Masterless Samurai Vinyl

When the album came out the renowned music critic nat hentoff wrote in cosmopolitan magazine.

Masterless samurai vinyl.

Released in 1980 on alfa catalog no. Masterless samurai is another step in the ongoing career of kitajima. It took me almost five years to track down a. This is a reissue of his 3rd album masterless samurai which was originally released by headfirst mca in 1978.

One of the year s most fascinating aural emotional experiences. I got lucky they announced the title and author after it played. Osamu kitajima acoustic guitar composer producer aka text arrangements role id 1013 aka text kazu matsui shakuhachi co producer geoffrey hales drums percussion co producer larry hirsch engineer louise scott cover art syl. 5 0 out of 5 stars masterless samurai osamu kitajima.

Lp vinyl record record vinyl digital album includes unlimited streaming of masterless samurai via the free bandcamp app plus high quality download in mp3 flac and more. Reviewed in the united states on september 21 2011. One of the year s most fascinating aural emotional experiences. Masterless samurai 1980 osamu completely abandons the space rock aspects here and takes a turn into jazzrock with a progressive edge that he still combines with these totally exotical sounding japanese folk elements.

Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. When the album came out the renowned music critic nat hentoff wrote in cosmopolitan magazine. It s impossible to define the genre behind osamu kitajima s music. Masterless samurai an album by osamu kitajima.

Check out my paintings. Dragon king 1981 the step from masterless samurai to dragon king has not been such a big one as it has been with the albums. It s a very unique blend of jazz fusion with traditional japanese music. There aren t any other albums that would sound similar to this incredible effort by kitajima.

I first heard this album from about the middle on npr radio when i lived in berkeley ca in my 30s.