Artist: Masabumi Kikuchi
Album: Susto
Genre: Fusion
Label: Sony Records
Released: 1981/1998
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Circle/Line (Kikuchi) - 14:57
- City Snow (Kikuchi) - 7:42
- Gumbo (Kikuchi) - 10:14
- New Native (Kikuchi) - 14:57
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- Personnel:
- Masabumi Kikuchi - keyboards, Fender Rhodes
- Terumasa Hino - bolivian flute, cornet
- Steve Grossman - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Dave Liebman - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto flute
- Richie Morales, Victor "Yahya" Jones - drums
- Hassan Jenkins - bass
- James Mason, Butch Campbell, Marlon Graves, Barry Finnerty, Billy Paterson - guitar
- Alyrio Lima, Aiyb Dieng, Airto Moreira - percussion
- Sam Morrison - wind driver, soprano saxophone
- Ed Walsh - synth programming
- Kiyoshi Itoh - producer
A great album of funky Japanese fusion – one that features a variety of keyboards from Masabumi Kikuchi, plus work by Terumasa Hino on trumpet, Steve Grossman and Dave Liebman on saxes, and James Mason on guitar! The best cuts have a funky feel that's in the CTI/Kudu mode – perhaps mixed with a bit of Herbie Hancock keyboard jamming – and the album's a surprisingly lost funky gem in the Columbia catalog of the early 80s, with a much harder edge than some of the other work on the label at the time! Titles include "Circle/Line", "New Native", "Gumbo", and "City Snow".