Cotton (album)

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Cotton
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Released1986
Genre Jazz
Length39:09
Akira Jimbo chronology
Cotton
(1986)
Palette
(1989)

Cotton is a 1986 debut studio album released in 1986 by the Japanese freelance jazz fusion drummer Akira Jimbo.

Track listing

  1. "Red Lotus Man" – 3:36
  2. "Twilight Eyes" – 4:21
  3. "The Silent Road "Hellen"" – 4:29
  4. "After Midnight" – 4:54
  5. "The Light Around Us "Chris"" – 4:41
  6. "It's a Holiday" – 4:07
  7. "Blue Imagination" – 4:09
  8. "The Mood in the Melody" – 4:26
  9. "Hot Winter Night in the Valley" – 4:26

Personnel

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