MEDiA: CD COLLECTION, p.15, P

  • Papete – Berimbau e Percussao, 1975
  • Parker, Charlie – Ultimate (Comp.), 1999
  • Parker, Leon – Belief, 1996
  • Parliament – 5 Classic Albums
Parliament - Mothership Connection, 1975
Parliament - The Clones of Dr Funkenstein, 1976
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs The Placebo Syndrome, 1977
Parliament - Motor Booty Affair, 1978
Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid, 1979
  • Pastorius, Jaco – Jaco Pastorius, 1976
  • Pastorius, Jaco – Word Of Mouth, 1981
  • Pastorius, Jaco – Invitation, 1982
  • Pearson, Duke – The Right Touch, 1968
  • Perla, Gene – Bill’s Waltz, 2008
  • Perrone, Luciano – Batucada Fantastica Vol. 3, 1972
  • Peterson, Oscar – Oscar Peterson (Comp.),
  • Peterson, Oscar – The Canadian Giant (Comp.), 2003
  • Oscar Peterson – Verve, Vol 1
Stan Getz & …, 19??
Ben Webster Meets …, 19??
The Trio Live From Chicago, 19??
Something Warm, 19??
The Sound of the Trio, 19??
Put On A Happy Face, 19??
Night Train, 19??
We Get Requests, 19??
  • Oscar Peterson – Verve, Vol 2
Louis Armstrong Meets…, 19??
The Jazz Soul of …, 19??
with Roy, Sonny & Jo Jones, 19??
Sonny Stitt Sits in With…, 19??
On The Town, 19??
Very Tall… w Milt Jackson, 19??
At the Concertgebouw …, 19??
Bursting Out …, 19??
  • Peyroux, Madeleine – Half The Perfect World, 2006
  • Pine, Courtney – Another Story, 1998
  • Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn, 1967
  • Pink Floyd – A Saucerful of Secrets, 1968
  • Pink Floyd – More, 1969
  • Pink Floyd – Ummagumma, 1969
  • Pink Floyd – Atom Heart Mother, 1970
  • Pink Floyd – Relics (Comp.), 1971
  • Pink Floyd – Meddle, 1971
  • Pink Floyd – Obscured by Clouds, 1972
  • Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon, 1973
  • Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here, 1975
  • Pink Floyd – Animals, 1977
  • Pleasure – Dust Yourself Off / Accept No Substitutes, 1975 / 1976
  • Pleasure – Joyous, 1977
  • Pleasure – Get to the Feeling, 1978
  • Pleasure – Future Now, 1979
  • Pleasure – The Greatest of (Comp.), 1979
  • Poets of Rhythm, The – Discern/Define, 2001
  • Police, The – Outlandos d’Amour, 1978
  • Police, The – Regatta de Blanc, 1979
  • Police, The – Zenyatta Mondatta, 1980
  • Police, The – Ghost In The Machine, 1981
  • Police, The – Synchronicity, 1983
  • Police, The – Every Move You Make (Boxed Set), 2019
  • Ponty, Jean-Luc – Upon The Wings of Music, 1975
  • Pop, Iggy – The Idiot, 1977
  • Pop, Iggy – Lust For Life, 1977
  • Portico Quartet – Knee-Deep in the North Sea, 2007
  • Portuondo, Omara – La Coleccion Cubana (Comp?), 2001
  • Presley, Elvis – Elvis Presley, 1956
  • Presley, Elvis – At Sun, 2004
  • Prince – 1999, 1982
  • Prince – Purple Rain, 1984
  • Prince – Around the World in a Day, 1985
  • Prince – Parade, 1986
  • Prince – Sign o’ The Times, 1987
  • Prince – Lovesexy, 1988
  • Projeto III, Ze Bertrami – Encontro, 1970
  • Puente, Tito – Puente in Percussion, 1956
  • Pulp Fiction, OST – Various, 1994
  • Pure Groove – Various (Comp.), 1996

