Alto Saxophone – Mike Osborne
Bass, Written-By – Harry Miller
Drums – Louis Moholo
Edited By – Keith Beal
Liner Notes – Brian Case
Photography By – Jak Kilby
Piano – Keith Tippett
Producer – Harry Miller, Keith Beal
Sleeve [Sleeve Designed By], Layout – Niklaus Troxler
Trombone – Malcolm Griffiths
Trumpet – Mark Charig
Recorded live at Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill, London SW11 on 6 January 1977.

Masayoshi Takanaka is a Japanese guitarist, composer, and producer. He was born in 1953 in the Shinagawa ward in Tokyo, Japan. Takanaka's music was influential in the city pop genre of the late 1970s and '80s.

Credits
Cover – Exocé Kasongo Aka Bantufuturist
Design Concept – Jason Vaz
Mastered By – Marco Pellegrino
Mixed By – Benjamin Tierney
Painting – Raphael Cruz (2)
Recorded By, Producer – Bognár Szabolcs
Notes
Custom cover hand crafted with love, silk screen printed and stamp numbered in Berlin.
Edition of 20 copies, out of which 5 copies are available for sale exclusively on Bandcamp.
Numbers 16 - 20 will be shipped in order of purchase.

1981年LP再版

Jiro Inagaki_tenor & soprano sax, flute
Hiromasa Suzuki_fender rhodes
Takashi Imai_trombone
Hiroshi Yasukawa_guitar
Akira Okazawa_bass
Hazime Ishimatsu_drums
前記事のSOUNDS OF LIBERATIONもファンキーでしたが、
こちらもファンキー。その名も「FUNKY STUFF」。
稲垣次郎と言えば、日本を代表するサックス奏者で、
特に1970年の「ヘッド･ロック」はジャズの粋を遙かに超えた
ジャズ･ロックの名盤として燦然と輝く評価を今は手にしている。
2009年にも1970年ごろの「ヘッド･ロック」と同傾向の
「ウッドストック・ジェネレーション」がP-VINEよりCD化されマニアの話題を誘った。
そしてこの「FUNKY STUFF」は1974年の作品で、ジャズ・ロックから
徐々にソウル･ジャズやファンクに移行していった時期の代表作。
それが2010年に日本コロムビアの「昭和アーカイブ・ジャズ･シリーズ」より
CD化された！しかも2,000円！安い！これは喜ばしい初CD化！
一曲目から再生してみると・・・
ん！ん！ん！
これは石川晶の超名盤「GET UP!」にも収録されていた曲ではないか！
その盤にも参加していたコルゲンこと鈴木宏昌が同じく
この「FUNKY STUFF」でも編曲、キーボーディストとして参加している。
石川晶の高速なタム回しとは違い、石松元（彼も同じ時期に沢山のレコーディングに参加しているスタジオ･ミュージシャン）のドラムというだけで同じ曲でも随分と印象が違う。ちょっとバタバタした感じと若干テンポが違った感じもなかなか良い。
次の「ファンキー･モーション」は、ベース・ソロの曲。
これがメチャクチャ重低音の聞いたファンキーで歌心があるソロで
最近ベースを弾く自分としても非常に魅力的。
ベースラインと似たようなスキャットもかぶさってます。
そして再び鈴木宏昌のオリジナルによる3曲目「ブリーズ」。
これはミッド･テンポのグルーヴで非常に洗練された印象。
このアルバムの良い所は、何かとカバーの多い同傾向のアルバムが多い中、
これは圧倒的にオリジナルが多くしかもレベルが高い曲ということ！
その中でもアルバム・タイトルに持ってきてもいる5曲目はクール＆ザ･ギャングの曲。
この曲ですが、三保敬太郎がかかわった和モノ名曲の「ザ・ゴリラ7のテーマ」に
非常に良く似てます。というかきっとパクッたんだと思いますが。
これもベースラインぶりぶりで、歌の部分を全部ホーンで担ってます。
稲垣次郎のサックスはといえば、全編にいえますが、そこまでバリバリ吹いてません。
むしろグルーヴ優先で、「グルーヴが出るなら俺は吹かんでもいい！」といわんばかり。
でも要所要所でまとめてくる辺りはさすが。
6曲目は鈴木宏昌が稲垣次郎に捧げた「ワン・フォー・ジロー」。
ここではさっきの曲とは異なり燻し銀で歌い上げています。格好ええ！
全体的にボトム･ラインが非常に重低音でグルーヴィー！
そこに鈴木宏昌の良い感じのエレキ･ピアノが絡んできてメチャクチャ格好良いです。
こればっかり聞いていて最近どっぷりFUNKに目覚めてしまいそう。
全く今まで興味なかったFUNKとかSOULが急に面白いです。
どこでどうつながるか分かりませんが、それだからこそ音楽は飽きません！

Japanese bass player Teruo Nakamura released this album in 1977 on Polydor Records, it features a great line-up of players like Art Gore, Bob Neloms, Shiro Mori, Lonnie Smith, Steve Grossman, John Mosley, Harry Whitaker, Onaje Alan Gumbs, Carter Jefferson and others.

