Watanabe, Kazumi - The Spice Of Life CD
SKU
28-UCCJ-4117
Watanabe is a Japanese fusion guitarist. This 1987 album got him a lot of attention due to the fact that the rhythm section was Jeff Berlin and Bill Bruford.
“This album features the power trio of K. Watanabe on all guitars & guitar synths, fantastic bassist Jeff Berlin and Bill Bruford who was the drummer for the classic rock band Yes.
By the time Kazumi Watanabe expanded beyond jazz to join the fusion movement, it was the '80s and fusion had all but died in the States. It was a pure delight to see this man keep fusion alive with a mixture of rock, the hard-driving beats and rythms of the '80s which kept the music current in its time and updated the sound that had once been the property of the '70s..........and of course, the jazz influence is solid throughout this recording.
Watanabe is a tremendous guitar talent who is too often overlooked. His blistering hot guitar work shines with a knowledge of American culture while he slips in a definite Japanese flavor in his music........sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant.”-D Gorman
- LabelUniversal Japan
- UPC4988031130032