Jiro Inagaki and Soul Media - In The Groove LP (Yellow Vinyl)

This is Preorder. Estimated ship date is September 2025.  

Limited to 2 copies per person 

Polished jazz. Refined rock. Razor-sharp funk. A powerful groove that pulls everything in and charges forward.

Since their formation in 1969, Soul Media has championed the fusion of jazz and rock. In the Groove, recorded in 1973, marked a bold evolution of that vision. It brings jazz’s precision to the forefront, infuses rock’s edge, and injects funk’s muscular energy and bounce. The result is sleek, intense, and effortlessly cool—music that defies simple genre labels like jazz rock, jazz funk, or fusion.

The album can also be seen as Soul Media’s response to The Crusaders, who had caught Jiro Inagaki’s attention at the time. That inspiration paid off: with In the Groove, the band captured a “refined blackness” and set the stage for their next chapter—Funky Stuff.

Record Label:

Nippon Columbia HMJY-222

Barcode: 4549767347943

Tracklist

A-Side
1. Memory Lane
2. Somethin’ Good Is Comin’
3. I Will Give You Samba
4. Dried Flowers
B-Side
1. Culmination
2. Rain
3. Take My Hand
4. Double Images
5. Bye Bye So LongA1. Painted Paradise
A2. Funky Motion
A3. Breeze
A4. Scratch
B1. Funky Stuff
B2. One For Jiro
B3. Gentle Wave
B4. Four Up