Toshiyuki Honda - Burnin’ Waves

Holy Basil Records

£22.95

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: HBR015
Barcode: 0799513793102
Release Date: 05 Jul 2024
Genre: Jazz / Funk / Fusion

We are happy to continue our series of Electric Bird reissues in collaboration with King Record with the a killer jazz-funk release, saxophonist Toshiyuki Honda's "Burnin' Waves", originally released in 1978. Son of jazz critic Toshiyuki Honda, the Japanese composer was a skillful flute and saxophone player, and in the 70's he worked with George Otsuka and the Burning Waves ensemble. In the 1980s he worked with Chick Corea, Tatsuya Takahashi, and Kazumi Watanabe, lead his own ensemble, Super Quartet as well as being a member of the ensemble Native Son. His 1978 debut album "Burnin' Waves" boasts with hectic saxophone explorations over funky bass and happy keyboards, making it one of the grooviest releases of the Electric Bird catalog, now available on vinyl again for the first time!

©℗ 1978 – King Record Co., Ltd. Under exclusive license to Holy Basil Records.

Tracklisting
A1. Burnin' Waves
A2. All Night Rendezvous
A3. Thunder Kiss
A4. You Blow My Heart Away
B1. Just A Dream Away
B2. Havana Candy
B3. São Paulo
B4. 747 Wind Flight