J-Fusion Band Dimension Best Live

[@hernod8501]

Increíble banda, de lo mejor q me tiró el algoritmo

[@ionparticles3261]

Why is this so unknown in America? Imo this is one of the best fusion jazz bands out there. Such a shame most westerners don't know about this amazing band.

[@petrucciful]

I agree with you

[@jimnice74656]

i wish Dimension could make their way to USA so i can hear them live. I love their sound

[@PierrotHG]

Japan is the true land of Fusion ;o)

[@junjun2450]

Amazing sax player Kazuki Katsuta !!

[@Soldano88]

nice groove,good musicianship.they all work well together.each part makes sense,very musical but still very fun.

[@3e3op88]

These guys are TIGHT!

[@Af3r92]

oh my god. I have no words.. incredible..

[@FreakShreek]

OMGGGGG!!!! JAPAN!!! HERE I COME!!!

[@Zerathul7]

OMG great sound in my top 5 bands definitely

[@JuniorCastroSax]

O saxofonista Kazuki Katsuta é fenomenal!

[@jinsak]

@BrickFrigid The title is "La.di.da Woman". Live at Roppongi PIT INN(Tokyo), 17 Dec 1995.

[@drumstick70]

Nice Sound Love it

[@EstebanAraque]

EXCELLENT, VERY VERY NICE, WONDERFUL SOUND OF SAX

[@TheSonsofHorusx]

such a lively sound! even the sax player rivals masato honda

[@MrPedur]

wauw -- what a sound

[@51362879]

This is just plain, straight-up cool! 5****!

[@CAROLUK]

OMG. i love it!

[@jcthefluteman]

they're on iTunes, just search 'Dimensions' and all those albums are theirs. unfortunately they haven't released this track on CD... :(

[@funkman0811]

GOOD GOLLY MS MOLLY These Cats are freakin KILLER WHOA They are Freakin BURNIN YES

[@rantarave]

I honestly think of any great japanese composers or musicians off the top of my head kyle.

[@Yohanes]

i like this

[@Truelight0]

Awesome guys ! good job!

[@cmccabe07921]

@mastersgta1 there is some great new American jazz fusion. Ever hear of Wayne Krantz?

[@51362879]

Absolutely right!

[@CMejenes]

very nice, i like the sax.

[@fmhorn]

Wooowww very good,

[@n1ira]

MY GOD

[@TinyCatBand]

awesome

[@cmccabe07921]

@Inferno350 u took the words out of my mouth, well said.

[@MrSeasells]

Very, Very Nice !

[@PlanetRockJesus]

These guys are fantastic. Does anyone know the names of each of the guys in this lineup?

[@dimensionjazz]

Guitar: Takashi MasuzakiKeyboard: Akira OnozukaSax: Kazuki KatsutaBass: Tomohto AokiDrums: Masaharu Ishikawa

[@dynoroad]

@mastersgta1 I didnt know Michael Brecker didnt like that word. Why? What did he call his own music? I mean the things he played with Casiopea, steps ahead and some of his solo stuff was also very different to the 70's fusion of RTF, Miles and Cobbham.

[@1assassyn]

song?

[@hypersonic12]

I'm dying trying to find CD's of these guys. Why does J-Fusion have to be from Japan? :P

[@catapei]

what s the name of this keyboard player?? he s the same of greg howe, sakurai and chambers live dvd :D

[@cmccabe07921]

@RebornGuitarLearner I think it's nice to appreciate it for what it is; I'm sure there are bands representative of Japanese cultural and ethnic music. This band has no responsibility on its shoulders to incorporate a traditional sound because of their race. They're clearly picking a genre and they're excelling in it. It's like saying why don't Scottish American kids in a rock band play bagpipes.

[@DrumSolVanIsle]

before their time ?

[@popnapopna]

Cool

[@cmccabe07921]

@mastersgta1 Oh yeah, I would also add Alex Machacek to the list of new(ish) and great "Jazz Fusion" type players. Another complicated player but oh so worth it.

[@hypersonic12]

J-Fusion actually stands for "Japanese Fusion," but it is heavily influenced by jazz.

[@MrCelamoi]

Perfect ::)

[@murdukwatson]

lol Their name is actually "Dimension", J(Jazz)-Fusion is the Genre of music being played.

