Funky in a slightly sanitised Japanese way but Paul Jackson on bass with that upfront 'Black Octopus' sound helps a lot
theres soundclips all over the place
You can't beat Jap jazz, when it hits the right spot there's none better....
Domo arigato gozaimashita
Please stop making references to this as "Jap" jazz. I'm sure you are from some place in Europe and you don't mean any harm, but "Jap" is an offensive racial slur.
Kimiko rocks ! the version sung by Herbie on Direct Steps sucks....
beside Paul Jackson on that butterfly Lp played SS favourite Alphonse Mouzon
I still like the Sunlight version best. Both of these sound tame in comparison, although the Butterfly version is killing it minus the vocals. Kimiko is stiffer than Herbie's vocoder. She sounds like a classically trained singer trying to be soulful and it just doesn't work IMO.
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I don't know exactly where the 12" is, but I'll try and dig it out, assuming nobody else comes through with it in the meantime.
I still like the Sunlight version best. Both of these sound tame in comparison, although the Butterfly version is killing it minus the vocals. Kimiko is stiffer than Herbie's vocoder. She sounds like a classically trained singer trying to be soulful and it just doesn't work IMO.