Terumasa Hino - Double Rainbow (1981)

Top piece of Japanese fusion with arrangements by Gil Evans and Masabumi Kikuchi from a stellar line up. Highly Recommended.
Merry Go Round was huge on the dance floor for Paul Murphy back in the day at the Electric Ballroom - a massive hunk of funk anchored by a titanic bass line with chattering guitars and a wall of percussion with soloists taking off in all directions - murdah !!!
Aboriginal is as good but this time 3 acoustic basses twist and turn under more percussion and keyboards with Steve Grossman and Hino blowing madly and then half way through Steve Turre kicks in with digeredoo and conch shells…Rolf Harris it aint!
Yellow Jacket is a more conventional slinky sliding bit of funk and the albums rounded out with a couple of moody atmospheric tunes-Miwa Yama and Cherry Hill Angel.– Bacoso

Tracklist:

1. Merry-Go-Round (14:46)
2. Cherry Hill Angel (8:06)
3. Yellow Jacket (4:42)
4. Miwa Yama (6:21)
5. Aboriginal (12:24)

Personnel:

Terumasa Hino - cornet
Steve Grossman - soprano saxophone
Herbie Hancock, Kenny Kirkland, Mark Grey - Fender Rhodes
Masabumi Kikuchi - piano, synthesizer
Butch Campbell, Lou Volpe, David Spinozza, Barry Finnerty, James Mason - guitar
Anthony Jackson, Hassan Jenkins, Herb Bushler - bass
Eddie Gomez, George Mraz, Reggie Workman - double bass
Harvey Mason, Lenny White, Billy Hart - drums
Airto Moreira, Manolo Badrena, Don Alias - percussion

Recorded and mixed at Sound Ideas Studios, New York in February-March, 1981 except Herbie Hancock parts on #1 recorded at The Automatt, San Francisco, CA on February 24, 1981.