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Title: Kazu Featuring Carlos Rios - The Direction-West
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Jazz, West Coast Jazz Fusion, Los Angeles, California 5/26
Matrix #: LSI 30009
Condition: EX (LM) | Members: Kazu M (N/A), Carlos R (N/A)
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Kazu Matsui built a U.S. studio career around shakuhachi and fusion, carrying Japanese musical identity into rooms usually dominated by LA session players.
2. Studio Lore: The album features Carlos Rios, Jennifer Warnes, Paulinho Da Costa, and the Earth, Wind & Fire horns, placing it deep inside the early-80s LA studio network.
3. Scene Ecology: The Direction-West sits where Japanese fusion, West Coast pop session culture, and jazz-funk crossed paths before “city pop” became a collector keyword.