To honor the forty-fourth anniversary of her birth, this video is a tribute to several of the many persons who were important in the life and career of Honda Minako. It offers a perspective of one from the West. If one finds it to be a personal view, it is; especially with regard to the importance of John Wilson, whose modesty has been the reason he has never received the enormous credit due him for his work with Minako, The Jackson Five, and many other things. <br /><br />“Good Places” is a song recorded on side two of the LP “Gandharva” by Beaver & Krause. It was recorded on February 10-11, 1971 in San Francisco at Grace Cathedral which has a seven second sound decay (reverberation). The players are Gail Laughton on Harps (two), Paul Beaver on Pipe Organ, Gerry Mulligan on Baritone Saxophone, and Bud Shank on Alto Saxophone. It can be found on the CD, “In A Wild Sanctuary/Gandharva” as Track 17, and is available in both CD and MP3 from Amazon and many other vendors.
