bass - Tsunehide Matsuki - guitar -Yasushi Ichihara - drums - Pepe Anai, Larry Sunaga & Fujio Saitoh - percussion - Jake H. Conception - saxophone - Sonia Rosa - vocal

Ryo Kawasaki Orchestra - Easy Listening Jazz Guitar

Year : 1970
Label : Polydor
Genre : Jazz, Latin Jazz
Style : Contemporary Jazz, Bossa Nova

Debut album of the best known jazz guitarist outside Japan, recorded with a quartet formed by pianist Yuji Ohno, bassist Yoshio Suzuki & drummer Hiroshi Murakami, supported by arranger Norio Maeda. Ryo Kawasaki started young in the late sixties as member in the first incarnation of the Jiro Inagaki's Soul Media (1970-1971) and in the Takeshi Inomata's Sound Limited, two prominent prolific Jazz Rock formations in Japan during the early seventies. Settled in New York from 1973, he recorded several fusion albums to the eclectic styles exploring Rock 'N' Roll as well as Funk & Soul, Latin, Spanish folk (Flamenco) and even Indian music. He gained an international recognition when he joined the Gil Evans Orchestra from "Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix" album in 1974, originally planned with the legendary rock guitarist. Following, he become a sideman in demand for many jazz giants including Elvin Jones, Chico Hamilton or Cedar Walton. In the mid-80s, he turns to the electronic music in conceiving software musical for computers. As the title suggests "Easy Listening Jazz Guitar" consists of mainstream jazz orientation from Bossa to Pop Music including various pop cover songs of Burt Bacharach, The Beatles or The Mamas & The Papas and jazz standards by Henri Mancini, Jimmy Webb or Cole Porter. 

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Various - Trio By Trio + 1

Year : 1970
Label : Victor
Genre : Jazz
Style : Free Jazz, Contempory Jazz, Hard Bop

Recommended by the Swing Journal, the legendary Japanese jazz magazine from 1947 to 2010, "Trio By Trio + 1" is a japanese jazz essential album recording live to the forefront of the japanese jazz including avant-garde Jazz with free forms. Performed and recorded at Yamaha Hall in Tokyo in 1970 by three rhythm sections led by the masters Yosuke Yamashita, Itaru Oki and Yuji Ohno, joined by jazz vocalist Kimiko Kasai, all met in an amazing concert. Titles include Free Jazz tracks performed by the Yosuke Yamashita (Dore) & Itaru Oki Trio (Conversation With Water), jazz standards "Autumn Leaves", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" & "Get Out Of Town" by Yuji Ohno Trio, "Black Shadow Woman" & "Theme Of The Unkown People" by the meeting Yuji Ohno + Itaru Oki Trio feat. Kimiko Kasai.

MUSICIANS : Yosuke Yamashita & Yuji Ono - piano - Itaru Oki - trumpet - Seiichi Nakamura - saxophone - Takeo Moriyama, Hozumi Tanaka & Kazuyoshi Okayama - drums - Keiki Midorikawa & Takashi Mizuhashi - bass - Kimiko Kasai - vocal

DISC 1 : Yosuke Yamashita Trio - Dore / Yosuke Yamashita Trio - Mokurin ~ Gugan / Itaru Oki Trio - Flying Into The Space / Itaru Oki Trio - Conversation With Water

DISC 2 : Yuji Ohno Trio - Autumn Leaves / Yuji Ohno Trio, Kimiko Kasai - I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Yuji Ohno Trio, Kimiko Kasai - Get Out Of Town / Yuji Ohno Trio - Kenny's Moods / Itaru Oki Trio, Yuji Ohno Trio, Kimiko Kasai - Black Shadow Woman / Itaru Oki Trio, Yuji Ohno Trio, Kimiko Kasai - Theme Of The Unkown People

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Yuji Ohno - The Boss & His Piano ~ Selected Works 1967 - 1975

Dedicated to the legendary japanese jazz pianist, "The Boss & His Piano" includes essential studio & live recordings by Yuji Ohno as a sideman and under his own name. Best known as composer of various background music for films and animation series, Yuji Ohno played alongside the greatest japanese jazz musicians among trumpeter Terumasa Hino, the drummers Masahiko Togashi & Hideo Shiraki or guitarist Ryo Kawasaki from Gil Evans Orchestra. From 1970 to 1975, his regular jazz trio consists of drummer Kazuyoshi Okayama and the bassists Yoshio Ikeda, Takashi Mizuhashi. During the seventies, he was an arranger in demand who regularly collaborated with various japanese jazz songstress such as Mieko Hirota, Martha Miyake, Kimiko Kasai, Hatsumi Shibata, the american Ann Young and brazilian Sonia Rosa. All tracks recorded between 1967-1975, featuring Terumasa Hino, Kimiko Kasai, Yuji Ohno, Sonia Rosa, Ann Young, Itaru Oki, Hiroshi Suzuki, Masahiko Togashi. Compiled & mixed by Be Hard Bop.

