Toshiyuki Honda
Easy Breathing
Electric Bird (Japan) 1980
SKS 8014 (LP) w/insert.
sleeve : EX+(slightly wear on corner)
media : EX/EX(some slightly noise)
An album released in 1980 by saxophonist Toshiyuki Honda, also featured in the first edition of the guidebook Obscure Sound. Recorded with Japanese musicians including Akira Wada and Toshiyuki Daitoku, alongside numerous American session players, the album presents an impressively polished set of jazz-funk and fusion that stands shoulder to shoulder with its U.S. contemporaries. The highlight is B2, an urban mellow jazz groove with a beautifully laid-back rhythm section, wet-toned guitar and electric piano, and softly floating flute lines. A highly accomplished work, full of smooth sophistication and first-rate musicianship throughout.
A3: Loving You Slowly
B2: Living in a City