The new Robohands LP showcases the brilliant producer and multi-instrumentalist through his most thought-out and compelling songwriting, yet.
Andy Baxter AKA Robohands displays a new level of sureness with an album that makes you never want to leave its world. The collection of tunes touches on the full range of emotions, at times it’s bold and upbeat and other times it feels somber and heartbroken. It’s tied together with a throughline that keeps you wondering where the trip is heading next.
It builds anticipation through patience and layers that show themselves over time, but its choices are direct and seem to know where they are going while maintaining and presenting an adventurous spirit.
The multi-instrumentalist not only brought in new tones and textures for this record but there are also stand-out vocal performances on 2 of the tracks by singer, Aleh. Showing his ability to arrange with new elements at play.
released August 4, 2022
Composed by Andrew Lee Baxter except tracks 3 & 5 which are composed by Aleh Ferreira & Andrew Lee Baxter
Andy Baxter - drums, guitar, bass, percussion, tenor saxophone, synthesizers, clarinet, piano
Deanna Wilhelm - flugel horn, trumpet
Jo Hunter - tenor saxophone
Aleh Ferreira - vocals
Ken Long - electric piano, synthesizers
Francesca Uberti - piano
Produced & mixed by Andrew Lee Baxter
Mastered by Christian Obermayer at Strype Audio
Artwork by Posterlad
℗ © 2021 KingUnderground

Credits
Composed By, Arranged By, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Piano, Electric Piano – Hiromasa Suzuki
Drums – Shuichi Murakami
Electric Bass – Akira Okazawa, Kenji Takamizu
Electric Guitar – Fujimaru Yoshino, Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Masayoshi Takanaka
Keyboards, Synthesizer – Jun Fukamachi
Percussion – Larry Sunaga (tracks: Mary Sunaga)
Producer, Flute, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Jiro Inagaki
Vocals – Kayoko Ishu

released August 26, 2022
UK jazz bassist and composer Nim Sadot pays homage to his roots in his newest project. The album, simply titled Felix, is inspired by his late grandfather, a Polish artist who survived a Second World War Soviet labor camp by painting portraits of the camp's officers.
The album's cover, in keeping with Sadot's previous two releases, features an artwork by Felix; a classical figure composition created by stone lithography.
In fitting tribute to the life and work of Felix, the six tracks that make up the album form a hypnotic sonic tapestry that blend traditional influences with a forward-looking and contemporary approach.
MUSICIANS
Nim Sadot - Bass
Idris Rahman - Sax
Nick Walters - Trumpet
Hamish Balfour - Piano and Keyboards
Laurie Lowe - Drums
Yuval ‘Juba’ Wetzler - SPD on Yep
All music written, arranged and produced by Nim Sadot.
This Album was recorded at our own home studios, Drums at NXNE Studios- London
Mixed by Kfir Gov at Evil Snail Studios Austin, Texas, USA
Mastered by Maor Appelbaum at Maor Appelbaum Mastering - California - USA
Cover artwork by Saba Felix, Vinyl design by Anil Aykan Barnbrook.

Masayoshi Takanaka is a Japanese guitarist, composer, and producer. He was born in 1953 in the Shinagawa ward in Tokyo, Japan. Takanaka's music was influential in the city pop genre of the late 1970s and '80s.

Credits:
Arranged By [Horns] – Greg Adams
Arranged By [Strings] – Jun Fukamachi, Katz Hoshi, Masayoshi Takanaka
Baritone Saxophone – Steve Kupka
Bass – Abraham Laboriel, Chuck Rainey
Drums – Ed Greene, Harvey Mason, Shuichi Ponta Murakami
Guitar – Lee Ritenour, Masayoshi Takanaka
Horn – Tower Of Power
Keyboards – Jun Fukamachi, Patrice Rushen
Percussion – Motoya Hamaguchi, Paulo De Costa Steve Forman
Producer – Masayoshi Takanaka
Tenor Saxophone – Emilio Castillo, Lenny Pickett
Trumpet – Greg Adams, Mic Gillette
Vocals – Jim Gilstrap, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Anderson, Maxine Willard Waters

Erik Truffaz (born 3 April 1960 in Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland) is a French jazz trumpeter, infusing elements of hip hop, rock and roll and dance music into his compositions. He signed with the French EMI label in 1996