Himiko Kikuchi - Flying Beagle (2024)

Japan's world-class female keyboardist Himiko Kikuchi's first album released in 1987 on CBS Sony will be released exclusively at Tower Records in the latest 2023 remastered version. (Original release: October 21, 1987/CBS Sony/28AH-2240/32DH-810).

He collaborated with various artists such as Takuro Yoshida and Junko Ohashi, and was also a member of Nobuo Hara's Sharps & Flats and Minoya Central Station. In 1979, he performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival as a member of Toshigo Miki and the Inner Galaxy Orchestra. Along with her husband Masashi Matsumoto (g. He is a legend in the crossover/fusion scene who has been active in many fields, including music for movies and TV, including the 1993 film ``New Yakuza Housewives''.
Himiko Kikuchi (p, key, synth, org), Masashi Matsumoto (g), Akira Okazawa (b), Naoki Watanabe (b), Kakuo Okamoto (ds), Yasushi Ichihara (ds), Yuichi Tokashiki (ds), Ishibashi Keiichi (b), Yoshikazu Kishi (tp), Kenji Yoshida (tp, flh), Michio Kagiwada (tb), JAKE H.CONCEPCION (as, fl), Hirofumi Kinjo (ts, fl), Masaki Takano (bs), Top-notch musicians such as Yoshinori Nomi (PERC), the strongest rhythm section of Spectrum and AB'S, Yuji Ohno's You & The Explosion Band, and key members of prestigious groups such as Toshigo Miki & Inner Galaxy Orchestra will gather.

A masterpiece fusion piece in which vivid and flowing keys dance freely against a dynamic heavy rhythm section and a powerful and sharp horn section.
Powerful high-speed Latin fusion "SAND STORM" "FLYING BEAGLE", Spectrum ~ Funky fusion where the horn section fights against the strongest rhythm section of AB'S's Naoki Watanabe (b) and Kakuo Okamoto (drums) "LOOK YOUR" BACK!”, the mellow and colorful “A SEAGLE & CLOUDS” and “FLUFFY”.