''Adventures'' is the eighth studio album by Japanese
jazz fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...
band
T-Square, then known as The Square. It was released on April 1, 1984.
Released before T-Square would have some of its members, themselves, go on to write and record music for video games (such as
Mario Kart 8, both the
Arc The Lad and
Gran Turismo franchises), this album served as inspiration for game composers at the time of its release. It features the track "Sister Marian", which has been noted for its similarities to the
''Super Mario Bros.'' theme composed by
Koji Kondo
is a Japanese music composer, pianist, and music director who works for the video game company Nintendo. He is best known for his numerous contributions to the '' Super Mario'' and ''The Legend of Zelda'' series of video games, among others pr ...
for the 1985 video game ''
Super Mario Bros.'';
in a 2001 interview, Kondo cited T-Square as an influence on his compositions.
The album also features "Travelers", which inspired Guile's Theme from the 1991 game,
Street Fighter II
is a fighting game developed by Capcom and originally released for arcades in 1991. It is the second installment in the ''Street Fighter'' series and the sequel to 1987's ''Street Fighter''. It is Capcom's fourteenth game to use the CP Syst ...
.
Track listing
Sources
Personnel
The Square
*Masahiro Andoh: Electric and acoustic guitars
*Takeshi Itoh: Alto saxophone,
Lyricon
*
Hirotaka Izumi
Hirotaka Izumi (和泉宏隆, ''Izumi Hirotaka''; September 28, 1958 – April 26, 2021) was a Japanese keyboardist, pianist, and composer who was a former member of the jazz fusion band T-Square. Besides T-Square, he was also active in the ban ...
: Piano, synthesizers
*Toyoyuki Tanaka: Electric bass
*Tohru Hasebe: Drums
Additional personnel
*Keiko Yamakawa: Harp
*Kanesaki Group: Horns
*Strings by the Nakanishi Ensemble
References
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T-Square (band) albums
1984 albums