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Expected Release Date 3rd November 2026
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A1. High-Flying
A2. Screwdriver
A3. Scramble
B1. Between O&M
B2. Smash
B3. Straight Flash
B4. Out Of Focus
Hiromasa Suzuki (Piano, Synthesizer, Keyboards)
Jiro Inagaki (Tenor & Soprano Sax, Flute)
Jun Fukamachi (Synthesizer, Keyboards)
Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Fujimaru Yoshino, Masayoshi Takanaka (Guitar)
Akira Okazawa, Kenji Takamizu (Bass)
Shuichi Murakami (Drums)
Larry Sunaga (Latin Percussions)
Kayoko Ishu (Vocal)
Composition & Arrangement: Hiromasa Suzuki
Produced by Jiro Inagaki
Recorded on April 2, 7, 9, 17, and 22, 1976 at Nippon Columbia Studio No. 2
Hiromasa Suzuki, the hidden force behind Hiroshi Suzuki’s "Romance" and Jiro Inagaki’s "Breeze," gathered a superb lineup of
musicians and perfected the crossover sound on this masterpiece.
Hiromasa Suzuki was a composer, arranger, and keyboardist who played an active role not only in jazz, but also across the wider
Japanese music world, including kayoukyoku, film, television, and commercials. From the late 1960s through the mid-1970s, he was
deeply involved in works by Terumasa Hino, Akira Ishikawa, Jiro Inagaki, and others during their most cutting-edge periods, fully
demonstrating his remarkable skill. His innovation, always one step ahead of the times, reached a kind of culmination in this work,
recorded in 1976. Featuring young Shuichi “Ponta” Murakami, Akira Okazawa, and Masayoshi Takanaka, this is a masterpiece of pre-
fusion and crossover.
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