11/01/2022

Kazumi & The Gentle Thoughts ‎"Mermaid Boulevard" (1978) -Jazz Fusion-



Label : Alfa Records


Japon Side One

01 - Mermaid Boulevard (Kazumi Watanabe)
02 - Neptune (Kazumi Watanabe)
03 - Waltz For Sweet (Kazumi Watanabe)
04 - 'Q' (Louis Johnson & George Johnson)

Side Two

01 - Sugar Loaf Express (Lee Ritenour)
02 - Poppy's Walk (Kazumi Watanabe)
03 - Gentle Afternoon (Kazumi Watanabe)


Musicians :
Kazumi Watanabe : Electric & Acoustic Guitar, Synthesizer
Lee Ritenour : Electric & Acoustic Guitar
Patrice Rushen : Electric Piano & Clavinet
Ernie Watts : Tenor Sax & Flute
Steve Forman : Percussion
Anthony Jackson : Electric Bass
Harvey Mason : Drums
Jun Fukamachi : Synthesizer
Minako Yoshida : Background vocal

Rhythm Arrangement : Lee Ritenour
Strings Arrangement : Jun Fukamachi
Produced by Shunsuke Miyazumi
Recording Engineers : Phil Schier, Norio Yoshizawa
Re-mix Engineer : Phil Schier
Assistant Engineers : Joan Schier, Atsushi Saito, Yasuhiko Terada
Recorded & Re-mix at Studio 'A', Tokyo from October 17th to 29th, 1977
Executive Producer : Kunihiko Murai