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YAMASHTA, STOMU
1974 , JAPAN , EAN CODE 5013929718326 - EURO 13.00

Label: ESOTERIC RECORDINGS

ALBUM REVIEW
Japanese percussionist / composer Stomu Yamash`ta settled in England in 1972, after studying music in his native country and later in the USA. He worked mainly as a composer for theatre music, but his signing as a recording artist for the Island label brought his work to the attention of a wider audience. This album was his 4th release for the label, recorded with a Jazz oriented ensemble called East Wind, his wife Hisako Yamash`ta on violin, guitarist Gary Boyle (Isotope), keyboardist Brian Gascoigne, bassist Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine) and drummer Nigel Morris. The music is a wonderful fusion of Western and Far Eastern elements as well as many cross genre excursions, from atmospheric ambient to high spirited Jazz-Rock Fusion. The music was used as a soundtrack of the film of the same name. (Jazzis - Rate Your Music)