This album is dedicated to Masabumi "Poo-Sun" Kikuchi (1939-2015). Tamaya Honda is a Japanese drummer, son of Takehiro Honda. His mother is the jazz singer Chiko Honda, and he is a nephew of Sadao Watanabe and Fumio Watanabe.
Reissue with the latest 24-bit remastering. Features original cover artwork. Comes with a descripton in Japanese. A Tokyo native born in 1957, Toshiyuki Honda is a professional saxophonist, composer, arranger, and producer. In 1978 he released his first album as a leader, "Burnin' Wave," while still a university student. As one of Japan's best-known saxophonists, Honda has since recorded with a host of world-celebrated musicians including Chick Corea, Freddie Hubbard, and Christopher Cross among others. Honda is also widely known for his versatile skills as a composer and arranger of scores for TV dramas, commercials, movies, and classical music genres.