Paradigm Shift - The Rain Child And The River King LPParadigm Shift is a fusion progressive rock group formed by talented studio musicians. First released in 1986, The Rain Child And The River King is the groups second album. Makoto Matsushita (guitar, vocals), Yasuo Tomikura (b), Makoto Matsuda (keyboards), and Masahiro Miyazaki (ds) Originally released in 1986 Pressed on black vinyl Paradigm Shifts second album following their 1985 self titled release Track List: Falcon Man's Big Leap Stories From The

From the opening announcement of the MC

This record is a gem that incorporates the sound of New York in the 80s

Vocoder mellow funk A2 ‘Stranger in the Night’ and slap bass sexy fusion B1 ‘Donna’ come from his self-titled third solo album Yuri Toriyama (1983)

Changing Partners

The Japanese side on the album gives a great snapshot of the Tokyo music scene of the '70s with many musicians gravitating around Haruomi Hosono and also several musicians from Japanese band

and Masahiro Miyazaki (ds)

Masahiko Togashi - Fourth Expression

Jun Aoyama (ds)

With a knowledge of music unbound by genre

who didn't commit the crime Owen accused them of

It is almost impossible to capture the whole picture of Wa-Jazz in a couple of compilation albums since it is such a broad and deep genre

the great Screaming Females