Kazumi Watanabe with Jimmy Hopps - Mudari: Spirit Of Song (1976)
1. Handle Me Gently 0:00
2. Inner Wind 5:14
3. Lullaby For Mama 9:21
4. Salute To Papa 12:57
5. Poem 14:58
6. Blues Africaine 16:34
7. Brothers & Sisters 24:10
8. Lonesome Cat 26:56
9. Ann 33:20
10. Reprise:Handle Me Gently 34:56
Jimmy Hopps / percussion, vocals
- Joe Jackson / tenor sax, vocals, percussion
- Reiko Aoki
- Kazumi Watanabe / guitars, electric bass, vocals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hopps
"James Edward Hopps Jr. (born 1939) was an American jazz drummer. Although he never recorded as a leader, he worked extensively with Roland Kirk, Charles Tolliver, Stanley Cowell, and Pharoah Sanders during some of their well known sessions. He also worked with Sahib Shihab, Joe Bonner, Cecil McBee, Marion Brown, Shirley Scott, Jan Garbarek, and Arild Andersen
Kazumi Watanabe's Mudari - Spirit Of Song features Hopps as a co-leader. He also appeared on A Song for the Sun, the Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen. Here he used his pseudonym Jimmi EsSpirit. "