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Track listing

# "Red Lotus Man" – 3:36 # "Twilight Eyes" – 4:21 # "The Silent Road "Hellen"" – 4:29 # "After Midnight" – 4:54 # "The Light Around Us "Chris"" – 4:41 # "It's a Holiday" – 4:07 # "Blue Imagination" – 4:09 # "The Mood in the Melody" – 4:26 # "Hot Winter Night in the Valley" – 4:26 Akira Jimbo albums 1986 albums

Personnel

* Abraham Laboriel — Bass * Akira Jimbo — Composer, Arrangement, Drums (all tracks) * Brandon Fields — Saxophone, Flute * Bruce Fowler — Trombone * Bryan Ferry — Steel Drums * Carlos Rios — Guitar * Don Freeman — Piano * Greg Phillinganes — Piano, (track 4) * Paulinho Da Costa — Percussion * Paul Jackson Jr. — Guitar * Rick Braun — Trumpet * Walt Fowler — Trumpet {{1980s-jazz-album-stub