Some more Masabumi Kikuchi: Hairpin Circus (posted before), With Gil Evans, End for the Beginning, But not for me, One Way Traveller

Nice Magritte reference in the above album cover.

Of course as few would recall, I posted the brilliant OST album Hairpin Circus, from 1972, back here long ago.  I really loved that one and the thought that the composer put into the more emotionally resonant fusion, the variety of sounds which of course is typical of good soundtracks (but not the typical recent Hollywood orchestral ones, yikes).

The remainder was not so impressive unfortunately, a little bit more ordinary, earlier, in the modal jazz tradition, later, in the funky fusion with boring improvs tradition. I think surely Susto is the highlight of the later Kikuchi.

Madjap Express from the One Way Traveller album: