Masterless Samurai
by Osamu Kitajima
- Type: Album
- Released: 1980
- Label: Alfa
- Country: Japan
- Length: 43:39
- Community rating: 3.7/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Osamu Kitajima's 'Masterless Samurai' blends Japanese melodic references with fusion, folk, and polished studio production. The album continues Kitajima's interest in presenting Japanese musical imagery through contemporary electric instrumentation and international crossover forms.
Genres
Descriptors: Fusion, instrumental, uncommon-time-signatures, acoustic, melodic, fusion, spacious, ambient, progressive, traditional
Tracklist
- Golden Mean (5:29)
- Wild Monk (4:16)
- Sei... Essence (3:08)
- Where Is The Real Japan? (3:55)
- Masterless Samurai (5:12)
- Breath Of Night (6:54)
- Edo Townsfolk (3:40)
- Floating Garden (3:33)
- Koshaku... To The Point (3:46)
- Whoga... Grace (3:46)
Credits
- Osamu Kitajima - primary artist, acoustic guitar, biwa, synthesizer, shamisen, bells [suzu], koto, music by
- Abraham Laboriel - bass
- Alex Acu帽a - drums
- Russ Kunkel - drums
- Victor Feldman - keyboards
- Brian Whitcomb - organ
- Geoffrey Hales - percussion
- John Klemmer - saxophone [tenor]