Osaka Monaurail

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Double Up Now 00:00 Tools
Soulful Strut 00:00 Tools
Chocolate Buttermilk 00:00 Tools
Hung - Up 00:00 Tools
Amen, Brother 00:00 Tools
Get Ready 00:00 Tools
The Archipelago 04:47 Tools
Fruit Basket 06:13 Tools
Hung Up 04:28 Tools
Quick Sand 00:00 Tools
Mad Pierrot 00:00 Tools
Message To Love 00:00 Tools
State Of The World 05:19 Tools
Mother Popcorn 00:00 Tools
INTRODUCTION 00:00 Tools
The Drunk 02:41 Tools
(I'm Coming Back To) the Coming-Back 00:00 Tools
Cafe Regio's 00:00 Tools
Jam 1976 00:00 Tools
Get Down 00:00 Tools
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 00:00 Tools
Chocolate Butter Milk 00:00 Tools
Thankful (For What You've Done) 00:00 Tools
Little Old Money Maker 00:00 Tools
Tighten Up 00:00 Tools
Truck Turner 00:00 Tools
Reality for the People 00:00 Tools
Alligator Bogaloo 00:00 Tools
Hey Jude 00:00 Tools
Andrias Japonicus 00:00 Tools
Open The Door, Richard! 00:00 Tools
Endemism 00:00 Tools
Ceora 00:00 Tools
Opportunity 00:00 Tools
Work Song 00:00 Tools
Syrinxology 00:00 Tools
Divertissement 00:00 Tools
We Got One (A Show) 00:00 Tools
Alternative Reality 00:00 Tools
Something 00:00 Tools
Double-Up, Now 00:00 Tools
Stop Doggin' Me Around 00:00 Tools
Six Days Of Madness 00:00 Tools
Spinnin' Off The Balance 00:00 Tools
Pick Up The Pieces One By One 00:00 Tools
Supershine 9 00:00 Tools
Two Houses Make A Happy Home (remix) 00:00 Tools
The Horse 03:31 Tools
Determination 04:27 Tools
New New Type Thing 00:00 Tools
I Wanna Go (Where the Soulful People Gather Round) - VERY LIVE 00:00 Tools
(She's A) Riptide 05:10 Tools
Ain't It Funky Now 00:00 Tools
Quicksand 00:00 Tools
Back And Alive '77 00:00 Tools
Groovy, Groovy, Groovy 00:00 Tools
Ball of Fire 02:39 Tools
Calinga 04:59 Tools
Solar Eclipse 05:28 Tools
The Chase 00:00 Tools
Supershine #9 00:00 Tools
Ain't it Funky, Now 00:00 Tools
Down & Out 00:00 Tools
DOWN AND OUT 00:00 Tools
Pick Up the Pieces One By One (Parts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
Introduction - 2 00:00 Tools
Liberty 07:20 Tools
What It Is...What It Was 00:00 Tools
Strange Buddha (Karate) 00:00 Tools
Just Bein' Free (Complete Version) 00:00 Tools
Spinning Off The Balance 00:00 Tools
Eyesight 00:00 Tools
That's My Desire 00:00 Tools
(She Sure Is) Down And Out 00:00 Tools
Amen Brother 00:00 Tools
Groovy, Groovy, Groovy (Pts. 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
Rumble'n Struggle 00:00 Tools
Walk On By 00:00 Tools
Rumble'n Struggle (Pt.1) 00:00 Tools
Evil 00:00 Tools
Theme From Shaft 00:00 Tools
Mind Power (pts 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
Thanks & Announcement 00:00 Tools
Take Me Back To Where I Belong 00:00 Tools
Open The Door Richard 00:00 Tools
Just Bein' Free 00:00 Tools
Choclate Buttermilk 00:00 Tools
(SHE Lights MY Fire, THE Baby Sure IS) Down AND OUT (PT.1&2) 00:00 Tools
Grand Finale 00:00 Tools
Rumble'n Struggle (PT.3&4) 00:00 Tools
Whatever You Do 00:00 Tools
Jam 1976 (Reprise) 00:00 Tools
Hung-Up - Vocal Version 00:00 Tools
Groovy, Groovy, Groovy (Reprise) 00:00 Tools
Medley: Back And Alive '77 / Two Houses Make A Happy Home 00:00 Tools
Changes I Wannna Make 00:00 Tools
If You're Doin' It, Keep On Doin' It - Do It Well 00:00 Tools
No Trouble On the Mountain 00:00 Tools
Groovy, Groovy, Groovy (Pts 1 and 2) 00:00 Tools
Changes I Wanna Make 00:00 Tools
Riptide - She's a 00:00 Tools
Mind Power (Pts 1 and 2) 00:00 Tools
Endenism 00:00 Tools
Hung-Up - Instrumental Version 00:00 Tools
Groovy, Groovy, Groovy (pts.1&2) 00:00 Tools
Stop diggin'me around 00:00 Tools
Mind Power (pts.1&2) 00:00 Tools
Alligator Bogaloo (Bonus) 00:00 Tools
Alligator Boogaloo (Unreleased Edit) 00:00 Tools
Ain't funky now 00:00 Tools
Hung - Up - Vocal Version 00:00 Tools
New New Type Thing (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Supershine#9 00:00 Tools
Mistakes And All 00:00 Tools
Hot Pants Road 00:00 Tools
New New Type Thing (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
Pick Up The Pieces One By One (Part 1&2) 00:00 Tools
オーサカ=モノレールのテーマ 00:00 Tools
I Wanna Go (Where The Soulful People Gather 'Round) 00:00 Tools
Pick Up The Pieces One By One [Part 1&2] 00:00 Tools
What It Is - What It Was 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Tighten Up 00:00 Tools
(she lights my fire, the baby sure is) Down and out (pt.1) 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Amen, Brother 00:00 Tools
