Casiopea - Why is This Amazing Fusion NOT On PA?! |
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Rottenprogger
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Posted: April 27 2024 at 14:05 |
Another incredible band that I would have never discovered if it wasn't for PA. Glad to see that they've finally been added!
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Hrychu
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WttRG is a terrific album and my personal favorite studio T-Square release!
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Cristi
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Prism is another band worth checking out.
Edited by Cristi - April 25 2024 at 15:17 |
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Boojieboy
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If they're added, then The Square (T-Square) probably should be too, as a similar group.
Edited by Boojieboy - April 25 2024 at 14:57 |
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miamiscot
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They just added them!!!
Now it's time for XTC.
Oingo Boingo and Talking Heads are in but not XTC? I will not stop until this injustice is corrected. |
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MitchwithDasticks
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Love Casiopea Mint Jams. Some of the best JJF.
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Saperlipopette!
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Love the debut. Actually I love the much less talked about follow-up Super Flight too. I honestly don't hear that much of a difference in approach or quality. Both bordering on too corny/smooth and show offy but somehow they both win me over with the sheer joy of listening to them. There's a unique kind of charm to these albums to. An innocence of sorts. I don't know how to explain it. These albums feel so much like Tokyo 1979 to me although I have no idea what that means. Anyway, all their early stuff more than qualifies for inclusion.
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Awesoreno
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Just did a deep dive on their discography last year, and I can say that their first three albums and first two live albums will be the most enticing to most listeners here. After that, there's a few stand out tracks on albums here and there, but it starts to meld together. It's all very well-made, and every incarnation of the band had/has great players. You can put it on and not want to turn it off... but you might want to be doing something else while it's on. It's the best kind of background music. You can drop your attention in at any time and go "oh yeah, nice!" And then drop out again.
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Hrychu
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Apparently they've been added! AWESOME!
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Listened to the first album (track list out of whack on YT)
it was ok
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Wow, just when I thought I knew everything. Not even sure I've heard of them. Sounds a little fuzakie to me though. Possibly in the same ballpark as Spyro Gyra.
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PROGMAN
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Yeah I saw something about them before on NHK World few years back, Japan have many great Jazz/fusion acts I didnt even know of.
In the meantime I found there Jazz Music archives entry
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Hrychu
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T-Square should also be on PA.
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Atavachron
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^ Yeah the late-nighters were usually fine (Paul Shaffer's band, David Sanborn), it's the stuff seemingly destined for waiting rooms and airport bookstores that killed it. |
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Man, ain't THAT the truth!! From the wild-eye pyrotechnics of Mahavishnu Orchestra to, well, late-night TV show bands. Mind you, some of those cats are amazing (Kevin Eubanks for the US show "The Tonight Show" was a favorite), but the edge is gone.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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I'd be absolutely honored to! Mint Jams is the definitive jazz fusion...I can't believe this is LIVE! Edited by Frenetic Zetetic - May 15 2019 at 13:39 |
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Polymorphia
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If you have an appreciation for the "easy-listening disco funk jazz fusion AOR smooth jazz yacht rock" that formed Japan's post-modern blend of late-70s/80s American popular music that was termed "City Pop," later Casiopea should be a comfortable fit, too.
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irrelevant
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S'pose I need to check the debut out...
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^ You should, it's so complex and technical and yet really accessible and memorable. Their early live albums are great too. Many songs are better than their studio counterparts.
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Quinino
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Have to listen to that one...thanks for pointing (they have tons of recordings thru decades, don't they?)
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