MEDiA: CD COLLECTION, p. 14, N & O

  • Nash, Graham & Crosby, David – Graham Nash David Crosby, 1972
  • Nu Yorican Funk Experience, The – Album, 2002
  • Nucleus / Ian Carr – Torrid Zone, the Vertigo recordings, 1970-1975 (Boxed Set), 2019
Elastic Rock, 1970
We’ll Talk About It Later, 1971
Solar Plexus, 1971
Belladonna, 1972
Labyrinth, 1973
Roots, 1974
Under the Sun, 1974
Snakehips Etc, 1975
Alleycat, 1975
  • Ochao, Eliades – Tributo al Cuarteto Patria, 2000
  • Ogerman, Claus / Brecker, Michael – Cityscape, 1982
  • Orlandivo – Samba Em Paralelo, 1965
  • Orlandivo – Orlandivo, 1977
  • O’Rourke, Jim – Eureka, 1999
  • Otis, Johnny – Cold Shot, 1968 & Snatch & The Poontangs, 1969
  • Otis, Shuggie – Here Comes Shuggie Otis/Freedom Flight, 1970/1971
  • Otis, Shuggie – Inspiration Information, 1974
  • Otis, Shuggie – In Session Information (Comp.), 2002
  • Outkast – Speakerboxxx / the Love Below, 2003

MEDiA: CD COLLECTION, p.13, M

  • Mann, Herbie – Do The Bossa Nova [1962]/Latin Fever [1962-4], 2000
  • Mann, Herbie – The Classic Albums Collection, Vol. I, 19??-19?? (Boxed Set), 20??
  • Mann, Herbie – The Classic Albums Collection, Vol. II, 19??-19?? (Boxed Set), 20??
  • Mann, Herbie – The Classic Albums Collection, Vol. III, 19??-19?? (Boxed Set), 20??
  • Manne, Shelly – The Classic Albums Collection, 1955-1962 (Boxed Set), 2017
  • Manne, Shelly – Mannekind, 1972
  • Marley, Bob (etc) – The Complete Island Recordings (Boxed Set), 2020
  • Mayfield, Curtis – Orig. Albums Series (Comp.) 2012
  • Mayfield, Curtis – Curtis, 1970
  • Mayfield, Curtis – Live, 1971
  • Mayfield, Curtis – Roots, 1971
  • Mayfield, Curtis – Superfly, 1972
  • Mayfield, Curtis – Back to the World, 1973
  • Mayfield, Curtis – Sweet Exorcist, 1974
  • Mayfield, Curtis – Short Eyes, 1977
  • McComb, Frank – The Truth, 2004
  • McDuff, Brother Jack, w Grant Green – Goodnight, It’s Time To Go, 1961
  • McDuff, Brother Jack, w Grant Green – The Honeydripper, 1961
  • Metheny, Pat – Bright Size Life, 1976
  • Metheny, Pat – Watercolours, 1977
  • Metheny, Pat – Pat Metheny Group, 1978
  • Metheny, Pat – American Garage, 1978
  • Metheny, Pat – New Chautauqua, 1979
  • Metheny, Pat, & Charlie Haden – Beyond The Missouri Sky, 1997
  • Metheny, Pat – One Quiet Night, 2003
  • Mitchell, Joni – Song To A Seagull, 1968
  • Mitchell, Joni – Clouds, 1969
  • Mitchell, Joni – Ladies of The Canyon, 1970
  • Mitchell, Joni – Blue, 1971
  • Mitchell, Joni – For The Roses, 1972
  • Mitchell, Joni – Live at Carnegie Hall, 1972/2020
  • Mitchell, Joni – Miles of Aisles, 1974
  • Mitchell, Joni – Court & Spark, 1974
  • Mitchell, Joni – The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975
  • Mitchell, Joni – Hejira, 1976
  • Mitchell, Joni – Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, 1977
  • Mitchell, Joni – Mingus, 1979
  • Mitchell, Joni – Shadows & Light, 1980
  • Mitchell, Joni – The Reprise Albums, 1968-1971 (Boxed Set), 2021
  • Mitchell, Joni – Archives, Vol I: The Early Years, 1963-67 (Boxed Set), 2020
  • Mitchell, Joni – Archives, Vol II: The Reprise Years, 1968-71 (Boxed Set), 2021
  • Mitchell, Joni – Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes), 1971/2021
  • Mitchell, Joni – Archives, Vol III: The Asylum Years, 1972-75 (Boxed Set), 2023
  • Montgomery, Wes – The Classic Recordings, 1958-1960 (Boxed Set), 2015
  • Montgomery, Wes – The Classic Recordings, 1960-1962 (Boxed Set), 2015
  • Moreira, Airto – The Essential (comp), 1999
  • Morgan, Lee – The Sidewinder, 1964
  • Morgan, Lee – The Rumproller, 1966
  • Morgan, Lee – The Sixth Sense, 1970
  • Morrison, Van – Astral Weeks, 1968
  • Morrison, Van – And The Street Choir, 1970
  • Motorhead – The Ace Of Spades, 1980
  • Muhammad, Idris – Power of Soul, 1974
  • Mulligan, Gerry – Best of Quartet with Chet Baker, 1991
  • MUSE – Haarp, 2008
  • Music to Watch Girls By, More – Various, 1999

