🇯🇵 JAPAN IMPORT, VINYL ONLY 🇯🇵 Tranzam - Funky Steps

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● Japan import
● Label: Nippon Columbia
● Cat#: HMJA-191
● Pressed and printed in Japan
● Official reissue. Original release date: 1974

*** VINYL ONLY RELEASE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO DIGITAL VERSION COMING WITH THIS RELEASE ***

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Vinyl LP with obi strip, pressed and printed in Japan
Record/Vinyl
● Japan import
● Label: Nippon Columbia
● Cat#: HMJA-191
● Pressed and printed in Japan
● Official reissue. Original release date: 1974

*** VINYL ONLY RELEASE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO DIGITAL VERSION COMING WITH THIS RELEASE ***

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● Japan import
● Label: Nippon Columbia
● Cat#: HMJA-191
● Pressed and printed in Japan
● Official reissue. Original release date: 1974
● Listen: youtu.be/AKdVSaq0UHQ?si=wRz1zOMA1lDOuycf
● Check our WaJazz compilations at wajazz.bandcamp.com/merch !

*** VINYL ONLY RELEASE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NO DIGITAL VERSION COMING WITH THIS RELEASE ***

This album by Tranzam, originally released in Japan in 1974 on Nippon Columbia, features covers of classical music on a super tight and sharp groove, with an intense and heavy horn section, led by legendary saxophone player Takeru Muraoka. This masterpiece of Japanese rare groove is a must-have for all Wamono and WaJazz fans!

Tracklist:

A1 - Dance Ritual Of Fire From Love, The Magician
A2 - Largo From Mandolin Concerto
A3 - Dream Of Love

B1 - Morning From Peer Gynt Suite No.1
B2 - Andante From Pathetic Symphony
B3 - Moderato From Piano Concerto No.2

Personnel:

Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Takeru Muraoka
Drums, Percussion – Thito Kawachi
Art Direction, Design – Mitsuru Aoyama, Yasushi Okamoto
Artwork By [Drawing] – Kazuhiro Yoshioka
Bass – Tugutoshi Goto
Concept By [Album Concept] – Mikio Shimizu
Cover [Cover Concept], Graphics [Graphic Supervision] – Takarajima
Electric Guitar – Hideki Ishima
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Yoshio Mituo
Keyboards – Nobuhiko Shinohara
Percussion – Tome Kitagawa
Photography By – Ryo Higuchi
Producer – Tamako Hashimoto, Tranzam
Producer [Assistant] – Katsutoshi Wada, Review Japan Co. Ltd.
Trombone – Eiji Arai
Trumpet – Kenichi Sano, Koji Hadori

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released November 23, 2023

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