Ryo Fukui
A Letter From Slowboat

✺ Pressed on clear sky blue vinyl✺ Originally released in 1976✺ Featuring artists such as Hiroshi Imai, Tsugutoshi Goto, Tatsuo Hayashi, and more…Japan’s leading super guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka’s memorable solo debut album is now being reprinted on LP!A masterpiece of Japanese music with tropical grooves unfolding throughout. First released in 1976.Contributing artists include: Hiroshi Imai, Tsugutoshi Goto, Tatsuo Hayashi, Shigetoya Hamaguchi, Nobu Saito, Yosui Inoue, TAN TAN, Yukihiro Takahashi and others participated (Yukihiro Takahashi participated only in writing the lyrics).

Eight years after the critically acclaimed Alien Cartoon, Senegalese producer IBAAKU returns with a new project an alchemy of jazz, electronic sounds and Casamance music in the tradition of Touré Kunda and Xalam in their day.The album is also accompanied by a short filma manifesto of resilience in the face of the sound poet's personal history but also a questioning of the way in which technologies technologies and cultures come together to reinitialize our imaginary.Identity: The meeting point of electronics, jazz and the musical tradition of Casamance.The realization of this new project is associated with a research approach to traditional Casamance rhythms, vocals and instruments.A reference to Spiritual Jazz is present, through stories and approaches ; while the skeleton of IBAAKU's tracks remains experimental,with strong influences from the emerging african club scene.JOOLA JAZZ de IBAAKU

This is a superb Hawaiian fusion album released in 1979 by trombonist Ira Nepus. He graduated from the University of Hawaii and worked as a trombonist there. This album was produced by Kirk Thompson, known for his work with bands such as Kalapana and Lemuria, using the same techniques as Lemuria, and has a funky sound with a mix of soul, jazz and AOR. The dancelike 'Trombone Feeling', with it's wonderful background chorus, and the mellow fusion 'Trickey Mickey' are Hawaiian masterpieces that recall the atmosphere of those days! The debut album by this beloved musician, who was the first director of the marching band at Tokyo Disneyland and has frequently visited Japan with the Clayton-Hamilton Orchestra, is now available again on vinyl record for the first time in 43 years!