This album features the ability trio of K. Watanabe on all guitars & guitar synths, fantastic bassist Jeff Berlin together with Bill Bruford who was the drummer for the classic stone band Yes. By the fourth dimension Kazumi Watanabe expanded beyond jazz to bring together the fusion movement, it was the '80s together with fusion had all simply died inwards The States. It was a pure please to encounter this human proceed fusion live on alongside a mixture of rock, the hard-driving beats together with rythms of the '80s which kept the music electrical flow inwards its fourth dimension together with updated the audio that had i time been the belongings of the '70s..........and of course, the jazz influence is company throughout this recording. Watanabe is a tremendous guitar talent who is likewise ofttimes overlooked. His blistering hot guitar move shines alongside a cognition of American civilisation spell he slips inwards a definite Japanese season inwards his music........sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant. An incredible album!!! On a scale of 1-5 stars, this album deserves 10 stars!!! I also grip alongside other reviewers that the sequel album "Spice of Life Too" was a weak together with disappointing follow-up to this supurb album. I haven't bothered to pick it upward on CD, because fifty-fifty alongside the add-on of a keyboardist, the music was uninspired together with lackluster.......worth 3 stars at best........but again, THIS album, the ORIGINAL "Spice of Life" deserves 10 stars on a scale of 1-5 stars!!! An splendid slice of work!!!
This album features the ability trio of K. Watanabe on all guitars & guitar synths, fantastic bassist Jeff Berlin together with Bill Bruford who was the drummer for the classic stone band Yes. By the fourth dimension Kazumi Watanabe expanded beyond jazz to bring together the fusion movement, it was the '80s together with fusion had all simply died inwards The States. It was a pure please to encounter this human proceed fusion live on alongside a mixture of rock, the hard-driving beats together with rythms of the '80s which kept the music electrical flow inwards its fourth dimension together with updated the audio that had i time been the belongings of the '70s..........and of course, the jazz influence is company throughout this recording. Watanabe is a tremendous guitar talent who is likewise ofttimes overlooked. His blistering hot guitar move shines alongside a cognition of American civilisation spell he slips inwards a definite Japanese season inwards his music........sometimes subtle, sometimes blatant. An incredible album!!! On a scale of 1-5 stars, this album deserves 10 stars!!!
For those that beloved Bruford together with Jeff Berlin working together you lot volition beloved the infuence they convey to Kazumi's agency together with blazing playing. I owned the vinyl version outset together with played it to death. But the CD has an additional runway that is rattling nighttime together with to a greater extent than similar an improv than whatsoever of the other selections. Bill uses his electronic/acoustic kit set-up together with it industrial plant amend hither than alongside King Crimson. Since in that place are exclusively 3 instruments for the almost business office (although Kazumni is all over the house alongside his guitar-synthesizer)this gives Bruford together with Berlin a large presence together with lots of room to produce what they produce best. The album has the experience of having rattling seperate tracks, the styles vary, simply is rattling addicting together with sounds peachy loud. I highly recommend it, it is actually heavily influenced past times Bruford together with Berlin together with could select been called Bill Bruford with.... Just equally a note, I tin non country that the minute attempt called "The Spice of Life Too" is of the same quality.
Tracks Listing
1. Melancho (3:29)
2. Hiper K (5:38)
3. City (4:28)
4. Period (6:38)
5. Unt (5:48)
6. Na Starovia (4:43)
7. Lim-Poo (4:50)
8. J.F.K. (4:55)
9. Rage In (6:17)*
* CD Only
Total Time: 46:50
Line-up / Musicians
- Kazumi Watanabe / guitars, guitar-synthesizer
- Bill Bruford / electronic drums, drums, percussion
- Jeff Berlin / bass
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