• A square album or book-style package standing upright on a plain gray background. The front has a pale blue background with a stylized white figure holding a small umbrella above soft white cloud shapes, and a narrow printed spine strip on the left with blue text and graphics.

Naoya Matsuoka

To Sunday Island (日曜島へ)

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NM-
MEDIA
  • NM-
YEAr
  • 1987
COUNTRY
Japan
extras
  • Obi, Inserts, Only Pressing
IF YOU LIKE
  • Jazz
  • Funk / Soul
  • Soul-Jazz
  • Jazz-Funk
  • Fusion
  • Masayoshi Takanaka
  • Katsumi Horii Project
Released in 1987, To Sunday Island (Nichiyou Jima e) by veteran Japanese keyboardist and composer Naoya Matsuoka stands as a high-voltage, sun-drenched masterpiece of Latin jazz-fusion. Propelled by an elite supporting cast featuring Akira Wada's scorching guitar work and Getao Takahashi's deep, driving bass, the album's real heartbeat lies in its relentless, tropical rhythm section driven by percussionists Carlos Kanno and Willie Nagasaki. Matsuoka expertly anchors these intricate polyrhythms with his signature soaring piano melodies and lush synthesizer arrangements, creating an immersive, high-energy sonic getaway that seamlessly blends breezy exotica with tight, sophisticated jazz-funk interplay from start to finish.