Native Son was a Japanese
jazz-funk
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and
jazz fusion
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group.
The group consisted of the following members:
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Hiroshi Murakami
is a Japanese jazz drummer.
Murakami began playing percussion as a teenager, and was playing in a group with Takehiro Honda at age 19. He would go on to play with Masabumi Kikuchi, Kosuke Mine, and Sadao Watanabe in the 1970s, in addition to dru ...
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Kosuke Mine
Kosuke Mine (峰厚介) (born Kenji Wakabayashi, February 6, 1944, Tokyo) is a Japanese jazz saxophonist.
Mine played clarinet as a youth before switching to saxophone as a teenager. He began recording as a leader around 1970, and worked during th ...
* Motonobu Ohde
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Takehiro Honda was a Japanese jazz pianist and band leader.
Honda was born in Miyako, Iwate. He started playing piano at age five and studied at the Kunitachi College of Music, where he played in a quartet with Kazunori Takeda. By 1969 he was recording with a tr ...
* Tamio Kawabata
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Hiroshi Fukumura
Hiroshi Fukumura (福村博) (born February 21, 1949, Tokyo) is a Japanese jazz trombonist.
Fukumura played with Sadao Watanabe for much of the 1970s, excepting a period where he studied in the United States at the New England Conservatory of Mus ...
During their career they released 6 albums:
Discography
* (1979) Savanna Hotline - JVC
* (1979) Native Son - JVC
Side One:
1. Bump Cruising
2. Heat Zone
3. Breezin' & Dreamin'
4. Wind Surfing
Side Two:
1. Whispering Eyes
2. Twilight Mist
3. Super Safari
4. Whispering Eyes (Reprise)
Takehiro Honda: Fender Rhodes Piano, Hohner D-6 Clavinet, Yamaha CP 70 Solina Celesta
Kohsuke Mine: Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone
Motonobu Ohde: Electric Guitar
Tamio Kawabata: Electric Bass
Hiroshi Murakami: Drums
Damiao Gomes De Souza: Cuica On "Whispering Eyes"
Cover Illustration: Lou Beach
* (1980) Coast To Coast (Live In USA) - JVC
* (1982) Shining - JVC
* (1983) Resort (LP) - Polydor
* (1984) Gumbo (LP) - Polydor
References
Japanese musical groups
Japanese jazz ensembles
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