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Masaru Imada Trio +2 – Green Caterpillar

Japanese jazz is sadly one of best-kept secret. But, it would be stupid to not discover Green Caterpillar by Masaru Imada trio + 2. Led by Masaru Imada and his Fender Rhodes, the record opens with A Green Caterpillar, a 11 minutes piece whose the groove is somewhat reminiscent of Marc Moulin and his Placebo band. A Straight Flash continues along this line, while on Blue Impulse and Spanish Flower Masaru Imada uses the piano in a much more modal style (Editorial Reviews).

Bass – Isoo Fukui Congas, Percussion – Yuji Imamura Drums – Tetsujiro Obara Guitar – Kazumi Watanabe Piano – Masaru Imada

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Masaru Imada Nowin – Mint Breeze

Pianist Masaru Imada picks up some keyboards for this sweet 80s set – still keeping things in that warmly soulful style of some of his previous albums, but also opening up the groove too – thanks to some excellent guest work from Japanese jazz heavyweights Kazumi Watanabe on guitar and Toshiyuki Honda on alto, soprano sax, and flute! The set’s got more of a fusion vibe than some of Masaru’s 70s material, but still also has an acoustic ear at the heart – a sense of warmth and lyricism that holds strong throughout, on titles that include “On The Waves”, “Sunshine Blvd”, “Marine Diving”, “Mad Riding”, and “Pretty Skip”.

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Tatsuya Nakamura ‎– Where Is The Quarter? #CBS/Sony 1979 🇯🇵 Japan Drums – #TatsuyaNakamura Piano, Yamaha – #MasaruImada Bass – #HidetoKanai, #KazumiSeino Tenor Sax – #KenjiMori Alto Sax – #KazumiOguro Percussion – #KiyohiroSenba Trumpet – #ShinjiYasuda https://www.instagram.com/p/B9RIO3npUNM/?igshid=1pi01rd05urht

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Masaru Imada Trio+1* ‎– Planets #Planets 1977 🇯🇵 Japan Bass – #KunimitsuInaba Drums – #TetsujiroObara Percussion – #YujiImamura (tracks: B1) Piano, Composed By – #MasaruImada https://www.instagram.com/p/B7UXADVpo6j/?igshid=eun9sqlai1s3

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Masaru Imada Quartet ‎– Remember Of Love

Masaru Imada (今田勝 Imada Masaru, born 21 March 1932) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer.

Track listing: A1 Maki 5:03 A2 Remember Of Love 8:52 B1 Sea Weeds 7:58 B2 Little Step 8:02

Personnel: Mitsuaki Furuno – bass Takuji Kusumoto – drums Yuji Imamura – percussion Masaru Imada – piano, electric piano, synthesizer, composer