To chi ka
by Kazumi Watanabe
- Type: Album
- Released: May 1980
- Label: Better Days
- Country: Japan
- Length: 45:43
- Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Japanese guitar virtuoso Kazumi Watanabe recorded this jazz fusion masterpiece in New York alongside a staggering ensemble of American session legends, including Marcus Miller, Tony Levin, and Steve Jordan. 'To chi ka' is a flawlessly produced, incredibly vibrant exercise in technical guitar playing, bridging high-speed jazz-funk with lush, melodic instrumentation. It is a pinnacle of 1980s Japanese fusion.
Genres
Descriptors: Fusion, complex, improvisation, technical, instrumental
Tracklist
- Liquid Fingers = γͺγγγγ»γγ£γ³γ¬γΌγΊ (4:55)
- Black Canal = γγ©γγ―γ»γ«γγ« (6:42)
- To Chi Ka = γγγ« (3:30)
- Cokumo Island = γ³γ―γ’γ»γ’γ€γ©γ³γ (8:51)
- Unicorn = γ¦γγ³γΌγ³ (4:40)
- Don't Be Silly = γγ³γγ»γγΌγ»γ·γͺγΌ (5:39)
- Sayonara = γ΅γ¨γγ© (5:24)
- Manhattan Flu Dance = γγ³γγγΏγ³γ»γγ«γΌγ»γγ³γΉ (6:02)
Credits
- Ed Walsh - programmed by [oberheim 8 voice & ob-x]
- Marcus Miller - bass guitar
- Steve Jordan - drums
- Kenny Kirkland - keyboards, keyboards, piano [acoustic piano solo]
- Joe Caro - rhythm guitar
- Warren Bernhardt - synthesizer [oberheim], keyboards, synthesizer [oberheim], synthesizer [oberheim solo], keyboards, synthesizer [oberheim solo]
- Tony Levin - bass guitar [fretless]
- Peter Erskine - drums