Mind Power 00:00 Tools
Mind Power, Pt. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Chocolate Butter Milk 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Get Down 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Get Ready 00:00 Tools
What It Is...What It Was, Pt. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
pick up the pieces one by one (live) 00:00 Tools
Groovy, Groovy, Groovy, Pt. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Divertissement 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Soulful Strut 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Truck Turner 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Supershine #9 00:00 Tools
Hot Pants Road (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 00:00 Tools
We Got One [A Show] 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Cafe Regio's 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Little Old Money Maker 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Hey Jude 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Mad Pierrot 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Open The Door, Richard! 00:00 Tools
(She Lights My Fire, The Baby Sure Is) Down and Out, Pt. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Osaka Monaurail - Message To Love 00:00 Tools
[I'm Coming Back To] The Coming Back 00:00 Tools
Thankful (For What You've Done) - For What You've Done 00:00 Tools
Rumble'n Struggle, Pt. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Pick Up the Pieces One by One, Pts. 1-2 00:00 Tools
Hot Pants Road (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
THANKFUL - FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE 00:00 Tools
Groovy, Groovy, Groovy (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
Pick Up The Pieces One By One (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Hung - Up (Vocal Version) 00:00 Tools
ABC TVシリーズ 『The Men』のテーマ 00:00 Tools
Two Houses Make a Happy Home - Remix 00:00 Tools
Uchu 00:00 Tools
Oh What a Feeling 00:00 Tools
Pick Up The Pieces One By One(Parts1&2) 00:00 Tools
Coming Back 00:00 Tools
No Trouble On the Mountain (feat. Shirley Davis) 00:00 Tools
I'm Coming Back To The Coming-Back 00:00 Tools
(she lights my fire, the baby sure is) down and out (pt 1 & 2) 00:00 Tools
[Thanks & Announcement] 00:00 Tools
rumble'n struggle (pt 1) 00:00 Tools
Pick Up The Pieces One By One (Parts 1&2) 00:00 Tools
Pick Up The Pieces One By One (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
We Sing Soul 00:00 Tools
THANKFUL 00:00 Tools
(She Lights My Fire, The Baby Sure Is) Down and Out 00:00 Tools
STRANGE BUDDHA(KARATE) 00:00 Tools
Groovy, Groovy, Groovy, Parts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
[Introduction] 00:00 Tools
Rumble'n Struggle (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
It's Her Thing 00:00 Tools
Mind Power (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Just Bein Free_Part 1 00:00 Tools
Signed, Sealed, Delivered 00:00 Tools
ANDRIOUS JAPONICUS 00:00 Tools
Truck Tuner 00:00 Tools
Hot Pants, Pt. 1&2 00:00 Tools
New New Type Thing Pt. 1 00:00 Tools
Open the door, Richard 00:00 Tools
We Got One (A Show) (Instrumental) 00:00 Tools
WHAT IT IS...WHAT IT WAS (LIVE) 00:00 Tools
JAM 1976 [Live] 00:00 Tools
Open The Door,Richard! 00:00 Tools
Pick Up The Pieces One By One - Parts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Archipelago 00:00 Tools
Double-Up Now (Edit) 00:00 Tools
If You're Doin' It, Keep On Doin' It (Do It Well) 00:00 Tools
MEDLEY:BACK and ALIVE '77 / TWO HOUSES MAKE A HAPPY HOME 00:00 Tools
INTRODUCTION [Live] 00:00 Tools
SOULFUL STRUT [Live] 00:00 Tools
オーサカ=モノレールのテーマ 00:00 Tools
(SHE LIGHTS MY FIRE, THE BABY SURE IS) DOWN AND OUT (PARTS 1&2) 00:00 Tools
Just Bein' Free - Complete Version 00:00 Tools
Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours 00:00 Tools
Riptide (She's a) 00:00 Tools
Medley: Back and Alive '77/Two Houses Make a Happy Home 00:00 Tools
Pick Up The Pieces One By One, Pt. 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Supershine Number Nine 00:00 Tools
Thanks & Announcements 00:00 Tools
Just Bein' Free (Pt. 1) 00:00 Tools
{she lights my fire, the baby sure is) Down and out 00:00 Tools
Double-Up Now 00:00 Tools
Just Bein Free_Part 2 00:00 Tools
Mind Power (Part 2) 00:00 Tools
