Mine Surveying Scholar's Choice Edition

Lots of funky keys and choppy sax passages - on this sweet Japanese fusion session headed up by reedman Kohsuke Mine! Mine plays both soprano and tenor on the record, and it's got a feel that's halfway between some of the harder jamming European fusion sides of the 70s - like mid 70s electric groovers on MPS - and some of the more cosmic Japanese sides of the same time - those more tripped-out records that had a relaxed, soulful approach to the music. The group also features Mikio Masuda on some great keyboards, plus Hiroshi Yasukawa on guitar - and the album's got 4 long tracks - each over 10 minutes long.