Kiketsu by West Liners

🗻 SOUND FUJI / KING Jazz RE:Generation album! 🗻

Selected by Yusuke Ogawa (Universounds). High quality download available for the first time!

- Artist: West Liners
- Title: Kiketsu
- Label: King Records
- Original release year: 1977
- Original catalog number: SKA 3001

A collection of jazz standards performed by the West Liners, a group formed primarily by pianist Nobuo Maeda, drummer Takeshi Inomata, and tenor saxophonist Kōnosuke Saijō. This album marks the group's first digital release of their classic recordings.

Personnel:

Nobuo Maeda: Piano, Arrangements
Yasuo Arakawa: Bass
Takeshi Inomata: Drums
Kōnosuke Saijō: Tenor Saxophone
Tadayuki Harada: Baritone Saxophone
Akio Igarashi: Alto Saxophone
Tetsuo Fushimi: Trumpet
Tadataka Nakazawa: Trombone
Sadanori Nakamure: Guitar

Enjoy!

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SOUND FUJI explores King Records' legendary catalog and unearths exceptional, rare and unknown musical gems from Japan. King Records has been releasing music since 1931. Follow https://180g-soundfuji.bandcamp.com/ for weekly updates and amazing music discoveries, and dig into the archives of one of the most prestigious labels in Japan!

KING Jazz RE:Generation is a series of digital compilations and albums exploring King Records' prestigious jazz catalog, carefully selected by Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa.

Yusuke Ogawa has been running the Universounds store in Tokyo since 2001, specializing in jazz and second-hand, rare, and collector records. He is also a reissue supervisor, label manager, DJ, and music writer. Known for his vast musical knowledge, eye for detail, and archival skills, Ogawa has worked on more than 250 reissues and compilations – including the highly praised Deep Jazz Reality and Project Re:Vinyl series. He is the co-author of the Wa-Jazz Disc Guide and the Independent Black Jazz of America books.

Tracklist

1.	Fly Me To The Moon	4:10

2.	Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise	4:31

3.	Bye Bye Blackbird	4:44

4.	But Not For Me	3:56

5.	Cute	3:12

6.	My Funny Valentine	4:00

7.	Night And Day	4:09

8.	A Foggy Day	3:31

9.	Tea For Two	3:59

10.	Days Of Wine And Roses	3:41

11.	Misty	3:31

12.	When The Saints Go Marching In	5:06