SUPER FLIGHT

Casiopea

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Jazz Rock/Fusion

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Studio Album, released in 1979

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Take Me 4:19
2. Flying 4:51
3. Dune 4:51
4. Asayake 5:05
5. I Love New York 4:08
6. Sailing Alone 4:41
7. Olion 3:20
8. Magic Ray 4:42
9. Mighty Mouse 3:09

Total Time 39:06

Line-up / Musicians

- Issei Noro / electric guitar, fretless guitar, arrangements
- Minoru Mukaiya / keyboard, organ, pedal bass, synthesizers, vocoder (2, 5, 8), string arrangement (1)
- Tetsuo Sakurai / bass guitar, fretless bass
- Takashi Sasaki / drums

With:
- Kanya Kazama / backup drums
- Penny Itoh / percussion
- Debrah Correll / vocals (7)
- Jun Fukamachi / conducting, horn arrangement (9)
- Koji Hatori / trumpet (9)
- Toshio Araki / trumpet (9)
- Eiji Arai / trombone (9)
- Jake H. Concepcion / alto saxophone (9)
- Takeru Maruaoka / tenor saxophone (9)
- Shunzo Sunahara / baritone saxophone (9)
- Masatoshi Maeda / strings

Releases information

LP Alfa Records ALR-6029 (Japan, November 25, 1979)
CD Alfa Records 32XA-105 (Japan, December 21, 1986)
CD remastered, Village Records VRCL 2202 (Japan, December 19, 2001)

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Review by BrufordFreak
COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

The Japanese band's sophomore album--released in the same year as their debut but feeling quite different.

1. "Take Me" (4:19) sounds like a song by JOE SAMPLE or TOTO's "Georgy Porgy." (8.75/10)

2. "Flying" (4:51) incredible bass play beneath syrupy Yacht Rock/Smooth Jazz. I'm not liking the new tone that the electric guitarist is using. (8.75/10)

3. "Dune" (4:51) a slowed down variation on/version of JOE SAMPLE's "Midnight and Mist" from his 1979 album, Carmel. (8.75/10)

4. "Asayake" (5:05) competent but does little to engage me. (8.75/10)

5. "I Love New York" (4:08) anthemic song with vocoder lyrics. Could've been a R&B radio hit. (8.875/10)

6. "Sailing Alone" (4:41) another melodic BOB JAMES-like Smooth Jazzer that feels a bit too familiar. (8.75/10)

7. "Olion" (3:20) now here we have some high-powered Jazz-Rock Fusion in the RTF J-LP tradition! Great song with some astounding individual performances. (9.25/10)

8. "Magic Ray" (4:42) like a late 1970s cover of some syrupy/romantic radio hit. (8.5/10)

9. "Mighty Mouse" (3:09) disco funk jazz with some excellent structure, synchronization, and horn support but it's still sounding more and more like Florida lounge jazz. (8.75/10)

Total Time 39:06

The band's slide further into the realm of Smooth Jazz renders this album far inferior to their debut--this despite continued great compositional skill and virtuosic musicianship.

B/four stars; a very nice exhibition of instrumental mastery given away to Smooth Jazz.

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