Samurai (Japanese heavy prog or eclectic prog)
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Topic: Samurai (Japanese heavy prog or eclectic prog)
Posted By: ozzy_tom
Subject: Samurai (Japanese heavy prog or eclectic prog)
Date Posted: May 19 2010 at 00:00
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Samurai is a seventies progressive rock band. Members of this band moved from Japan to England and they added several english musicians as well to create full line-up. They recorded 2 albums: "Samurai"(also known as "Green Tea")(1970) and "Kappa"(1971). They played interesting mix of heavy prog a la Deep Purple with lots of Japanese folk infuences (like using traditional asian instruments) + late 60' psychedelia. Their leader was Miki Curtis (it's Japanese guy, only name is british...) who seems to be quite popular pop singer in the 60' in Japan and nowadays he's an actor. line-up: http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/miki_curtis - Miki Curtis (vocals, flute), Joe Dunnet (guitar), Hiro Izumi (guitar, koto), John Redfern (Hammond organ), http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/tetsu_yamauchi - Tetsu Yamauchi (bass), Mike Walker (vocals, piano), Yuji [Yujin] Harada (drums), Graham Smith (harmonica) the only sampel I found: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtVxb_CCc9g ("King Riff and Snow Flakes", 22 minutes psych-jam composiiton fro mtheir second album "Kappa"). more info: www.last.fm/music/Samurai http://www.japrocksampler.com/artists/japrock/samurai/ http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/samurai_f3 http://www.japrocksampler.com/artists/groupsounds/curtis_and_the_samurais_miki/ http://www.rockadrome.com/superstore/product_info.php?products_id=1367 http://www.vintageprog.com/sss.htm -------------  
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Posted By: GentleGiant
Date Posted: May 19 2010 at 00:20
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and more: Tetsu Yamauchi later played with Free and The Faces Yujin Harada went on to play with Far East Family Band. Graham Smith went on to play with String Driven Thing and Van Der Graaf Generator.  ------------- BeGiantForADay "This British band is just the cup of tea for aficionados who demand virtuosity,progress and originality in their mix." http://rateyourmusic.com/~GentleG |
Posted By: ozzy_tom
Date Posted: May 19 2010 at 00:28
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Thank you for additional info Gentle Giant :-). P.S. If Teams need more audio I can provide via PM.
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Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: May 19 2010 at 02:19
Already under evaluation in Heavy Prog Team.  Please don't be hasty. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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