What you hear is what you get 00:00 Tools
Groovy, Groovy, Groovy (Finale) 00:00 Tools
Quicksand (Live) 00:00 Tools
THANKFUL (FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE) [Live] 00:00 Tools
(SHE SURE IS) DOWN AND OUT [Live] 00:00 Tools
Rumble'n Struggle (Pt. 1) 00:00 Tools
WHAT IT IS - WHAT IT WAS [Live] 00:00 Tools
Introduction To The 2nd Half 00:00 Tools
Rumble'n Struggle, Pt. 3 & 4 00:00 Tools
runble'n struggle (pt 3 & 4) 00:00 Tools
Mind Power, Parts 1 & 2 00:00 Tools
Signed,Sealed,Delivered I'm Yours 00:00 Tools
Tighten Up (Live) 00:00 Tools
Supershine#9 (Undercover Grunts Medley) 00:00 Tools
What It Is...What It Was - Live 00:00 Tools
Hot pants road (pt.1) 00:00 Tools
Cafe Reggio's 00:00 Tools
Double Up Now - Osaka Monaurail 00:00 Tools
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After two decades, the wheels are very much still turning for Japan's premiere Funk orchestra, which has grown from a university combo to one of the world’s leading group in the genre. Nine musicians on stage in sharp uniforms inspired by 60s fashion; trumpets are spinning in the air; leader Nakata dancing “Mashed Potato”; from jumpin’ Bebop instrumentals to James Brown funky dancers. Osaka Monaurail just celebrated their 20th anniversary by touring many cities in Japan, Europe, Canada and Australia, appearing at top venues, nightclubs and festivals including the Montreal International Jazz Festival (July 2012) and many others. Formed in 1992, all members were from the same Jazz society at Osaka University (Osaka, Japan). Nakata recalls, "I was 19. We were having fun playing/learning Jazz. Our team was known as the best university/college band when it comes to playing Count Basie tunes. I was a trumpet player. But, I dropped out because I couldn't play high notes. I finally gave up on the trumpet, my second love (with piano being the first), and decided to do what I've wanted to do ever since I was 16, which was to start a Funk band." The group was named after the Funk classic, "It's The J.B.’s Monaurail" by the J.B.'s (misspelling intentional.) It originally featured more than 20 people including several horn players, but soon the band was cut down to a 13 piece group. After a couple of university gigs, they started playing local bars & nightclubs in Osaka around 1994-1995. Signed to RD Records in 1999, OM released their first album “What it is – What it was” (2000) followed by nine albums: three more albums on RD Records (signed until 2005); four albums on P-Vine Records (signed 2006-2009); and the latest "State Of The World" on King Records (2011–present). In Europe, the last three albums are available on Unique Records (Dusseldorf, Germany). In the summer of 2006, Osaka Monaurail toured six cities in Japan as backing band for a Soul/Funk legend, Marva Whitney, known as one of the James Brown's original Funky Divas. Her hits include many Funk classics such as “It's My Thing”, “Unwind Yourself” and “Sunny” (duet with Mr. JB). This partnership became arguably one of the most exciting collaborations in Funk today and left two albums “I Am What I Am” and "Live In Japan", three European tours and two Japanese tours. Marva Whitney passed away December 22, 2012. In November 2012, Osaka Monaurail played a show with the great Fred Wesley, the world's funkiest trombonist, best known for his work with James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic and the Count Basie Orchestra. It was an one night only show with OM as a backing band playing more than a dozen of Fred Wesley songs. Nakata runs his Shout! Productions label and continues to contribute to the Soul/Funk history. It has been responsible for: reissuing a string of Soul/Funk albums; releasing movies "Superfly" (1972), "Coffy" (1973) and a few more theatrically; subtitling “Sweet Sweetback’s Badasssss Song” (1971), “Badasssss” (2004) and “Soul Power” (2009); most recently releasing “Edification of Weldon Irvine” (1976) on DVD. After all, as Nakata says, "...the Japanese kids' long journey of learning how to play Funk never ends". The current lineup is: Ryo Nakata (vocal/keyboards/percussions); Kentaro Yamagata & Yohchi Masago (trumpets); Shimon Mukai (tenor saxophone); Katsutoshi Hiraishi (trombone); Dan Hayami & Yuichi Ikeda (guitars); Dai Nakamura (bass); Soki Kimura (drums). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.