Shunzoh Ohno - Something's Coming (1978)

On Something's Coming, the legendary Japanese trumpeter, composer, and masterfully sharp post-bop pioneer Shunzo Ohno leads a stellar, bi-continental powerhouse collective to deliver a towering, historically volcanic, and masterfully panoramic studio document. Originally recorded in New York in 1975 and beautifully preserved on this pristine high-fidelity digital reissue by the legendary Japanese vanguard imprint East Wind, this independent jazz-funk milestone stands as a monumental holy grail of electric fusion history. Spanning over 36 minutes of immaculate high-fidelity spatial design, the 4-part continuous landscape operates with an intense, heavily syncopated, and beautifully volatile kinetic energy. Ohno acts as a brilliant sonic visionary, seamlessly fusing intricate, burning post-bop geometries with dark, lysergic electronic foundations—tracking magnificent highlights like the massive, 14-minute multi-layered title epic Something's Coming, the hard-driving electric syncopation of You Dig That?, and the sprawling, hypnotic closure of But It's Not So. Driven by Ohno’s piercing, laser-focused trumpet architecture, Reggie Lucas’s gritty, Miles-esque electric guitar scratches, a swirling keyboard cockpit of Cedric Lawson and avant-garde icon Masabumi Kikuchi, and the legendary, explosive drum engine of master Roy Haynes, this pristine archive remains an indispensable cornerstone for serious electric jazz purists and global fusion collectors worldwide.