Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media = Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media

𝘼 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙅𝙞𝙧𝙤 𝙄𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙠𝙞! 𝙂𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙟𝙖𝙯𝙯 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠. 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖, 𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙅𝙞𝙧𝙤 𝙄𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙠𝙞, 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙫𝙚.

As Inagaki himself said, "I did black funk" by fusing the explosiveness of jazz rock that he had cultivated up until then with the tenacity and elasticity of black music, his musicality has leapt to another dimension. Combined with the ingenious arrangements of master Hiromasa Suzuki, the groove is polished, glossy, and shining mysteriously. All the songs are worth listening to, such as the dynamism and speed of "Painted Paradise" the coexistence of funkiness and mellowness of "Breeze" and the low-centered and sharp cover of Cool & the Gang's "Funky Stuff". It is now a definitive masterpiece that is in demand all over the world.