Playlist 1701 ~ 1710

【PlayList 1701】

泰安洋行 Bon Voyage co. - 細野晴臣

Haruomi Hosono (細野 晴臣, Hosono Haruomi, born July 9, 1947; age 76), sometimes credited as Harry Hosono, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is considered to be one of the most influential musicians in Japanese pop music history, credited with shaping the sound of Japanese pop for decades as well as pop music outside of Japan. He also inspired genres such as city pop and Shibuya-kei, and as leader of Yellow Magic Orchestra, contributed to the development and pioneering of numerous electronic genres.
Bon Voyage co. (泰安洋行, Taian Yōkō) is Haruomi Hosono's third solo album. This album continues the tropical style of Hosono House and Tropical Dandy while showing influence from the music of New Orleans and also features performances from Tin Pan Alley and Happy End.

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(2023/11/15)
 

【PlayList 1702】

GOSH - PONTA BOX meets YOSHIDA MINAKO

「PONTA BOX」(ポンタ・ボックス)は村上秀一(ds)が結成したバンド。一般的にジャズのカテゴリーに入る音楽だが、ポンタ自身はジャズだと考えていない。村上と佐山雅弘 (p) と水野正敏 (b) の3名で結成し、1994年にアルバム「PONTA BOX」を発表。以後、モントルー・ジャズ・フェスティバルに出演の他、1999年までに8枚のアルバムをリリースしている。活動休止の後、2004年には若手ミュージシャンの石村順 (b)、柴田敏弥 (p)と新生PONTA BOXを結成し「NEW PONTA BOX」をリリースした。
「GOSH」はヴォーカルに吉田美奈子を迎えたPONTA BOX meets YOSHIDA MINAKOのセカンド・アルバムである。(ベースは岡沢章。2002年2月リリース)

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and other album(吉田美奈子)

(2023/11/16)
 

【PlayList 1703】

YOUR SONGS - CHIE AYADO

Chie Ayado ( Japanese 綾戸智恵 or 綾戸智絵, both Ayado Chie ; born September 10, 1957 in Osaka, Japan; age 66 ) is a Japanese jazz singer and pianist. Ayado has been working with her own bands since the 1990s, with whom she recorded a number of albums for the Japanese labels Sound Factory and East Works .
Your Songs is a second album by Chie Ayado, released in 1998 on the ewe records.

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(2023/11/17)
 

【PlayList 1704】

ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE love Burt Bacharach

An experimental pop album about Burt Bacharach, one of the most famous composers of the 20th century. A gigantic jigsaw project created by avant-pop maverick Jim O'Rourke with musicians from Tokyo and the US. Featuring Haruomi Hosono, Kahimi Currie, Thurston Moore, and others. An album released in 2010.

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(2023/11/18)
 

【PlayList 1705】

THE LOOK OF LOVE - YUKARI ITO

Yukari Ito ( Japanese 伊東ゆかり, born April 6 , 1947 age 74) is a Japanese female singer and actress. She was one of the Japanese pop singers who were all the rage in the 1960s and 1970s . As a singer, she not only appears on music programs and performs in concerts, but also works as an actress.
The Look of Love is cover album by Yukari Ito originally released in 1968 & 1969 on the Japanese king records.

(2023/11/19)
 

【PlayList 1706】

DIG MY STYLE - KAZUMASA AKIYAMA

Kazumasa Akiyama ( Japanese 秋山一将, born in Tokyo in 1955; age 68) is Japanese jazz guitarist and vocalist. When he was a student, he got a chance to appear on Sadao Watanabe's radio program ``My Dear Life,'' which led to him joining the Isao Suzuki Group and the Mikio Masuda Group.
After that, he became a regular member of groups such as Motohiko Hino (Zoom), Yoshio Suzuki (Matsuri), Yasuko Agawa, and Terumasa Hino groups, and was active with Kosuke Mine Quintet between 1992 and 2007.
Dig My Style is debut album by Kazumasa Akiyama, recorded in 1978.

(2023/11/19)
 

【PlayList 1707】

TAKE A PICTURE - MARGO GURYAN

Margo Guryan (September 20, 1937 – November 8, 2021; aged 84) was an American singer-songwriter. As a songwriter, her work was first recorded in 1958, although it was for her 1960s song "Sunday Mornin'", a hit for both Spanky and Our Gang and Oliver, that she is perhaps best known. As a performer, she is best known for her 1968 album Take a Picture, the sole album release in the initial phase of her career.

(2023/11/20)
 

【PlayList 1708】

SPIRITS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN - LEON THOMAS

Amos Leon Thomas Jr. (October 4, 1937 - May 8, 1999; aged 61), known professionally as Leon Thomas, was an American jazz and blues vocalist, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and known for his bellowing glottal-stop style of free jazz singing in the late 1960s and 1970s.
Spirits Known and Unknown , subtitled New Vocal Frontiers, is the debut album by Leon Thomas recorded in 1969 and released by the Flying Dutchman label.

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(2023/11/21)
 

【PlayList 1709】

STILL HERE 1967-1973 - THE NOTATIONS

The Notations are an American soul group formed at high school in Chicago, Illinois in the late 1960s . The 1st million dollar seller was a song produced by Syl Johnson entitled "I'm Still Here". The original members were Clifford Curry, Lasalle Matthews, & James Stroud. The group stayed with Twilight Records until the doors closed. In 1973 the group joined Curtom / Gemigo Records, a label owned and run by Curtis Mayfield.
Still Here 1967-1973 is a compilation album that includes all the valuable singles and unreleased recordings left by The Notations, from 1967 to 1973.

(2023/11/22)
 

【PlayList 1710】

あまぐも - ちあきなおみ

Naomi Chiaki (ちあき なおみ, Chiaki Naomi, born September 17, 1947; age 76) is a Japanese singer and actress who worked from the late 1960s to the early 1990s.
Chiaki made her debut as a singer in 1969, and released her breakthrough single "Yottsu no Onegai(四つのお願い)" in the following year. "Kassai(喝采)", a song which has been commonly considered her signature song was released in 1972 and gained success, and finally won the 14th Japan Record Award. "Kassai(喝采)" sold over one million copies by February 1973, and was awarded a gold disc.
Amagumo (あまぐも) is an album by Naomi Chiaki released in 1978 on the Nippon Columbia label.

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(2023/11/23)