Rock Communication Yagibushi stage & screen drummer Ralph Penland

drummer Ralph Penland

Mann's incorporation of rock and pop genres was seen as a betrayal by many traditional jazz musicians

with the addition of non-LP singles such as "Into the Groove" and a bonus track

A contemporary slice of Yolngu-funk direct from East Arnhem Land

This self-produced collection features seven tracks that maintain their signature improvised solos while showcasing more complex arrangements and tighter rhythmic interplay

Rock Communication Yagibushi stage & screen drummer Ralph PenlandNorio Maeda's Rock Communication Yagibushi, originally released in Japan in 1970, now comes reissued on Wewantsounds. Rock Communication Yagibushi has since become a Japanese jazz funk cornerstone, owing to its incredible, complex mutative movement of 14 traditional Japanese folk songs into jaw dropping jazz funk versions. Maeda's killer arrangements fit perfectly somewhere on the stylistic intersection of David Axelrod and Lalo Schifrin; the album