Jiro Inagaki & Soul Medium "Woodstock Generation" 1970 Japan Jazz Rock
Great japan Psych' Jazz Rock tribute album to the Woodstock Festival released on Union label. Behind The Soul Medium hides the name of famous japanese saxophonist, Jiro Inagaki, iconic member of the japanese Jazz Rock scene during the seventies. He plays tenor & soprano sax with musicians which later formed his Psychedelic Jazz Rock and Funk band 'Soul Media' based around Ryo Kawasaki, Yasuo Arakawa, Masaru Imada and Sadakatsu Tabata. Titles include three Woodstock performances by Sly & Family Stone (I Want To Take You Higher), The Who (Summertime Blues) and Ten Years After (Spoonful) but also Woodstock (written by Joni Mitchell in honor of the Festival), Rock 'N' Roll cover Mamma Told Me (Not To Come) by The Animals, Yasuo Arakawa' The Ground For Peace (composed especially for Inagaki), Knick Knack by Masahiko Sato and two originals composed by Jiro (Openning & Head Rock). All tracks arranged by Jiro Inagaki.
Jiro Inagaki saxophone
Masaru Imada organ
Ryo Kawasaki guitar
Yasuo Arakawa bass
Sadakatsu Tabata drums
Tetsuo Fushimi & Shunzo Ohno trumpet