What's Going On, by T. Honda

What's Going On

by T. Honda

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fabmeyer One of the coolest Japanese Jazz-Funk albums I've ever bought. Just a lot of fun and groove on this one. Strongly recommended. Favorite track: Check Out Your Mind.

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	1.	Ain't Tell You A Good Way But 03:32
	2.	Check Out Your Mind 05:13
	3.	Ain't Funky Now 04:33
	4.	What's Going On 04:41
	5.	Sham Time 05:12
	6.	Greasy Spoon 05:42
	7.	Dock Of The Bay 05:53

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The impossibly cool 1973 album What's Going On from Late, Great Japanese Funk & Jazz Don Takehiro Honda which swings through jazz orchestral renditions of American R&B and Funk Classics like Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," Otis Redding's "Sitting On The Dock of the Bay," and James Brown's "Ain't It Funky Now" turning them into the Most Down Home, Grits 'N' Gravy Grooviest Versions and sounding like they were recorded at the studio of the band that taught the Memphis Rhythm Sections all they ever were ever gonna need to to know.

As well as the aforementioned tracks the album also has iconic funk/soul gems from the Impressions (Check-Out Your Mind) & Soul Jazz covers from Eddie Harris (Sham Time), The Crusaders (Greasy Spoon) and an Original Pacific Soul Jazz Classic in "Ain't Tell You A Good Way But" which was composed by Takehiro Honda.

Original copies regularly change hands for eyewatering sums and the album is seen as a much loved classic of it's era.

First time release outside Japan!

本作のハイライトはやはりお馴染みの2曲、ジェームス・ブラウン（James Brown）のA-3「Ain't Funky Now」と、アルバムのタイトルにもなっているマーヴィン・ゲイ（Marvin Gaye）のA-4「What's Going On」でしょう。本田竹彦のエレピが冴え渡るA-3「Ain't Funky Now」は分厚いホーンやタイトなドラミングも光る非常にハイクオリティなソウル・ジャズ・チューン。ビッグバンドを従えてアコースティック・ピアノを奏でるA-4「What's Going On」はミドルテンポのメロウで美しいナンバーです。
その他の楽曲も、スケールの大きなビッグ・バンド・ジャズのA-1「Ain't Tell You A Good Way But」、ブルース・フィーリング溢れるソウル・ジャズのA-2「Check-out Your Mind」、B1「Sham Time」、B-2「Greasy Spoon」、オーティス・レディング（Otis Redding）のヒット曲「(Sitting On) The Dock Of The Bay」をカヴァーしたエンディングのB-3など、トータルでも素晴らしい内容だと思います。

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released March 24, 2023

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武田和命と峰厚介をフィーチャーしたオーケストラを従え、本田はエレピとオルガンもプレイ、ジャズ・ロック寄りなアプローチを見せたファンキーな人気作。

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