Hozan Yamamoto - Akuma Ga Kitarite Fue Wo Fuku

Hozan Yamamoto - Akuma Ga Kitarite Fue Wo FukuWe've got a bit of an obsession with Hozan Yamamoto here at Mr Bongo! A legend of Japanese jazz, he is rightly regarded as a true master and was recognised as a "living national treasure" by the Japanese government in 2002. Over five decades he pushed the genre into new directions, absorbing fusion, funk, spiritual jazz and many other sounds, resulting in a discography studded with gems of rare beauty. Exploring his back catalogue has taken us on an

overcoming and pushing through the pain

Lisa Elle's vocals trade blows with wiry guitar lines and motorik drums

the arrangements are masterworks of understated execution with oversized emotional resonance

The album was a commercial success largely due to the popularity of the hit single 'Mistadobalina'

Since then the band has performed at Bernie Sanders' 2020 rally

To celebrate the band's first decade

creating an expansive

" where CRIME lyrically remains in his bag with unrelenting

symbolizes the importance of this band's history

featuring previously unreleased 1976 sessions with Hugh Glover and Arthur Doyle that re-write the book on Milford Graves' ensemble music of the 1970s

In addition to collecting previously charting songs

Ballads like "Never Again" and "Nothin' Else" bear the markings of classic break-up songs but