Hiroshi Suzuki=Masahiko Togashi Quintet - Variation

Year : 1969
Label : Nippon Columbia
Serie : Takt Jazz Series
Genre : Jazz
Style : Modal, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde

Essential jazz album among the influences of the future-jazz quartet Sleep Walker by trombonist Hiroshi Suzuki. "Variation" is a joint project including the legendary jazz drummer Masahiko Togashi featuring pianist Yuji Ohno, saxophonist Jun Suzuki and trumpeter Tetsuo Fushimi. Masahiko Togashi was a major figure alongside Masahiko Sato, Masayuki Takayanagi and Yosuke Yamashita in the blooming of free jazz in Japan in the late sixties whose "Variation" is one of the iconic masterpiece. Masahiko Togashi started in 1957, when he joined the Sadao Watanabe Quartet, which will bring him to play for various legends of Jazz as pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi, Helen Merrill, Masayuki Takayanagi, Yosuke Yamashita or Charlie Mariano and also in jazz big bands such as the famous Toshiyuki Miyama's New Herd. He recorded various free jazz sessions in 1969, with the Masahiko Sato Trio, several solo projects (the first "We Now Create"), and the same year, formed his best known quintet, the J.J. Spirits. Titles include "Castle Cats" selected in the  "Shibuya Jazz Classics - Sleep Walker Collection", compilation released in 2003.

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Yuji Ohno - Lupin The 3rd TV BGM Collection Vol. 2

Year : 1981
Label : Nippon Columbia
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk, Smooth Jazz

Part II of the TV Original Soundtrack BGM Collection series, recorded for the fourth and final season of "Lupin The 3rd" animated serie broadcast between 1979-1980. This compilation includes new recordings of the previous tracks composed for the first season from 1977 to 1978 (Midnight Chasers & Active Guys), unreleased & alternative takes (The Memory Of Mysterious Journey). Various songs were extracted for background music recorded for the "Cagliostro No Shiro" movie (1979), later gathered in two compilations released in 1983 & 1994. All tracks composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno, performed by You & The Explosion Band.

Side A : Lupinland (also known as "On The Sunny Street") - A Fogcircle - Run! Run! Run! The Game Of Chase (new version of Midnight Chasers - 1977) - A Man's Man (variation of Super Hero - 1978) - Christal So Christal - Nightmare - Teardrops - Dangerous Temptation (new version of Active Guys M9 - 1977) - Darkness And Shadow - Don't Be Shy, Zenigata

Side B : Lupin In The Trap - The Memory Of Mysterious Journey (variation of Mysterious Journey) - Strange Sensation (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Fire Treasure (instrumental version from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Sneakin' (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Lone Wolf (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Uncanny Night (from Cagliostro No Shiro) - Leave You (instrumental version)

                               

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Yuji Ohno & Friends - LUPIN THE THIRD [JAZZ] - Bossa & Fusion

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Year : 2002
Label : VAP
Genre : Jazz, Latin
Style : Bossa Nova, Jazz Funk, Fusion   

The 4th volume in the twelve LUPIN THE THIRD [JAZZ] discs serie recorded during the 1998-2008 decade. As the title suggests, it's a mostly Bossa Nova album featuring the mellow voice of Sonia Rosa (including classic themes from Lupin The Third sung in portuguese) and Jazz Funk tracks. "Bossa & Fusion" is the fourth collaboration between Yuji Ohno and Sonia Rosa after "Spiced With Brazil" released in 1974, "Space Kid" in 1978 and "Samba Amour" in 1979. The duo is supported by a rhythm section including guest musicians as the renowned guitarist Kiyoshi Sugimoto, saxophonist Masabumi Yamaguchi, percussionist Tatsuji Yokoyama and drummer Yasushi Ichihara from You & The Explosion Band. Titles include main themes of Lupin III and four songs especially composed for the TV Special "Episode 0 : First Contact". All tracks composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno.

Yuji Ohno & Lupintic Five - LUPIN THE THIRD [JAZZ] - What's Going On?

