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If someone asked me to name my favourite jazz-funk album, I’d pick this one.
Sure, Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters and The Crusaders’ Southern Comfort are right up there, but High-Flying is special.
The lineup includes Suzuki and Jun Fukamachi on keys, Masayoshi Takanaka on guitar, Ponta Murakami on drums, and Jiro Inagaki on saxes and flute. And, man, do they deliver!
There’s an original 1976 pressing for sale on Discogs; it’s going for $9800. This 2025 reissue is just 4400 yen. Grab it before it disappears again.
Sure, Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters and The Crusaders’ Southern Comfort are right up there, but High-Flying is special.
The lineup includes Suzuki and Jun Fukamachi on keys, Masayoshi Takanaka on guitar, Ponta Murakami on drums, and Jiro Inagaki on saxes and flute. And, man, do they deliver!
There’s an original 1976 pressing for sale on Discogs; it’s going for $9800. This 2025 reissue is just 4400 yen. Grab it before it disappears again.
When I first heard about this record, I was quite sure it wasn’t my cup of tea. A prog-rock/jazz-fusion concept album by a Japanese guitarist, based on a children’s story by an Italian author? Sounded pretty far-fetched. Then, one day, I decided to sample it on Apple Music.
Mind. Blown.
This is truly joyful music that is as colourful as the wrapper it comes in.
Mind. Blown.
This is truly joyful music that is as colourful as the wrapper it comes in.
acemachine26
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Today's playlist. Two favorites from last year on top:
Tarun Balani - Kadahin Milandaasin: The drummer's second album is a tribute to his grandfather Khialdas Suratram Balani, an illustrator, artist and photographer, who migrated from Sindh, Pakistan to Delhi’s refugee colony Lajpat Nagar during the Partition. Ordered this copy directly from Tarun who sent it from the same house in Lajpat Nagar.
Sinsuke Fujieda Group - Fukushima:
This album has been all the rage in the jazz vinyl world, with first pressings selling out and going for over $100. Was lucky to get my hands on the second pressing from Superfly Records.
And two all time classics on the bottom:
Zakir Hussain - Making Music:
Zakir's only release on the legendary German label ECM alongside longtime collaborators Hariprasad Chaurasia and John McLaughlin as well as label mainstay Jan Garbarek.
Charles Tolliver - Music Inc:
The first release on the iconic Strata East label also happens to be one of my favorite big band recordings.
Tarun Balani - Kadahin Milandaasin: The drummer's second album is a tribute to his grandfather Khialdas Suratram Balani, an illustrator, artist and photographer, who migrated from Sindh, Pakistan to Delhi’s refugee colony Lajpat Nagar during the Partition. Ordered this copy directly from Tarun who sent it from the same house in Lajpat Nagar.
Sinsuke Fujieda Group - Fukushima:
This album has been all the rage in the jazz vinyl world, with first pressings selling out and going for over $100. Was lucky to get my hands on the second pressing from Superfly Records.
And two all time classics on the bottom:
Zakir Hussain - Making Music:
Zakir's only release on the legendary German label ECM alongside longtime collaborators Hariprasad Chaurasia and John McLaughlin as well as label mainstay Jan Garbarek.
Charles Tolliver - Music Inc:
The first release on the iconic Strata East label also happens to be one of my favorite big band recordings.
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