[@dynoroad]

@kulamdaparim Yes, it is labeled that way because it often have a rockier or more pop-like feeling to it, compared to western fusion.

[@dynoroad]

@mastersgta1 Check out Dave Weckls eariler work, Masterplan, Heads up and Hard Wired, thats some incredibly great fusion.

[@kulamdaparim]

Japaneese-Fusion?

[@foreverhoper]

nicE!!.

[@je_minphone0001]

what is name this song?

[@NA-ju4vq]

SMJ 김 la di da woman

[@Saxmaster1230]

whos playin keyboards?

[@sasaki9356]

Mr.Akira Onozuka

[@cmccabe07921]

@mastersgta1 Might be hard to follow but that doesn't preclude "great" and "new", right? Nor do sales factor into this discussion. Krantz's CD is on his website for anyone to buy. But yeah, it's not as approachable as J-Fusion (note, J-Fusion is not new, either). Holdsworth, my favorite for the last 25 years, is also complicated and not easily approachable for the uninitiated. He has some new material coming out this year or early next that should be good.

[@VorsichtFalle]

the guitarist has been heavily inspired by steve vai i think.

[@fusionshredder]

@RebornGuitarLearner I feel you, but jazz and rock were introduced to them by westerners during WWII, nothing like it existed in their country before then; if they combined their native sound to music, we'd end up with more Naruto soundtracks, lol

[@cmccabe07921]

@mastersgta1 I'll go along with that, to an extent (on the "cheesy melodic stuff") but I think the fault lies mostly with the American listening public who seems (generalizing here) less adventurous and open than the Japanese audiences who like everything, it seems. There were bands out there like Tribal Tech and Aquarium Rescue Unit that were fascinatingly fresh and very skilled, but that's not "new" per se. I'm not sure who is truly new exactly. I know there is a lot of stuff "out there".

[@rantarave]

HAHA this sounds exactly like Video Games no joke.

[@HikariNoNanaki]

@RebornGuitarLearner Try out Hiroshima. Maybe you've heard, and I know this comment is over a year old xD

[@loveyoufolks]

Adding our own things to something western is good but music or art should be sheer expression of the artist self, so if a Japanese "wants" to express Japanese things in his art, it is good. But if he attempts to gain something original ethnically for applaud from people, it is wrong. Have you ever watched Japanese things in KZbin? We are more original than any other nation, I think. We are doing everything for ourselves not reputation from others.

[@RebornGuitarLearner]

@machinsky108 Even Fusion isn't immune to classification and influences. Depending on where the musicians come from, their sound will be affected accordingly by the culture there. All I'm saying is that the Japanese have tried to duplicate Western culture, not just in music, but in pretty well everything. And I find that kind of unfortunate.

[@chingchangpingpong529]

@RebornGuitarLearner yes... yours are the words of an obvious outsider. yes, japanese people have their government, economy, and fashion modeled after western culture. not their way of thinking though, if that means anything to you..

[@CaldeAilis]

And American white Jazz players have to have more country music flavor! Right? Jokes aside, cutural flavor is always good. But apparently this what they got and what wanted to play, so let them just be themselves.

[@RebornGuitarLearner]

The Japanese are excellent at whatever they put their minds too. Not that others aren't capable. We all are if only we focus. But at the same time they almost desperately want to be Western. I wish that they clung more ardently to their own culture and beliefs. This song, while wonderful and fulfilling to me in every aspect, just has too many qualities of an American/Canadian sound. Wouldn't it be cool to see a band like this but with more Japanese elements to the song structure?

[@DadGarbage]

they dont rock... they jazz ;D

[@bonjovi88]

more like Steve Lukather

[@RebornGuitarLearner]

Lol

[@RebornGuitarLearner]

And what you think is good and cool just happens to be in a Western image. Why would adding their ethnicity make them look like a clown? That's unfortunate if you think that about your own culture. I think it would be cool if they did that!

[@loveyoufolks]

You misunderstand Japanese. They (and we) are not trying to be westeners but just to be ourselves, doing what we think is good and cool. Adding intentionally flavor of ethinicity will make them look like a clown.

[@mantatnam]

this "j-fusion" is one stupid label....this is groovy music thats all.