The Kazu Matsui Project - Pioneer (2006)

Artist : The Kazu Matsui Project
Country : Japan
Release : Pioneer
Year : 2006
Genre : Rock
File Type : mp3 VBR

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Kazu Matsui presents a sterling collection of songs recorded over a five-year period in the '80s at a time when he was perfecting a sound then known as quiet storm. The 16 tracks on Pioneer feature guest appearances by such well-known artists as Paul Jackson, Jr., Eric Marienthal, Robben Ford and his award-winning spouse, pianist Keiko Matsui. The recording also features a variety of vocalists on 15 of the tracks who infuse new life into such songs as "Sunset and the Minstrel" and "The Direction You Take." As a composer of motion picture scores, Matsui gained notoriety after playing the shakuhachi flute on such great soundtracks as Shogun, Willow, and Legends of the Fall, among others

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The Kazu Matsui Project - See You There (1987)

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Love Is Where You Find It
Love's Gone
I Close My Eyes
Castles
Afternoon Delight
Sentimental Slow Song
Midnight Shuffle
Silent Partners
Earth Beat
See You There

Artist : The Kazu Matsui Project
Country : USA
Release : See You There
Year : 1987
Genre : Rock
File Type : mp3 192


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Contemporary jazz/new-age pianist Keiko Matsui is better known, but it’s her ex-husband Kazu Matsui who in the 1980s was one of the architects of the quiet storm format named after a Smokey Robinson song and album from 1975. Kazu Matsui, a master of the shakuhachi, or Japanese flute, debuted in 1981 on a solo CD with friends Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, Robben Ford, Jeff Porcaro and Steve Lukather.

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