Casiopea ‎– Photographs ¹⁹⁸³

Casiopea, also known as Casiopea 3rd (カシオペア Kashiopea, derived from the name of the constellation Cassiopeia), is a Japanese jazz fusion band formed in 1976 by guitarist Issei Noro, bassist Tetsuo Sakurai, and keyboardist Hidehiko Koike. In 1977, keyboardist Minoru Mukaiya and drummer Takashi Sasaki joined, leaving out Hidehiko. They recorded their debut album Casiopea (1979) with guest appearances by American jazz musicians #RandyBrecker, #MichaelBrecker, and #DavidSanborn. In 1980, Sasaki was replaced by Akira Jimbo. Casiopea has released over #30albums in Japan and around the world.

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Casiopea ‎– Photographs

Label: Alfa ‎– ALR-28049

Format: Vinyl, #LP, Album

Country: Japan

Released: 1983

Genre: Jazz

Style: #Fusion, Smooth Jazz

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Tracklist

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A1 Looking Up

A2 Dazzling

A3 Long Term Memory

A4 Strasse

A5 Out Drive

B1 Misty Lady

B2 Love You Day By Day

B3 Spice Road

B4 Fruit Salad Sunday

B5 From Over The Sky

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Credits

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Art Direction – Kaoru Watanabe

Bass – Tetsuo Sakurai

Drums, Percussion – Akira Jimbo

Engineer – Norio Yoshizawa

Engineer [Assistant] – Shinji Miyoshi

Guitar, Producer – Issei Noro

Keyboards – Minoru Mukaiya

Mastered By – Mituharu Kobayashi

Photography By – Kohei Onishi

Producer – Shunsuke Miyazumi

 

#KaoruWatanabe #TetsuoSakurai #AkiraJimbo #NorioYoshizawa #ShinjiMiyoshi #IsseiNoro #MinoruMukaiya #MituharuKobayashi #KoheiOnishi #ShunsukeMiyazumi #AlfaRecords #japan #bass #drums #jazzfusion #jazzfunk #1983 #Instarecords #instavinyl #recordoftheday #samsunggalaxys9plus

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