MEDiA: CD COLLECTION, p. 12, L

  • Land, Harold – Four Classic Albums, 2019
  • Land, Harold – In The Land Of Jazz, 1958
  • Land, Harold – The Fox, 1959
  • Land, Harold – West Coast Blues, 1960
  • Land, Harold – In New York, 1960
  • Lane, Fred – The One That Cut You/Car Radio Jerome, 1993
  • Latin to Jazz Dance, Rare Tunes Collection, vol 1 – Various, 2003
  • Latin to Jazz Dance, Rare Tunes Collection, vol ? – Various, 2003
  • Latin to Jazz Dance, Rare Tunes Collection, vol 4 – Various, 2003
  • Latin Soul – Various (Comp.), 2003
  • Leao, Nara – Des Anos Depois, 1971
  • Led Zeppelin – I, 1969
  • Led Zeppelin – II, 1969
  • Led Zeppelin – III, 1970
  • Led Zeppelin – IV, 1971
  • Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy, 1973
  • Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti, 1975
  • Led Zeppelin – Presence, 1976
  • Led Zeppelin – In Through The Out Door, 1979
  • Led Zeppelin – Coda, 1982
  • Led Zeppelin – How The West Was Won, 2003
  • Level 42 – Level 42, 1981
  • Level 42 – Pursuit of Accidents, 1982
  • Level 42 – True Colours, 1984
  • Level 42 – World Machine, 1985
  • Level 42 – Running In The Family, 1987
  • Level 42 – Staring At the Sun, 1988
  • Lightfoot, Gordon – If You Could Read My Mind, 1970 (originally titled Sit Down, Young Stranger)
  • Lovin Spoonful, The – 5 Classic Albums
    • Lovin Spoonful, The – Do You Believe In Magic, 1965
    • Lovin Spoonful, The – Daydream, 1966
    • Lovin Spoonful, The – Hums of the…, 1966
    • Lovin Spoonful, The – Everything Playing, 1967
    • Lovin Spoonful feat. Joe Butler, The – Revelation Revolution ‘69, 1968
  • Lynott, Phil – Solo In Soho, 1980
  • Lynott, Phil – The Philip Lynott Album, 1982

MEDiA: CD COLLECTION, p. 11, K

  • Kautto, Petri – Earth Turtle, 2009
  • Kautto, Petri – Friendly Stranger, 2009
  • Kuatto, Petri – The Reporters, 2015
  • Kautto, Petri – Country & Northern, 2019
  • Kerouac, Jack – The Kerouac Collection (Comp.), 1990
Kerouac, Jack - Poetry for the Beat Generation, 1959
Kerouac, Jack - Blues & Haikus, 1959
Kerouac, Jack - Beat Generation, 1960
  • KG&TLW – I’m in Your mind Fuzz, 2014
  • KG&TLW – Papier Mache Dream Balloon, 2015
  • KG&TLW – Nonagon Infinity, 2016
  • KG&TLW – Flying Microtonal Banana, 2017
  • KG&TLW – Murder of the Universe, 2017
  • KG&TLW – Sketches of Brunswick East, 2017
  • KG&TLW – Polygondwanaland, 2017
  • KG&TLW – Gumboot Soup, 2017
  • KG&TLW – Fishing for Fishies, 2019
  • KG&TLW – Infest The Rat’s Nest, 2019
  • Kinks, The – Face to Face, 1966
  • Kinks, The – Village Green Preservation etc, 1968
  • Kinks, The – Muswell Hillbillies, 1971
  • Kinks, The – Everybody’s in Show-Biz, 1972
  • King, Albert – Born Under A Bad Sign, 1967
  • King Crimson – In The Court of the Crimson King, 1969
  • King Crimson – Lark’s Tongues in Aspic, 1973
  • King Crimson – Red, 1974
  • Kool & the Gang – Wild & Peaceful, 1973
  • Kousah, Clara – Dark To Light, 2008
  • Krall, Diana – Girl In the Other Room, 2004
  • Krupa & Rich – The Drum Battle, 1952/1999
  • Krupa & Rich – Krupa & Rich, 1956
  • Krupa, Gene – 5 Classic Albums (Comp.), 2012
Krupa, Gene - The Gene Krupa Sextet, Vol 1, 19??
Krupa, Gene - The Gene Krupa Sextet, Vol 2, 19??
Krupa, Gene - The Gene Krupa Sextet, Vol 3, 19??
Krupa, Gene - Hey, Here’s…, 19??
Krupa, Gene - Trio Collates, 19??
Krupa, Gene - Drum Boogie, 19??
  • Krupa, Gene – The Gene Krupa Story (Boxed Set), 2005
  • Kynard, Charles – The Soul Brotherhood / Reelin’ With The Feelin’, (Comp.), 1969
  • Kynard, Charles – Charles Kynard, 1971
  • Kynard, Charles – Woga, 1972
  • Kynard, Charles – Your Mama Don’t Dance, 1973

