Osamu Kitajima ‎"Face To Face" (1983) -Jazz Funk-

Label : Takoma Records

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01 - Face To Face (Osamu Kitajima & Mindy Sterling)
02 - Nothing But Love (Osamu Kitajima, Richard Evans & Mindy Sterling)
03 - 31 Flavors (Osamu Kitajima & Alex Brown)
04 - No Second Chances (Osamu Kitajima & Phil Cacayorin)
05 - Should've Known Better (Osamu Kitajima & Alex Brown)

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01 - Give It Up (Osamu Kitajima & Mindy Sterling)
02 - Waterman Beetle (Osamu Kitajima)
03 - Yesterday And Karma (Osamu Kitajima, Dean Olch & Sylvia St. James)
04 - Apex (Osamu Kitajima)
05 - Amerasian Blues (Osamu Kitajima & Melanie Burke)


Produced & Arranged by Osamu Kitajima & Richard Evans
Engineered by Kirk Butler, Dennis Moody, Larry Hinds & Mike Tohen
Recorded at Red Wing Studios, Tarzana, CA ; Paramount Recording Studio, Hollywood, CA ; Hollywood Central Sound, Hollywood, CA
Mixed at Paramount Recording Studio by Kirk Butler & Osamau Kitajima


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01 - Face To Face

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto, Clap Trap
Masayaki Suzuki : Electric Guitar
Dennis Belfield : Bass
Brian Whitcomb : Rhodes
Tom Seufert : Linn Drum Programming
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Mindy Sterling : Vocals

02 - Nothing But Love

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Tom Sala : Drums
Richard Ruttenberg : Rhodes
Masayaki Suzuki : Electric Guitar
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Mindy Sterling : Vocals

03 - 31 Flavors

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto
Masayaki Suzuki : Acoustic Guitar
Tom Sala : Drums
Cornelius Mims : Bass
Richard Ruttenberg : Rhodes
Steve Forman : Percussion
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Mindy Sterling : Vocals

04 - No Second Chances

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto
Tom Sala : Drums
Richard Ruttenberg : Rhodes
Cornelius Mims : Bass
Steve Forman : Percussion
Sylvia St. James : Vocals

05 - Should've Known Better

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto
Tom Sala : Drums
Richard Ruttenberg : Rhodes
Cornelius Mims : Bass
Steve Forman : Percussion
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Sylvia St. James : Vocals

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01 - Give It Up

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Clap Trap
Masayaki Suzuki : Electric Guitar
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Tom Sala : Drums
Eric Ajave : Bass
Brian Whitcomb : Acoustic Piano
Michael Fisher : Percussion
Mindy Sterling : Vocals

02 - Waterman Beetle

Osamu Kitajima : Acoustic Guitars, Koto
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Masayaki Suzuki : Acoustic Guitar
Victor Feldman : Acoustic Piano
Tom Sala : Drums
Eric Ajave : Bass
Steve Forman : Percussion

03 - Yesterday And Karma

Osamu Kitajima : Acoustic Guitars, Chinese Koto
Masayaki Suzuki : Acoustic Guitar
Tom Sala : Drums
Eric Ajave : Bass
Victor Feldman : Rhodes
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Steve Forman : Percussion
Sylvia St. James : Vocals

04 - Apex

Osamu Kitajima : Electric Guitars, Koto
Victor Feldman : Rhodes
Eric Ajave : Bass
Masakaru Yoshizawa : Shahukachi
Steve Forman : Percussion
Ed Green : Violin

05 - Amerasian Blues

Osamu Kitajima : Acoustic Guitars, Koto
Masayaki Suzuki : Acoustic Guitar
Tom Sala : Drums
Richard Ruttenberg : Rhodes
Cornelius Mims : Bass
Steve Forman : Percussion
Elliott Geoffrey : Background vocal
Melanie Burke : Vocals