Chikara Ueda, The Power Station
Flying Easy (LP)
FormatLPLabelNipponophoneGenreJazz & Improvisation
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First vinyl reissue since its original release in 1980! Track A2 - Cloudy is featured in our WAMONO A to Z Vol. I - Japanese Jazz Funk & Rare Groove 1968-1980 (Selected by DJ Yoshizawa Dynamite & Chintam) compilation.
A rich groove crafted by a rhythm section featuring Harvey Mason on drums and eight trombones. This Jazz Funk/Fusion album is a mix of original compositions by Chikara Ueda and covers of Boz Scaggs' tracks.
Drums: Harvey Mason
- Trombone: Shigeharu Mukai (A-1, 2)
- Flute, Soprano & Alto Sax: Toshiyuki Honda (A-1, 3, B-1, 4)
- Electric Piano, Prophet 5, Oberheim OB-X: Chikara Ueda
- Electric Guitar: Takao Naoi, Masahiro Ikumi, Yoshiyasu Hachiya (A-3, B-1)
- Electric Bass: Kazuya Sugimoto
- Latin Percussion: Yoshinori Nomi
- Tenor Trombone: Takayuki Hayakawa, Tadanori Konakawa, Yoshiaki Kawasaki, Hideo Iguchi, Shunji Sato, Tadataka Nakazawa
- Bass Trombone: Teruo Fukushima, Yoshio Oikawa
Original Release: YX-7276 (September 25, 1980)
Composers: Chikara Ueda (A-1, 2, B-3, 4) & Boz Scaggs (A-3, 4, B-1, 2)
Format
2024 Japan reissue.
"Home Work" is dedicated to Bob James
Recorded at Sound Inn , CBS / Sony Columbia, Freedom Studio. Tokyo, Japan.
Release notes
2024 Japan reissue. "Home Work" is dedicated to Bob James Recorded at Sound Inn , CBS / Sony Columbia, Freedom Studio. Tokyo, Japan.
| A1 | Flying Easy | ||
| A2 | Cloudy | ||
| A3 | Do Like You Do In New York | ||
| A4 | Jojo | ||
| B1 | Breakdown Dead Ahead | ||
| B2 | Simone | ||
| B3 | Mind Flower | ||
| B4 | Home Work |
- Chikara Ueda
- Arranged By, Electric Piano, Synthesizer [Prophet 5], Synthesizer [Oberheim OB-X]
- Teruo Fukushima
- Bass Trombone
- Yoshio Oikawa
- Bass Trombone
- Teruaki Kuroda
- Directed By
- Harvey Mason
- Drums
- Kazuya Sugimoto
- Electric Bass
- Masahiro Ikumi
- Electric Guitar
- Takao Naoi
- Electric Guitar
- Yoshiyasu Hachiya
- Electric Guitar (A3, B1.)
- Norio Okada
- Engineer
- Toshiyuki Honda
- Flute, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone (A1, A3, B1, B4.)
- Yoshinori Noumi
- Percussion [Latin]
- Jyoji Ide
- Photography By
- Tadayuki Naitoh
- Photography By
- Hideo Iguchi
- Tenor Trombone
- Tadanori Konakawa
- Tenor Trombone
- Tadataka Nakazawa
- Tenor Trombone
- Takaaki Hayakawa
- Tenor Trombone
- Toshitsugu Satoh
- Tenor Trombone
- Yoshiaki Kawasaki
- Tenor Trombone
- Shigeharu Mukai
- Trombone (A1, A2.)
