The Days of Jazz and Macintosh
Do you know "Seawind"?
2006/02/07 |Smooth Jazz
Do you know (or remember) a legendary jazz fusion band named "Seawind"? They were from Hawaii and quite popular during 1976-82. They made a debut in "Seawind (1976)" and followed by "Window of a Child (1977)" both from CTI Record. Their real big hits were from A&M(Horizon). Those are "Light the Light (1979)" and "Seawind (1980)". Seawind was a real cutting edge band with fantastic voice of Pauline Wilson (vocal), tight beats led by Bob Wilson (Drums/ leader) , and very sharp horn section so called "The Seawind Horns" led by Jerry Hey (Trumpet).

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Many big names, such as Quincy Jones, wanted to have them play in their albums. You will be amazed when you see there are countless albums in the early 80s carrying their names on them. In 1982, after finished recording sessions of their "never released" 5th album, Seawind had been broken up at their peak.

The sound of Seawind is definitely one of the origins of the present styles of Smooth Jazz, contemporary Jazz, and even AOR. Oddly enough, CD versions of "Light the Light" and "Seawind (1980)" had been released only in Japan and hard to find items. Now, you can get them from Amazon. There is an official web site of Seawind. According to that site, after Seawind held a reunion concert on March 19th, 2005, there is an on-going new project after 23 years of absence.

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