Emily by Emiko Kai Trio

🗻 SOUND FUJI / KING Jazz RE:Generation album! 🎹

Selected by Yusuke Ogawa (Universounds). High quality download available for the first time!

- Artist: Emiko Kai Trio
- Title: Emily
- Label: Seven Seas / King Records
- Original release year: 1978
- Original catalog number: SKS-3001

"Emily" is the solo debut album by Emiko Kai, a trailblazing female jazz pianist from Japan. Beautiful and emotional music!

Personnel:

Piano – Emiko Kai
Bass – Takashi Mizuhashi
Drums – Donald Bailey

Producer – Yoichiro Sone
Recorded By – Hatsuro Takanami

Enjoy!

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SOUND FUJI explores King Records' legendary catalog and unearths exceptional, rare and unknown musical gems from Japan. King Records has been releasing music since 1931. Follow 180g-soundfuji.bandcamp.com for weekly updates and amazing music discoveries, and dig into the archives of one of the most prestigious labels in Japan!

KING Jazz RE:Generation is a series of digital compilations and albums exploring King Records' prestigious jazz catalog, carefully selected by Japanese jazz expert Yusuke Ogawa.

Yusuke Ogawa has been running the Universounds store in Tokyo since 2001, specializing in jazz and second-hand, rare, and collector records. He is also a reissue supervisor, label manager, DJ, and music writer. Known for his vast musical knowledge, eye for detail, and archival skills, Ogawa has worked on more than 250 reissues and compilations – including the highly praised Deep Jazz Reality and Project Re:Vinyl series. He is the co-author of the Wa-Jazz Disc Guide and the Independent Black Jazz of America books.

Tracklist

1.	Beautiful Love	8:11

2.	Emily	5:52

3.	Tem Do De Mim	6:41

4.	The Time Of My Life	9:06

5.	Some Day My Prince Will Come	4:02

6.	Go Away Little Boy	6:27

7.	My Funny Valentine	2:53