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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Yuji Ohno - Mad Police '80

Year : 1993
Label : VAP
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk, Disco, Pop

Mad Police '80 (Daigekito Mad Police) was a police drama serie ranked in the hard boiled genre, produced by the TOEI Company, and composed of 26 episodes, originally  broadcasted on NTV from april to september 1980. Recorded in 1979, the soundtrack is among the best work of Yuji Ohno, one more time surrounded by his Jazz Funk-Disco band "You & The Explosion Band" featuring jazz guitarist Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Tsunehide Matsuki, Michio Nagaoka, Yasushi Ichihara, all supported by full string orchestra. Titles include over thirty tracks offered in several variations, the opening (Theme From "Daigekito") &the  ending theme ("How Can You Love The City" featuring Noboru Kimura). All tracks are composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno.

MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - keyboards - Michio Nagaoka - bass - Tsunehide Matsuki - electric guitar - Kiyoshi Sugimoto - accoustic guitar - Yuichi Tokashiki - drums - Yasushi Ichihara - drums - Susumu Kazuhara - trumpet

TRACKLIST : Yuji Ohno - Theme From "Daigekito" (TV Size) Opening - JAPAN MAFIA - MAD POLICE - Illusion of MAD CITY - Theme From "Daigekito" (Ballad Versions) - BIG BATTLE - Theme From Daigekito (Variations Theme - Opening) - How Can You Love The City (Instrumental) - How Can You Love The City (TV Size) / You & The Explosion Band Feat. Noboru Kimura - How Can You Love The City (Single Version) - Theme From "Daigekito"

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Kentaro Haneda - Space Adventure Cobra (Original Soundtrack)

Year : 1982
Label : Nippon Columbia

Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk

Original Soundtrack of the popular animated serie 'Space Adventure Cobra', broadcasted by Fuji TV from october 1982 to may 1983, and based on the Buichi Terasawa's manga, Cobra, published between 1978 & 1984. Space Adventure Cobra is entirely composed, arranged & performed by keyboardist Kentaro Haneda surrounded by a string ensemble, the Nippon Columbia Orchestra, and featuring Yuji Ohno, likewise recruited for compositions and arrangements of the opening song (Cobra) & ending credits (Secret Desire). Titles include Smooth Jazz & Fusion Funk as evidenced the funky tracks, Heiwa E No Datsushûtsu & Rush Hour. Fusion Funk with strings section performed by the Nippon Columbia Orchestra. All tracks are composed, arranged & performed by Kentaro Haneda except "Secret Desire" & "Secret Desire (Instrumental)" by Yuji Ohno.

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Lupin The 3rd : TV Original Soundtrack BGM Collection

Year : 1980

Label : Nippon Columbia

Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen

Style : Jazz Funk, Disco, Soundtrack

Original Soundtrack from the fourth and final season of Lupin The 3rd Part II, one of the most popular japanese animated serie broadcasted between 1979 & 1980. The "Original Soundtrack BGM Collection TV" completes the soundtracks previously released between 1978-1979. The compilation includes new recordings of the first unreleased tracks composed for the season one (1977-1978), later compiled in 2003 on the Lupin The 3rd Chronicle - 1977 Music File. Titles include also various soundscapes, background music frequently used in the serie (An Incognito, A Secret Passage, In The Dimentional World), and alternative versions of the opening/ending themes "Love Theme", "Love Squall" & "Lupin III". Composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno, performed by You & The Explosion Band.

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SIDE A : Lost In The Desert (Zenigata & Lupin M4 - 1977) - An Incognito - Love Theme (New Version) - Waving Flame (Prologue M14 - 1977) - Love Squall (New Version)- Walking In A Prim (Day By Day M8 - 1977) - A Secret Passage - Lupin III (Lupin III Theme - 1977)

SIDE B : Chasing The Hustler (That's Climax - 1977) - Night Flight (Mellow Time M7 - 1977) - In The Dimentional World - !!Take A Chance!! (Chasers - 1977) - The Tumbler - On The Sunny Street - Illusional Lupin III - Love Is Everything

Yuji Ohno Trio With Friends - Boss Piano

Year : 2012
Label : LUPINTIC/VAP
Genre : Jazz, Latin Jazz
Style : Bossa Nova, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Funk

"BOSS PIANO" is among best productions recorded by Yuji Ohno from the last decade on his own label "LUPINTIC". In fact, from Yuji Ohno Trio With Friends only "Satin Doll" is performed by the trio formed with bassist Yosuke Inoue and drummer Yoshihito Eto, for the rest feature all members of his Lupintic Five jazz funk band. From R&B to Latin Jazz by Pop Music, Yuji Ohno revisits several popular songs of the 20th century, "Georgia" by Ray Charles, "What Now, My Love?" ("Et Maintenant" by Gilbert Bécaud), "Goin' Out Of My Head", "See See Rider" and great jazz standards including Duke Ellinghton's "Satin Doll", Red Garland's "Rojo" or The Afro-Cuban jazz classic "Manteca" by Dizzie Gillepsie. All tracks arranged by Yuji Ohno.

MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - keyboards - Yosuke Inoue - bass - Yoshihito Eto - drums - Keiji Matsushima - trumpet - Hisatsugu Suzuki - soprano sax, tenor sax - Satoshi Izumi - guitar - Eijiro Nakagawa - trombone - Shinobu Ishizaki - baritone sax - Masato Kawase - percussion 

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Yuji Ohno - Original Soundtrack From Lupin The 3rd

Year : 1978
Label : Satril/Nippon Columbia
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk, Disco

Original Soundtrack Vol. 2 of the Lupin The 3rd animated serie performed by You & The Explosion Band featuring Takeru Muraoka & guests musicians such as percussionist Hiromitsu Katada or accordionist Fumihiko Kazama. Titles include new opening ("Lupin III '79") & ending themes (the Fujiko's song "Love Squall" feat. Sandi H. Hohn) recorded for the third season of Lupin III Part II (from episode 52 to 103), "Tornado" (the Jigen Daisuke's theme), "Sphynx" (also extracted from "Lupin VS Mamo" 1978 movie), "Super Hero" feat. Tommy Snyder & "Zantetsuken" (the Goemon Ichikawa's theme). All tracks composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno.

MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - keyboards - Minoru Kuribayashi - Hammond organ - Michio Nagaoka - bass - Tsunehide Matsuki - guitar - Yuichi Togashiki - drums - Pepe Anai - percussions - Takeru Muraoka - saxophone, clarinet - Eiji Arai - trombone

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Yuji Ohno - Original Soundtrack From Lupin III

Year : 1978
Label : Satril/Nippon Columbia
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk, Disco

First of five serie records of the Lupin The 3rd Original Soundtrack released between 1978 to 1981, performed by Yuji Ohno who formed, for the nonce, his new Jazz Funk group called "You & The Explosion Band" supported by a strings ensemble conducted by Minoru Suzuki (The Suzuki Group), and guests singers Sandi A. Hohn & Tommy Snyder from japanese pop band GODIEGO. Titles include the popular opening and ending themes from the first season, "I Miss You Babe, (Yes I Do)" feat. Sandi A. Hohn, "Dangerous Zone" (also extracted from original soundtrack of Lupin VS Mamo 1978 movie), "Lovin' You (Lucky)" feat. Tommy Snyder. Some tracks are introduced by dialogue inserts extracted from the episodes of Lupin III serie, starring the main characters. All tracks composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno. 

MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - keyboards - Minoru Kuribayashi - Hammond organ - Takeru Muraoka & Jake H. Conception - saxophone - Shigeharu Mukai - trombone - Akira Okazawa - bass - Tsunehide Matsuki - guitar - Yasushi Ichihara - drums - Larry Sunaga - percussions

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Yuji Ohno Trio - LUPIN THE THIRD [JAZZ] - Plays The "Standards"

Year : 2003
Label : VAP
Serie : LUPIN THE THIRD [JAZZ]
Genre : Jazz
Style : Contempory Jazz, Cool Jazz

Sixth volume from the Lupin The Third [JAZZ] serie, the jazz cover album dedicated to the great jazz standards of the 20th century recorded by the Yuji Ohno Trio featuring drummer Kenichiro Murata & new bassist Masayuki Tawarayama who replaces Yoshio Suzuki. Titles include eight great jazz standards released from early thirty to late fifties among others, Duke Ellington's "C Jam Blues", Joseph Kosma's "Autumn Leaves", "S'Wonderful" by Victor Young or "When You Wish Upon A Star" (theme from popular animated Disney's film Pinocchio), plus two Lupin The 3rd classic songs, "Theme From Lupin The Third" & "Treasure Of Time". All tracks arranged by Yuji Ohno. 

