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Emergency (Selected From The Original Session Takes)
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos' 1976 direct-to-disc jazz-funk session for Toshiba, rebuilt from the best moments of the original takes.
Seychelles
Seychelles is the debut solo album by Japanese guitarist and composer Masayoshi Takanaka, released on Kitty Records in July 1976. Named after the Indian Ocean archipelago, it introduced the bright, melodic fusion sound that would become his signature.
Across eight tracks, Takanaka blends jazz fusion, funk, Latin rhythms, reggae textures, and early Japanese city-pop sensibility. His guitar leads are fluid and sunny, moving from the playful groove of “Oh! Tengo Suerte” and “Tokyo Reggie” to the ex…
An Insatiable High
An Insatiable High is the third studio album by Japanese jazz-fusion guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka, originally released by Kitty Records in 1977 and reissued in 2024. The album blends polished jazz fusion, disco, city pop, and sun-soaked West Coast funk, showcasing Takanaka’s fluid guitar work and effortlessly breezy production.
This edition was released on August 23, 2024, pressed on clear yellow vinyl as a Japanese import. It features contributions from major Los Angeles session musicians of th…
I Shall Become A Bat (LP)
2004 LP on Qbico of improvisations for electronics, objects and saxophones by Steve Beresford with John Butcher and Richard Sanderson, recorded in London in 2000 and 2003.
Belladonna (LP)
Rare original Italian edition on Vertigo of Nucleus leader's 1972 jazz-rock fusion album featuring Gordon Beck and Allan Holdsworth.
Solar Plexus (LP)
Grey area 1990 edition of the absolute classic 1970 jazz-rock fusion album on Vertigo.
Alleycat (LP)
Rare original Italian edition on Vertigo of Ian Carr's jazz-rock fusion band's 1975 album.
Darius (LP)
Rare original edition on Mosaic of the 1974 jazz fusion masterwork of balance between composition and improvisation.
Valentyne Suite (LP)
Original Italian edition on Fontana of the classic 1969 second album by the British jazz-rock band, the record that launched the Vertigo label in the UK.
Daughter Of Time (LP)
Original Italian edition on Vertigo of the 1970 third album by progressive jazz-rock band.
South-East Pipe-Lines (LP)
Original and sole edition on Edizioni di Cultura Popolare of the 1976 Italian folk jazz album, a "voyage through Mediterranean folk music" by the pianist's New Jazz Society quintet. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Apocalypse (LP)
Original 1974 classic progressive jazz-rock fusion album on US Columbia by John McLaughlin's influential band recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra, featuring Narada Michael Walden and Jean-Luc Ponty and produced by George Martin.
Love Devotion Surrender (LP)
Original US edition on Columbia of the 1973 album by the two guitarists, then disciples of Sri Chinmoy, with versions of Coltrane's A Love Supreme and Naima and a band including Larry Young, Billy Cobham and Jan Hammer.
Harold McNair (LP)
1972 compilation on B & C Records with tracks from the 1968 quartet album of post bop / soul jazz plus a previously unpublished track. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.
The Fence (LP)
Original UK edition on B & C Records of the 1970 soul jazz fusion album featuring Keith Tippett.
Balance (LP)
Original and sole edition of the 1977 album on Calig of post bop fusion by the German ninetet led by the free jazz and avantgarde trumpet and flugelhorn player. Never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Ao Vivo (LP)
1988 live album on Barca Luz by the Brazilian 1980's fusion quintet.
What Comes After (LP)
Original German edition of the superlative 1974 solo album on ECM by the innovative Norwegian guitarist featuring Barre Phillips and Jon Christensen.
Song For Everyone (LP)
Original German edition on ECM of the 1985 jazz/electronic/Indian music fusion album by the Indian violinist with Jan Garbarek, Zakit Hussain and Trilok Gurtu.
Zwischenspiel (LP)
Sole edition on KNSE International of the 1983 avant-garde jazz fusion album by the Swiss trio. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With insert.