Himiko Kikuchi - Flying Beagle (Japanese Blue-spec CD2) (Remastered) (1987/2024)

Japan's leading world-class female keyboardist Himiko Kikuchi's first album released in 1987 on CBS Sony will be released exclusively at Tower Records in the latest 2023 remastered version. (Original release: October 21, 1987/CBS Sony/28AH-2240/32DH-810) He has collaborated with various artists such as Takuro Yoshida and Junko Ohashi, and has also performed with Nobuo Hara's Sharps & Flats and Minoya Central Station. In 1979, she appeared in the Montreux Jazz Festival as a member of Toshigo Miki & Inner Galaxy Orchestra, and moved around with her husband, Masashi Matsumoto (guitar), and was actively involved in live performances. While constantly releasing albums under his own name, including overseas recordings from record companies such as , Teichiku, and CBS Sony, he also worked on music for movies and TV, including the music for the movie ``New Yakuza no Wives'' in 1993. A legend in the crossover/fusion scene who was active in many fields.

Himiko Kikuchi (p, key, synth, org), Masashi Matsumoto (g), Akira Okazawa (b), Naoki Watanabe (b), Kakuo Okamoto (ds), Yasushi Ichihara (ds), Yuichi Tokashiki (ds), Ishibashi Keiichi (b), Yoshikazu Kishi (tp), Kenji Yoshida (tp, flh), Michio Kagiwada (tb), JAKE H.CONCEPCION (as, fl), Hirofumi Kinjo (ts, fl), Masaki Takano (bs), Top-notch musicians such as Yoshinori Nomi (PERC), the strongest rhythm section of Spectrum and AB'S, Yuji Ohno's You & The Explosion Band, and key members of prestigious groups such as Toshigo Miki & Inner Galaxy Orchestra will gather.
A masterpiece fusion piece in which vivid and flowing keys dance freely against a dynamic heavy rhythm section and a powerful and sharp horn section.
Powerful high-speed Latin fusion "SAND STORM" "FLYING BEAGLE", Spectrum ~ Funky fusion where the horn section fights against the strongest rhythm section of AB'S's Naoki Watanabe (b) and Kakuo Okamoto (drums) "LOOK YOUR" BACK!”, the mellow and colorful “A SEAGLE & CLOUDS” and “FLUFFY”.

Tracklist
01. LOOK YOUR BACK! (作曲・編曲:菊池ひみこ) (4:58)
02. A SEAGULL & CLOUDS (作曲:菊池ひみこ 編曲:松本正嗣) (4:55)
03. FLYING BEAGLE (作曲・編曲:菊池ひみこ) (6:30)
04. FLUFFY (作曲・編曲:菊池ひみこ) (4:57)
05. SAND STORM (作曲:菊池ひみこ 編曲:松本正嗣) (5:40)
06. BABY TALK (作曲・編曲:松本正嗣) (5:37)
07. THE SECOND SUMMER (作曲・編曲:松本正嗣) (6:12)
08. DUCKY DUCKY (作曲:編曲:菊池ひみこ) (5:04)