Straight Ahead

Takao Uematsu’s Straight Ahead on Art Union Records channels the restless energy of early 80s jazz fusion, where electric piano and propulsive basslines drive forward with purpose. Uematsu’s compositions balance technical precision with an almost reckless momentum, the kind of record that rewards repeat listening for its tightly arranged horn sections and unexpected harmonic turns. A deep cut from Japan’s jazz-fusion underground that remains criminally under-discovered.