16/05/2023

Himiko Kikuchi "All Right" (1982) -Jazz Fusion / City Pop-



Label : Continental Records


Japon Side A

01 - Calling Waves (Himiko Kikuchi)
02 - Rolling 40th (Himiko Kikuchi)
03 - The Polestar (Himiko Kikuchi)
04 - Crazy Moon (Himiko Kikuchi)

Side B

01 - Pancake Ice (Himiko Kikuchi)
02 - Hard Meditation (Himiko Kikuchi)
03 - Bunger's Oasis (Masatsugu Matsumoto)


Written & Arranged by Himiko Kikuchi (B-03 Masatsugu Matsumoto)
Producer : Masatsugu Matsumoto
Executive Producer : Toichiro Makino
Director : Kazuo Matsui
Recorded & Re-Mixed Engineer : Bernie Kirsh
Assistant Engineer : Duncan Aldrich
Recording Co-Ordination : GP Music Corp
Recorded at Mad Hatter Studios in Los Angeles 12th - 27th Sept, 1981

Musicians :
Himiko Kikuchi : Acoustic Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
Ernie Watts : Saxophone (Tenor, Soprano, Synthesizer)
Al Vizzutti : Trumpet
Masatsugu Matsumoto : Electric Guitar
Kazuya Sugimoto : Electric Bass
John 'JR' Robinson : Drums
Steve Forman : Percussion

Brass Section
Al Vizzutti : Trumpet
Charles Davis : Trumpet
Jim Cowger : Saxophone (Tenor, Alto)
Alan Kaplan : Trombone