Masayoshi Takanaka — Oh! Tengo Suerte
Seychelles · 1976
Label: Kitty Records · Genre: City Pop / Jazz Fusion · From: Tokyo, East Asia
Masayoshi Takanaka is Japan's most celebrated fusion guitarist — a player of extraordinary technique and apparently inexhaustible melodic invention. Seychelles, his debut solo album from 1976, established his template immediately: Latin rhythms, jazz harmony, guitar pyrotechnics that never lose the groove. Oh! Tengo Suerte (I'm So Lucky in Spanish) opens the album with an Afro-Latin strut that feels genuinely global, a sound Takanaka would pursue across a career spanning five decades.
Did you know: Takanaka was performing live in London as recently as March 2026, bringing his virtuosic guitar work to new audiences 50 years after Seychelles. His live shows remain extraordinary demonstrations of jazz fusion technique delivered with the energy of an artist half his age.
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