Norio Maeda Trio & Terumasa Hino Quintet - Alpha RayALPHA RAY by The Norio Maeda Trio was originally released in the Swinging Sixties and this hot latin number was rediscovered by the Tokyo Hipsters at the height of the Acid Jazz Boom and became part of Shibuya Jazz Dance Folklore. HAKUCHU NO SHUGEKI THEME by Terumasa Hino Quintet is from a Japansploitation thriler made in 1970 with plenty of guns, gals, guys, sharpsuited action and gallons of studio blood! Mostly freeform blowing by the Legend that is

Birth land of the Reggae music

both of which came on Peter Brown’s P&P Records

Toronadoes members Allison (Leroy) Lewis and Nelson L

A1 - Mamaoism

it captures the era between Okay Temiz's Don Cherry Trio touring and his own band Oriental Wind's sensational debut

the track has a truly unique feel

And his relationship with Gondwana Records goes right back to the very beginning as he played on Halsall's 2008 debut Sending My Love

whose work will be immortalized in appreciation for as long as humans can hear

and his continued dedication to same

this being number 3

The result is an essential dancefloor release documenting what is surely South Africa's best take on band-driven New York boogie from the disco years

first time reissue via the Orange Wedge label