Azar Lawrence – People Moving
Tropical Dandy is the first album from the great Haruomi Hosono’s “Crown Years” where he explored tropical jazz fusion, soft rock, exotica, and lounge music with his band Tin Pan Alley. Inspired by Van Dyke Parks, Martin Denny, Sly Stone, and New Orleans blues man Professor Longhair, Hosono created his own uniquely Japanese exotica sound by fusing traditional instruments and melodies with rhodes piano, ukulele, banjo, pedal steel guitar, percussion, and flute. The album is somewhat underrated amongst Hosono’s catalog and one of the few that’s yet to been reissued… “Honey Moon” would later be covered by Los Angeles based singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco. Just a year later, Hosono would actually invite DeMarco onstage at The Mayan Theater to perform the song with him. If you’re a fan of this album, we highly recommend checking out Hosono’s NTS radio show “Daisy Holiday” where he plays his favorite jazz, country, folk, rock, and blues.
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Cult Classic / Exotica / Haruomi Hosono / Soft Rock
Tracklist:
A1 チャタヌガ・チュー・チュー
A2 ハリケーン・ドロシー
A3 絹街道
A4 熱帯夜
A5 北京ダック
B1 漂流記
B2 ハニー・ムーン
B3 三時の子守唄
B4 三時の子守唄
B5 漂流記
Credits:
Arranged By [Horn & Strings] – 矢野誠*
Artwork [Cover & Back Tropical Concept] – 八木康夫*
Artwork [Liner Art Concept] – 大島美智子*
Chorus [Tropical Boys] – 市橋一宏*, 南こうせつ*, 久保田麻琴*, 鈴木茂*
Chorus [Tropical Lady Singers] – 伊集加代*, 吉田美奈子*, 大貫妙子*
Directed By – 国吉征之*
Drums – 林立夫*
Electric Guitar – 伊藤銀次*, 鈴木茂*
Engineer [Assistant] – 市橋一宏*
Flute – 国吉征之*
Mixed By [Re-Mixed] – 古崎信一*
Other [The General Staff] – 桑原節*, 佐藤継雄*
Pedal Steel Guitar – 駒沢裕城*
Percussion – 浜口茂外也*
Photography By [Back & Liner] – 内田巧*
Piano, Clavinet – 佐藤博*
Piano, Organ [Hammond] – 松任谷正隆*
Producer – 細野晴臣*
Trumpet – 福島照之*
Ukulele – 山下洋治*