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Yuji Ohno - Lupin The 3rd Chronicle 1977 Music File

Year : 2003
Label : Nippon Columbia
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk, Disco,

First of four volumes from "Lupin The 3rd Chronicle" compilations serie released since 2003, listing the complete soundscape dedicated to the original soundtrack of Lupin III recorded for the animated serie and broadcast from october 1977 on japanese TV. Each volume matches a recording year gathering various unreleased tracks, alternatives takes and others background music (TV Size, episode previews, eye catchs sounds) including all songs taken from the "TV Original Soundtrack BGM Collection" Vol. 1 et 2, released in 1980 and 1981. "Lupin The 3rd Chronicle : 1977 Music File" consists of original recordings heard in the season one (1977-1978), including variations on the "Theme From Lupin III" and first versions of "Love Theme", "Sunset Flight" (Exotic Highway), "Lost In The Desert" (Zenigata & Lupin M4T2), "Waving Flame" (Prologue M14), "Walking In A Prim" (Day By Day M8BT2), "Chasing The Hustler" (That's Climax), "Night Flight"(Mellow Time M7), "Take A Chance!!" (Chasers M2), "Dangerous Temptation" (Active Guys M9) & "...The Game Of Chase" (Midnight Chasers M10). Performed, arranged & composed by Yuji Ohno.

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Yuji Ohno & Galaxy - Captain Future (Original Soundtrack)

Year : 1979
Label : Nippon Columbia
Genre : Jazz, Stage & Screen
Style : Jazz Funk, Disco

The legendary japanese soundtrack composed by Yuji Ohno and recorded with the Galaxy band featuring Takao Naoi, Eiji Arai, Takeru Muraoka, Jake H Concepcion and Pepe Anai, all from You & The Explosion Band. Produced in the late seventies, the Space Opera "Captain Future" is a TOEI animated serie in 53 episodes, originally broadcast from november 1978 to december 1979. "Captain Future" is among the first animated serie to be exported outside Japan which knew a worldwide success from France ("Capitaine Flam") to Italy by US. The serie is based on stories written by Edmond Hamilton which were published in the Pulp Magazine from 1940 to 1951. The soundtrack includes deep ambient grooves served by the Korg Synthesizer, Jazz Funk pearls ("Andromeda No Kanata Ni"), Disco beats ("Ijigen No Eden") or Pop songs ("Oira Wa Sabishii Spaceman" feat. Hideyuki Hirano). Titles include also the opening ("Yume No Funanori" feat. Yukihide Takekawa) & ending themes ("Popura-Dōri No Ie" feat. Peeka-Boo), the song "Ok! Captain" feat. Kamishiro Youth Chorus from Sendai.

MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - electric piano, Korg synthesizer - Minoru Kuribayashi - organ - Takao Naoi - electric guitar - Kiyoshi Hagiya - electric guitar - Michio Nagaoka - electric bass - Yasushi Ichihara - drums - Pepe Anai - percussion - Takeru Muraoka - tenor saxophone - Jake H Concepcion - alto saxophone - Tetsuo Fushimi - trumpet - Susumu Kazuhara - trumpet - Eiji Arai - trombone - Isao Kaneyama - vibes

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Yuji Ohno Trio - LUPIN THE THIRD [JAZZ] - The 3rd Funky & Pop

Year : 2001
Label : VAP
Serie : LUPIN THE THIRD [JAZZ]
Genre : Jazz
Style : Big Band, Cool Jazz

Yuji Ohno featuring Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki & Kenichiro Murata in LUPIN THE THIRD [JAZZ] Part III, the last album with the original formation before Suzuki left the trio. As suggests the title, the musical approach is a bit different than the two first previous releases, including jazz expressions with soul grooves and pop rhythms. Titles include classics songs composed for the Lupin The 3rd serie as always opening "Theme From Lupin III", "Treasures Of Time" (Cagliostro No Shiro's movie theme) and "Zenigata Rock" (Zenigata March/Don't Be Shy Zenigata), variation on the standard Ohno's song "Mayflower" (originally recorded for "Electro Keyboard Orchestra" project in 1975) and new original compositions. All tracks composed & arranged by Yuji Ohno. 

MUSICIANS :  Yuji Ohno - piano - Yoshio Suzuki - wood bass - Kenichiro Murata - drums - Tatsuji Yokohama - percussion - Makoto Hirahara, Atsushi Tsuzurano & Kazuhiko Kondo - saxophones - Shin Kazuhara, Yuji Osada & Norio Koyama - trumpet - Eijiro Nakagawa, Masanori Hirohara & Masaki Domoto - trombone

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