MEDiA: CD COLLECTION, p. 10, J

  • Jackson 5, The – Diana Ross Presents, 1969
  • Jackson, Michael – Off The Wall, 1979
  • Jackson, Michael – Thriller, 1982
  • Jansch, Bert – Bert Jansch, 1965
  • Jansch, Bert – It Don’t Bother Me, 1965
  • Jansch, Bert – Jack Orion, 1966
  • Jansch, Bert – Nicola, 1967
  • Jansch, Bert – Birthday Blues, 1969
  • Jansch, Bert – Rosemary Lane, 1971
  • Jansch, Bert – Dazzling Stranger (comp), 2000
  • Jamiroquai – Emergency On Planet Earth, 1993
  • Jamiroquai – Return of the Space Cowboy, 1994
  • Jamiroquai – Travelling Without Moving, 1996
  • Jamiroquai – Synkronized, 1999
  • Jamiroquai – A Funk Oddysey, 2001
  • Jobim, etc – Orfeu de Conceicão, 1956
  • Jobim – The Composer of Desafinado Plays, 1963
  • Jobim – The Wonderful World Of, 1965
  • Jobim – Love, Strings & Jobim, 1966
  • Jobim – A Certain Mr, 1967

  • Jobim – Wave, 1967
  • Jobim – Stone Flower, 1970
  • Jobim – Tide, 1970
  • Jobim – Matita Pere, 1973
  • Jobim – Jobim, 1973
  • Jobim – Elis e Tom, 1974?
  • Jobim – Urubu, 1976
  • Jobim – Terra Brasilis, 1980
  • Jobim – e Convidados, 1985
  • Jobim – The Man From Ipanema (comp), 1995
  • Joel, Billy – The Stranger, 1977
  • John, Elton – Honky Chateau, 1972
  • John, Elton – Don’t Shoot Me…, 1973
  • Joyce – e Nelson Angelo, 1972
  • Joyce – Feminina, 1980
  • Joyce – Agua e Luz, 1981
  • Joyce – Tudo Bonito, 2000
  • Joyce – Rio Bahia, w Dori Caymmi, 2005
  • Joyce – Samba Jazz & Outras Bossas, w Tutty Moreno, 2007

