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Kazumi Watanabe
is a Japanese guitarist. Other guitarists such as Luke Takamura and Sugizo have cited him as an influence.
Career
Watanabe learned guitar at the age of 12 from Sadanori Nakamure at the Yamaha Music School in Tokyo. He released his first album ...
's sixth studio album, released in 1978.
Track listing
Personnel
* Kazumi Watanabe – guitar, guitar synth
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Ernie Watts
Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and R&B saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's album '' ...
– tenor saxophone, flute
*
Patrice Rushen
Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist, R&B singer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director.
At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards, her 1982 single, "Forget Me Nots", received a no ...
– electric piano,
clavinet
The Clavinet is an electric clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds with rubber pads, each matching one of the keys and respond ...
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Jun Fukamachi
was a Japanese jazz fusion composer, arranger, and keyboardist. He played with The Brecker Brothers and Steve Gadd and released albums for Polydor and Toshiba in the 1970s.
Early life and career
At the age of 3, Fukamachi began to learn pian ...
– synthesizer, strings arrangement
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Lee Ritenour
Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s.
Biography
Ritenour was born in 1952, in Los Angeles, California. At the age of eight he started playing guitar and four years l ...
– guitar, arrangements
*
Anthony Jackson – bass guitar
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Harvey Mason
Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. He was the original drummer for Herbie Hancock's band The Headhunters.
Life and career
Mason was born and grew ...
– drums
*
Steve Forman
Steve is a masculine given name, usually a short form (hypocorism) of Steven or Stephen.
Notable people
A–D
* Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people
* Steve Abel (born 1970), New Zealand politician
* Steve Adams (disambiguation), sev ...
– percussion
* Minako Yoshida – backing vocals
Production
# Executive producer – Kunihiko Murai
# Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi
# Engineers – Phil Schier, Norio Yoshizawa
# Re–mixing Engineer – Phil Schier
# Assistant engineers – Joan Schier, Yasuhiko Terada, Atsushi Saito
# Art Direction – Aijiro Wakita
# Illustration – Koichi Sato
# Photography – Hiroshi Seo
Release history
References
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1978 albums
Kazumi Watanabe albums
Alfa Records albums
Inner City Records albums