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Friday, September 26, 2025

Kazumasa Akiyama -- I Believe in You

 


It was over nine years ago when I first wrote about jazz guitarist Kazumasa Akiyama(秋山一将)and his strutworthy title track from his 1978 "Dig My Style". Well, apologies on nearly a decade passing before putting up the second article.

Anyways, from that same album, I present you with "I Believe in You" which has got a lot more coffee and Red Bull coursing through Akiyama's veins. Instead of merely strutting down a Shinjuku street, this nearly 8-minute track is a spirited ride on the Tokyo highways with plenty of warp-speed guitar playing and thrumming bass. Must have been a fun time in one of the biggest metropolises on Earth at the time.

3 comments:

  1. Thank you for introducing me to this one! If this is one the itune store I am going to get it!

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    1. Hope the rest of the album is fine with you!

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    2. If the following link represents the rest of the album, then I think I am impressed! I love that no two songs are alike, because of that this is the kind of album that would be hard to get bored or tired of.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVzFKZnRQks&list=OLAK5uy_nhBfcul6MsslwnklUOIuCoD7mg1UpqiyU&index=8

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