Description
Top-tier musicians including Toshiyuki Daitoku and Gregg Lee come together. The definitive resort music album from the masters who colored the Japanese jazz fusion scene, blending exhilarating AOR with exquisite boogie!
Pianist Toshiyuki Daitoku, who has been active in numerous sessions, and California-born bassist Gregg Lee, who is based in Japan and masters a wide range of grooves including jazz funk and Latin. The only self-titled treasure left by the all-star unit Safari, centered around these two eccentrics, was released in 1984 and is finally back in print.
Including "Safari," which was popular at the time as the theme song for a Fuji TV sports program, "All Right in The Night," which melts into the silence of the night, and the uplifting vacation hit "The Morning After," all 8 tracks are included. The poolside grooves with exquisite arrangements and pleasant vocal harmonies are revived with an unprecedentedly transparent and vivid sound thanks to the cutting at Emil Berliner Studio. A vinyl that captures timeless summer memories, where city pop, smooth jazz, and yacht rock elements coexist in perfect balance.
A1. Safari
A2. The Morning After
A3. Lonely One In City
A4. Brass Monkey
B1. Mr. Gregg
B2. Day Dream At The Bob's Beach
B3. All Right In The Night
B4. Twin Of The Cafe Au Lait
WRWTFWW Records is extremely happy to present the official reissue of Safari's self-titled album from 1984. The Japanese jazz-fusion super gem is available now as a limited-edition transparent vinyl LP housed in a heavyweight sleeve with obi.
Originally released on fabled label VAP, Safari is a one-of-a-kind city pop-adjacent summer blend of AOR, smooth jazz, and sun-drenched boogie. The sole album from the all-star outfit was the brainchild of keyboardist Toshiyuki Daitoku and Japan-based Californian jazz-funk-latin-fusion bassist Gregg Lee. Together with a large team of experienced musicians, they created a lush, immaculately-arranged 8-track cruise filled with poolside grooves, breezy rhythms, and feel-good vocal harmonies.
Safari features the well-known title track which acted as the theme song for an 80s sports program on Fuji Television, the night-swim chill music tune "All Right in The Night", and the fan-favorite buoyant vacation hit "The Morning After".
The official reissue is fully licensed and sourced from the original masters, with an audiophile cut by Sidney Meyer at Emil Berliner Studios, ensuring the warm, pristine sound this lost treasure deserves.
Safari is the second release from WRWTFWW's City Pop Series, following Momoko Kikuchi's beach classic Ocean Side, also available on transparent vinyl LP. The series, complete with a visual identity designed by Lopetz/Büro Destruct, also comes with a limited merch capsule, and more sun-soaked gems lined up for the future.
Points of interest
- For fans of Jazz-fusion, AOR, mellow funk, yacht rock, city pop, smooth jazz, chillwave, vaporwave, very endless summers, private press treasures, skinny dipping at night, living life with no worries.
- Super limited edition transparent vinyl LP reissue of Japanese jazz-fusion classic Safari by…Safari!
