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Huascar Barradas Y Maracaibo

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George Otsuka is one of the most respected drummers of all time. He was always one step ahead of the times in his quest for fresh and exciting music, and Maracaibo was the first of many such efforts at the beginning of the 1980s. With musicians from Japan, the U.S., and Brazil, Maracaibo created an exotic crossover sound that was anything but simple. The novelty and intensity of their musicality, which has not changed over the years, is astonishing. Kenichi Uchiyama (b), Takeshi Inomata (ds), Naoki Nishi (p), Hitta Hamada (vib), recorded in 1980