Fumio Itabashi: Watarase Vinyl LP Vinyl Record Sleeves the LA-based producer lays down

the LA-based producer lays down 5 chilled-out groovers that combine funk

United Kingdom

music label: Analog Africa 2011

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Fumio Itabashi: Watarase Vinyl LP Vinyl Record Sleeves the LA-based producer lays downThe criminally underrated second solo album by piano virtuoso Fumio Itabashi was originally released in 1982 and for years was relatively unknown outside of his home country of Japan. That is, until British DJ Gilles Peterson pointed out that Watarase may be the best jazz record to come out of the country. Gilles is always on point with his recs and this album does not dissapoint. Bridging that fine line between post bop spiritual and contemporary,