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70s Jazz-Funk Recommendations

I’m a huge fan of the sound of early 70s Japanese jazz-funk. Does anyone have any recommendations for albums or artists that have a similar sound?

Think Sadao Watanabe’s Mbali Africa, Toshiaki Yokota’s Flute Adventure, Jiro Inagaki’s Funky Stuff, Kiyoshi Sugimoto’s Our Time.

I’d love to hear what experienced listeners have to recommend. Thanks in advance.

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u/Kraakegaas — 1 day ago
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Turning 1987 Japanese Jazz-fusion into a funkier flip. Built from Himiko Kikuchi’s Flying Beagle on Koala Sampler.

Flip of look your back! Very funny to play with this song and exploring the fusion side of Himiko.

u/el-efe — 3 days ago
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Deep dive into Japanese Jazz!! Come jam and learn a bit about the music and the history of J-Jazz.

u/DJBenZen — 3 days ago
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Great Wall of Japan...which one's your favorite? I just got the George Otsuka Quintet "In Concert!" the other day. It's super deep, check it out. Also, "Straight Ahead" by the New Herd is hard to beat. But then there's the incredible funkiness of "Green Caterpillar"...why is Japanese jazz so good?

u/DJBenZen — 10 days ago
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i’m a decent musician but only just started getting into jazz fusion, i’ve been listening to a fair bit and stumbled upon DEZOLVE.

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THEM!

they are genuinly super human players, ive seen like 2 yt vids abt them and nothing anywhere else,

please give them a listen, here’s my favs so far:

Heart of the world

Pixel infinite (the symbol not word) mind

migration

motion blur

blue frame

if u have to listen to one, please choose heart of the world!!

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u/Key_Wolf_3852 — 14 days ago