Jul 26, 2025
Izumi Yukimura, Ryoichi Hattori, Caramel Mama - Super Generation (Alfa Records, 1974). Track B2 titled "胸の振り子".
Genres: New Music, mood kayo, Ryūkōka, boogie woogie, funk.
This album is a collaboration between three artists:
-雪村いづみ (Izumi Yukimura), a famous kayokyoku singer.
-服部良一 (Ryoichi Hattori), a swing/jazz arranger.
-Caramel Mama (another name for Hosono's Tin Pan Alley group) as the rhythm section/backing band.
What results is a classic that fuses older forms of Japanese pop with the funk and blues stylings of the time. Recommended!
