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Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media

In The Groove (2025 Limited Color Edition) [Japanese Import]

In The Groove (2025 Limited Color Edition) [Japanese Import]

Nippon Columbia | CAT #: HMJY-222

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KEY FEATURES

  • Limited Edition
  • 1xLP pressed on Clear Yellow Vinyl
  • Recorded in 1973
  • Fusion of jazz and rock
  • Limit 1 copy per customer

DETAILS

ARTIST: Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media
LABEL: Nippon Columbia
CAT NO: HMJY-222
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GENRE / STYLE:

  • Japanese Jazz
  • Japanese Fusion
  • Jazz

RELEASE DESCRIPTION

Polished jazz. Refined rock. Sharpened funk. A strong groove that swallows everything and starts running.

Since its formation in 1969, Soul Media has advocated the fusion of jazz and rock. This album, "In the Groove" recorded in 1973, marked the next step in that line. It brings the sharpness of jazz to the forefront, blends in rock to make it edgy, and injects funk to exude power and elasticity. It is a strong, sophisticated, and simply "cool music" that cannot be categorized into existing genres such as jazz rock, jazz funk, and fusion. This album is also described as a response to The Crusaders, who Jiro Inagaki was paying attention to at the time. The aim was a success. With this album, Soul Media achieved a "refined black feeling" and moved on to their final destination, "Funky Stuff".

Text by Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUND/DEEP JAZZ REALITY)

TRACKLIST

1. That’s How I Feel
2. Blue Blood
3. It’s Impossible
4. Put It Where You Want It
5. Crazy Medicine
6. Joie De Vivre
7. Papa Hooper’s Barrel House Groove
8. Thrill Is Gone
9. Raven Speaks
10. Samba Chimba

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