Kilowatt (album)

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Kilowatt
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Studio album by
Released1989
Genre Jazz fusion
Length51:54
Label Gramavision
Producer Akira Yada
Kazumi Watanabe chronology
The Spice of Life Too
(1988)
Kilowatt
(1989)
Romanesque
(1990)
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Kilowatt is an album by jazz fusion guitarist Kazumi Watanabe, originally released on audio cassette in 1989. In 1991 it was released again on cassette, CD and LP.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Kazumi Watanabe except where noted.

  1. "1000 Mega" - 4:58
  2. "Capri" - 4:10
  3. "No One" (Watanabe/Brunel) - 5:33
  4. "Jive" (Watanabe/Brunel) - 3:48
  5. "Papyrus" - 4:50
  6. "Sunspin" - 5:15
  7. "Pretty Soon" (Brunel) - 5:37
  8. "Bernard" (Brunel) - 4:42
  9. "Dolphin Dance" (Herbie Hancock) - 6:59
  10. "Good Night Machines" (Watanabe/Moraz/Brunel) - 6:18

Personnel

Additional Musicians

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References

"Allmusic Kilowatt Overview" . Retrieved 2007-09-07.
"Kazumi Watanabe Official Website". Archived from the original on 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2007-09-07.

Notes

  1. Widran, Jonathan. Kilowatt at AllMusic