Bass – Isoo Fukui Congas, Percussion – Yuji Imamura Drums – Tetsujiro Obara Guitar – Kazumi Watanabe Piano – Masaru Imada

Pianist Masaru Imada picks up some keyboards for this sweet 80s set – still keeping things in that warmly soulful style of some of his previous albums, but also opening up the groove too – thanks to some excellent guest work from Japanese jazz heavyweights Kazumi Watanabe on guitar and Toshiyuki Honda on alto, soprano sax, and flute! The set’s got more of a fusion vibe than some of Masaru’s 70s material, but still also has an acoustic ear at the heart – a sense of warmth and lyricism that holds strong throughout, on titles that include “On The Waves”, “Sunshine Blvd”, “Marine Diving”, “Mad Riding”, and “Pretty Skip”.

Tatsuya Nakamura ‎– Where Is The Quarter? #CBS/Sony 1979 🇯🇵 Japan Drums – #TatsuyaNakamura Piano, Yamaha – #MasaruImada Bass – #HidetoKanai, #KazumiSeino Tenor Sax – #KenjiMori Alto Sax – #KazumiOguro Percussion – #KiyohiroSenba Trumpet – #ShinjiYasuda https://www.instagram.com/p/B9RIO3npUNM/?igshid=1pi01rd05urht

Masaru Imada Trio+1* ‎– Planets #Planets 1977 🇯🇵 Japan Bass – #KunimitsuInaba Drums – #TetsujiroObara Percussion – #YujiImamura (tracks: B1) Piano, Composed By – #MasaruImada https://www.instagram.com/p/B7UXADVpo6j/?igshid=eun9sqlai1s3

Personnel: Mitsuaki Furuno – bass Takuji Kusumoto – drums Yuji Imamura – percussion Masaru Imada – piano, electric piano, synthesizer, composer