Saturday, November 23, 2013

Yuji Imamura & Air. 1977 Japan


Air's sole album features two side long tracks clearly influenced by the deep funk groove of mid 70s Miles Davis albums like Dark Magus, Agharta, and Pangaea. No trumpet, but the saxophone is instead treated to sound similar. Much more flute and spaced out than classic Miles, but still plenty of wah wah guitar and dual percussion to get down with. A few jazzers from Japan were highly influenced by Miles Davis, and percussionist Imamura is one of the finest emulators I've heard to date. 

Ownership: CD: 2013 Sony / Three Blind Mice. Papersleeve.

1//09 (first listen); 11/23/13 (review / new entry); 11/20/24

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