[LP] Akiko - Funkin' For Jamaica

• W naszym sklepie znajdziesz tylko nowe płyty
• Kupując płytę, sprawdź poniżej spodziewaną datę jej premiery
• Sprawdź również sugerowaną datę wysyłki
• Preordery wysyłamy w ciągu 10 -15 dni roboczych od dnia premiery, z zastrzeżeniem, że data premiery może się zmienić, co jest od nas niezależne
• Jeśli wybrałeś/-łaś odbiór osobisty, poczekaj na maila z informacją, że płyta jest gotowa do odbioru
• Ten tytuł jest importowany z USA; czas wysyłki w związku z tym może być wydłużony

Akiko - Funkin' For Jamaica [7''] (Japanese import, Tom Browne cover song, limited)

Format: 7''

Label: Ability Muse Records [4560452131012]

RELEASE DATE: December 16, 2022

Description:

Tom Browne's classic from 1970 ''Funkin' for Jamaica'' will be released by akiko updated to modern jazz. Side-B features a remixed version of ''Love Theme from 'Spartacus'''. Artist Profile In the year 2001, akiko became the first Japanese singer to sign with the renowned Jazz label, Verve Records. She recorded her first album ''Girl Talk'' in France with the famous French producer, Henri Renaudt, released in June the same year. She became the new star stirring excitement in the Jazz scene in Japan. She was initially famous for her repertoire of over 500 standard jazz songs, but also for her flexibility towards different genres, always molding in new styles for each album she releases. In previous albums, she has worked with producers such as Henri Renaud, Arto Lindsay, Swing Out Sister, Tatsuo Sunaga, Yasuharu Konishi (ex:pizzicato five), Bugge Wesseltoft (Jazzland), Takeshi Okawa (Down Beat Ruler), Toshio Matsuura, Yukihiro Fukutomi, Nicola Conte, Kensho Onuki, Kan Takagi, Toshimi Watanabe (Tokyo No.1 Soul Set)...At the same time, she has participated as guest vocalist for artists such as Yuji Ohno, re;jazz, Hajime Yoshizawa, Studio Apartment, Quasimode... Other than in Japan, she has recorded in Paris, London, New York, New Orleans, Rio De Janeiro, and Oslo. Through these many collaborations, she has met with various artists, musicians, and producers from many different genres, and in each song her versatility as an artist shines. Not only as a singer, she is also known and praised for her ability as a producer. Writing and arranging songs, and also direction for all artwork on her albums. Through her music, fashion and life-style, akiko has become a one and only icon representing a new era in Jazz, and it marked her 20th anniversary as a singer in 2021. LISTEN 'Funkin' for Jamaica': LISTEN 'Love Theme from 'Spartacus' (Clear Day Mix)': Track list? Side A: Funkin' for Jamaica Side B: Love Theme from 'Spartacus' (Clear Day Mix)