MEDiA: CD COLLECTION, p.8, H

  • Hancock, Herbie – Takin’ Off, 1962
  • Hancock, Herbie – My Point Of View, 1964
  • Hancock, Herbie – Inventions & Dimension, 1964
  • Hancock, Herbie – Empyrean Isles, 1964
  • Hancock, Herbie – Maiden Voyage, 1965
  • Hancock, Herbie – Speak Like A Child, 1968
  • Hancock, Herbie – The Prisoner, 1969
  • Hancock, Herbie – Fat Albert Rotunda. , 1969
  • Hancock, Herbie – Mwandishi, 1971
  • Hancock, Herbie – Crossings, 1972
  • Hancock, Herbie – Sextant, 1973
  • Hancock, Herbie – Headhunters, 1973
  • Hancock, Herbie – Thrust, 1974
  • Hancock, Herbie – Man-Child, 1975
  • Hancock, Herbie – Secrets, 1976
  • Hancock, Herbie – Sunlight, 1978
  • Haynes, Roy – Senyah, 1972
  • Headhunters, The – Straight From The Gate, 1977
  • Hedges, Michael – Breakfast In The Field, 1981
  • Hedges, Michael – Aerial Boundaries, 1984
  • Hedges, Michael – Tap Root, 1990
  • Henderson, Joe – The Complete Joe Henderson Blue Note Studio Sessions (Mosaic Box), 2021
    • Page One
    • Our Thing
    • Inner Urge
    • Mode For Joe
    • In & Out
    • W. Kenny Dorham – Una Mas
    • W. Kenny Dorham – Trompetta Toccata
  • Hendrix, Jimi – Album, Are You Experienced? 1967
  • Hendrix, Jimi – Axis: Bold As Love, 1967
  • Hendrix, Jimi – Electric Ladyland, 1968
  • High Llamas, The – Santa Barbara, 1992
  • High Llamas, The – Gideon Gaye, 1994
  • High Llamas, The – Hawaii, 1996
  • High Llamas, The – Cold & Bouncy, 1998
  • High Llamas, The – Snowbug, 1999
  • High Llamas, The – Buzzle Bee, 2000
  • High Llamas, The – Beet, Maize, Corn, 2003
  • High Llamas, The – Can Cladders, 2007
  • Holmes, Richard ‘Groove’ – Bowl of Soul
  • Holmes, Richard ‘Groove’ – The Classic Albums Collection:
    • ‘Groove’, w Ben Webster, Les McCann
    • Groovin’ w Jug
    • Somethin’ Special
    • After Hours
    • Tell It Like It Tis
    • Book of Blues, Vol. I
    • Soul Message
    • Living Soul

MEDiA: CD COLLECTION, p.9, I

  • Impressions, The – Impressions, 1963
  • Impressions, The – Never Ending, 1964
  • Impressions, The – This Is My Country, 1968
  • Impressions, The – The Young Mod’s Forgotten Story, 1969
  • Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden, 1980
  • Iron Maiden – Killers, 1981
  • Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast, 1982
  • Iron Maiden – Piece Of Mind, 1983
  • Iron Maiden – Power Slave, 1984
  • Isley Bros, The – Greatest Hits (Comp.), 2008

MUSiC: Casiopea, 1979

I can’t believe I haven’t already posted this album!? Or have I!?

Utterly sublime! Pure unalloyed musical joy.

The YouTube video above was my introduction to Casiopea. And it was love at first sight/sound. Sadly only two or three tracks from this splendid performance are to be found online.

Like Led Zeppelin’s fabulous debut of a decade earlier, it’s the group’s brilliant drummer who kicks things off on 1979’s eponymous debut.

Bassist and co-founder Tetsuo Sakurai is clearly indebted to Antony Jackson and Headhunters era Hancock for the main spinal groove of opening number Time Limit. Horns are courtesy of Yankee-doodle fusionistas Dave Sanborn and the Brecker Bros.

After the taught and energised slap around the chops that is Time Limit, things shift down a few gears for the silky smooth boudoir vibes of Tears Of The Star. Founder member and guitarist Issei Noro plays a beautiful acoustic guitar solo, after which bassist Tetsua Sakurai shows his tastefully restrained chops, deploying a wonderful classical guitar style (fingered tremolo?) on his bass. And then the song builds to a climactic keys segment, before returning to the opening mellow vibe, to shimmer out with a smattering of sexy sax. Fantastic!

Track three Space Road starts with a more upbeat version of the groove that Tears finished with, before launching into a very energised slightly Latin-esque groove, over which the chords progress in a manner that suggest a constant rising of pitch and energy. These guys really are incredibly tight and sympathetic. Midway through Noro goes into his solo, starting with a kind of crying seagull sound that reminds me of another Jap-Fusion guitar monster, (what’s his name? The Rainbow Goblins dude… is it Masayoshi Takanaka?). For the keys solo, Sasaki goes to his cowbell. More cowbell!!! The energy is off the charts, but it’s all so controlled, and clean. Really incredible.

