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Akira Tana: Moon Over The World
by John Kelman
While the influence and adaptability of European sources to modern jazz is a given, there seems to be little credit or credibility given to the Asian subcontinent. With his Asian American Jazz Trio, consisting of pianist Ted Lo and bassist Rufus Reid, drummer Akira Tana looks to Chinese and Japanese folk songs, television theme songs and ...
Secret Agent Men
By Akira Tana
Label: Sons of Sound
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Secret Agent Man - 4:07
2. Mission Impossible (Schifrin) - 4:32
3. The Guardman (Yamauchi) - 3:37
4. In the Heat of the Night (Bergman/Bergman/Jones) - 4:54
5. It's Probably Me (Clapton/Kamen/Sting [1]) - 5:52
6. Alfred Hitchcock Theme (Murray) - 3:49
7. Charade (Mancini/Mercer) - 4:26
8. From Russia With Love (Bart) - 4:38
9. When We Are Alone (Kenmotsu) - 6:21
10. Struttin' About (Reid) - 5:52
11. Song for a Rainbow (Jones) - 6:20
12. Navarac (Tana) - 3:13
13. Chase Game (Smith) - 6:10
Akira Tana: Secret Agent Men
by Joel Roberts
Sure, it's kitschy and gimmicky and a bit predictable, but Secret Agent Men, veteran drummer Akira Tana's treatment of real and imagined movie themes, works for one simple reason - it grooves like hell! And with ringers like Dr. Lonnie Smith at the B-3, Rodney Jones on guitar, and Tana's frequent collaborator Rufus Reid on bass, ...
Warm Valley
By Art Farmer
Label: Concord Jazz
Released: 1983
Track listing: Moose The Mooche; And Now There's You; Three Little Words; Eclypso; Sad To Say; Upper Manhattan Medical Group;
Warm Valley;
