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Katsumi Horii Project

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Long-awaited reissue of the summer fusion masterpiece with impressive illustrations by Hideto Suzuki! Katsumi Horii PROJECT's 5th album, recorded in LA in 1990 for the first time, was released in 2023 under the supervision of Katsumi Horii, with the latest remastered version on CD, available only at Tower Records! Composer, arranger, producer, and producer of many TV, animation, commercials, movies, and stage productions, including music for the "Doraemon" movie series (1999-2005), NHK Galaxy TV novels and NHK TV serials (Asadora), and "Gegege no Kitaro" (5th TV animation series). Katsumi Horii, arranger, producer, and professor at the Tokyo College of Music, recorded his first LA recording in the U.S. for his 5th album, an instrumental - fusion project featuring many top-notch musicians.Recorded at LION SHARE RECORDING STUDIOS in the U.S., it features RUSS FREEMAN (g), BRANDON FIELDS (ss) and other members of the LIPPINGTONS, BUZZ FEITEN (g), GERALD ALBRIGHT (as) and others. The Japanese lineup includes Hiroyuki Namba (key), Tomohito Aoki (b), Masaharu Ishikawa (ds), Jun Kajiwara (g), Masato Honda (ss), Hidefumi Toki (as, ss), Nobuo Yagi (harp), and many other top-notch musicians. ALBRIGHT (as), and Nobuo Yagi (harp) lead the band in a catchy and exhilarating summer-urban fusion.The project originally started as a collaboration with illustrator Hideto Suzuki, and its visual instrumental to hybrid sound was highly versatile, and was widely used as background music for TV, radio, and commercials at the time. TBS "Tetsuya Chikushi News 23", and "SUMMER'S", which was used as the theme song for a variety show on a local TV station.(Originally released: June 21, 1990 / RCA / air RECORDS /BVCR-10)Produced by Katsumi HoriiComposed & Arranged by Katsumi Horii Hiroyuki Namba (key), Tomohito Aoki (b), Masaharu Ishikawa (ds), Jun Kajiwara (g), Shoji Namba (key), Ryo Moriyama (key), Masato Honda (ss), Hidefumi Toki (as, ss), Nobuo Yagi (ss) Masato Honda (ss), Hidefumi Toki (as, ss), Nobuo Yagi (harp), RUSS FREEMAN (g), BRANDON FIELDS (ss), BUZZ FEITEN (g), TIM GRAHAM (b), GERALD ALBRIGHT (as), Keiichi Goto (operate), Yasushi Morimoto (operate)......etc.