Escape by Katsutoshi Morizono With Bird's Eye View

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Japanese jazz guitarist Katsutoshi Morizono and his Bird's Eye View band deliver a warm and relaxed vibe on their jazz-funk masterpiece "Escape", released in 1980 on the Electric Bird label, which left a major mark on Japan's fusion scene in the late 70s and early 80s.

Selected by DJ NOTOYA (Tokyo Condition). High quality download available for the first time!

- Artist: Katsutoshi Morizono With Bird's Eye View
- Title: Escape
- Label: Electric Bird
- Original release year: 1980
- Original catalog number: K28P-6018

Line Up:

Electric Guitar, Vocals – Katsutoshi Morizono
Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Yasuhisa Shirao
Backing Vocals – Yumiko Nakamura
Drums – Muneo Sagara (A1), Tohru Suzuki
Electric Bass – Ryoichi Akimoto
Piano, Electric Piano, Synthesizer, Marimba, Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Satoshi Nakamura
Percussion – Mac Shimizu
Strings – Takashi Katoh & His Strings Ensemble

Sound Engineers – Frank Owen, Mikio Mori, Ryuji Fukushima
Producers – Shigeyuki Kawashima and Katsutoshi Morizono

Recorded at Kitty Studio, March 11-17 & King Studios, March 31-April 5, 1980

Enjoy!

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DJ NOTOYA is a DJ and curator based in Tokyo. He has released several mixes online, including the highly acclaimed ‘Tokyo 1980s’ series, which focuses exclusively on Japanese funk, boogie and disco from the 1980s. He also sells carefully selected Japanese vinyl records and reissues phenomenal Japanese tracks under his label/vinyl shop called Tokyo Condition.