Back in the Night of the Day at the Jazz Dance hang outs like the Legendary Horseshoe in London’s Tottenham Court Road (where the scene was born)
and the Electric Ballroom in Funky Camden Town (where the scene took shape) one record was guaranteed to get the dancers off and kicking.
Terumasa Hino – “Merry Go Round”, taken from an LP entitled “Double Rainbow” on Sony Records. It featured a stellar cast of
the Jazz Fusion Movers and Shakers of the day pounding out a Bass Driven Rhythm Express Train that shook up the Jazzfloor Massive by the
scruff of the neck and tumbled them down a Psychedelic Jazz Mountainside.
Not really surprising when you see the cast list: Terumasa Hino, Herbie Hancock, Airto, Don Alias,
Anthony Jackson (who provided that Rock Solid Bassline), Harvey Mason and more.
Cut to a lifetime later and Jazz Room Records had an unexpected best seller with The Takumi Moriya Black Nation version of the Joe McPhee penned “Shakey Jake”,
which had also gained a lot of exposure by being featured in an episode of the Cult Apple+ TV series “Severance”.
For a follow up why not do something a little bit “Out There”? The original had been featured on a number of DJ Charts in the BBE Records
Book “J Jazz – Free and Modern Jazz Albums From Japan 1954 – 1988” so at Paul Murphy’s request Takumi got together some of his favourite Musicians to record
a Heavy Funk Tribute to an all time Jazz Floor Classic. Eight minutes of Defiant Jazz driven at a Psychotic Steam Hammer pace.
The “B” Side:
The track “12000RPM” from NikNaks album “Ireti” on the Matthew Herbert label Accidental Records was the inspiration for this stunning remix.
As soon as Paul Murphy heard it there was just no contest. “This is our Remixer!”
And NikNak has delivered a Space Rocking, Futuristic Jazz and Bass Meltdown!
NikNak:
“This was a really fun track to rework with lots of really cool elements to play with in the re-interpretation.
The original is nuts, such a vibe too. It’s a track to get lost in for sure.”