I think on this debut disc all compositions are by guitarist, Issei Noro. They really capture or represent a certain very bright very positive era of fusion. And on that note, we get to Midnight Rendezvous. Definitely a Desert Island Discs choice pour moi! I’m going to have to teach myself the drum parts to this sublime recording.

The groove is a masterfully balanced combo’ of simplicity and subtly challengingly nuanced feel. One of those rare and beautiful moments where everything is in perfect balance. You wouldn’t want to add or take anything way. It’s perfect! Noro’s guitar solo exemplifies this: structured, and yet excitingly on the edge, as if perfectly poised between composed and improvised. No wonder they play it more or less note for note live. Why mess with perfection?

Sasaki gets a kind of outro solo, in which he really just grooves, rather than out and out soloing. And again, it’s perfect for the song. His chops are, frankly, staggering. Once again attaining that perfect sweet spot between composition and improvisation.

Sooo ‘80s, in the best of all possible ways.

What was side two kicks off – or on CD continues – with the majestic Far Away. Strings are added to the mix here, as indeed they are on numerous tracks. The strings are credited to ‘Tomato Strings’! Whoever that was, they’re once again pitch perfect. Noro’s signature riff on Far Away is the perfect bedrock for the band to groove and solo on. And like the entire album, it’s suffused with a joyfulness characteristic of the fusion these guys make.

Swallow sees the tempo raised again, Sasaki’s drumming simultaneously ballistic and yet tightly focussed, restrained even. Astonishing! And like every instrument on these recordings, his kit – drums and cymbals – sounds utterly perfect. I’d love to know exactly what cymbals he plays. They have a sound I want to be able to emulate/recreate.

They reach a pitch of ballistic bombast in this track, just before Sasaki’s brief but powerful drum solo, that captures the intensity of their live performances. What an incredible band! Awesome is a much overused and abused term these days. But it’s just right for these dudes.

The penultimate track is the only number to feature vocals. And, like everything else here, they’re absolutely terrific! Kind of makes you wonder why they didn’t have more vocals in their music? But really they are an instrumental jazz fusion outfit. So their instruments do the singing, by and large. But it’s interesting to note that they could sing, and beautifully. Noro even goes a bit Benson, delivering a tasty scat’n’axe solo.

The album finishes, all too briefly, clocking in at under 40 minutes, on another atomic fusion bomb, Black Joke, the other track from the 1979 live performance viewable – see video above (warning: humongous bass solo alert!) – on YouTube. Phew!!! What a magical excursion to a land of musical waves, mountains and exquisite cherry blossoms!

What a band! Minoru, Sasaki, Tetsuo and Noro.

Although I’m primarily a drummer, and totally dig the brilliance of Takashi Sasaki’s jaw-dropping performances throughout this album, props have to to every single person playing on this utterly magnificent album. And Black Joke signs off just as they started, all cylinders firing in beautiful concert.

Minoru Mukaiya’s keys are note perfect, the selection of sounds, from mellifluous Rhodes to funky synths capturing a period vibe that to me is pure heaven. Tetsuo’s bass playing is muscular and lithe, light or heavy, and – like everything else here – pitched to sublime perfection. Band founder/leader and chief composer Issei Noro is on blinding form. Whether he’s shredding, or laying down the greasiest fonkiest riffs, he’s always bang on the money.

And Takashi Sasaki? Well, as I’ve already said numerous times above… words fail me. Drumming attains musical perfection sometimes. And this is a case in point. There are a few albums – LeRoy Hutson’s mid ‘70s stuff – or tracks (Herbie’s Actual Proof, Jackie Wilson’s Higher and Higher, Toto’s Georgy Porgy) – and this, which attain a peak of perfection I can only be dazzled by and forlornly dream of aspiring to.

If you dig the first Casiopea album, as I do, you’ll want their second, Super Flight (pictured above) as well. It’s the last to feature the sublime drumming talents of Takashi Sasaki. Or would that actually be Mint Jams? The latter sees the arrival of the very talented Akira Jimbo. But it may also feature Sasaki on some tracks.

This disc sees the arrival of new drummer, Akira Jimbo.

Footnotes

Fans of the line up that recorded Casiopea’s first two albums, with the astonishingly crisp, precise and lightly deft drumming of Takashi Sasaki, might enjoy this recording, by keys player Tatsuya Kohima, which features the Casiopea lads as session backing band.