Masayoshi Takanaka — Sexy Dance
An Insatiable High · 1977
Label: Kitty Records · Genre: City Pop / Jazz Fusion · From: Tokyo, East Asia
An Insatiable High arrived a year after Seychelles and pushed Takanaka's approach into more percussive, funk-inflected territory. Sexy Dance is its peak moment: a seven-minute groove that builds through layers of guitar, keys, and rhythm into something that sounds like the floor of a Tokyo discotheque in 1977 viewed through a jazz musician's eyes. Takanaka played everything on most tracks, demonstrating the total musicianship that would sustain his career across five decades.
Did you know: An Insatiable High was released just one year after Seychelles in 1977, part of a prolific run where Takanaka also released the Takanaka album the same year — three solo albums in two years, all of them significant, demonstrating an extraordinary creative velocity.
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