Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Sensational Jazz '70 Vol. 1/2

(Nippon Columbia, COCB-54039-40) (Japan) (2-CD set)

Disc 1

  1. Twilight in Nemu (10:38)
    Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd with Terumasa Hino
    Toshiyuki Miyama: conductor
    Kozaburo Yamaki: guitar
    Sadakazu Tabata: drums
    Yoshinobu Imashiro: piano
    Masao Kunisada: bass
    Hiroshi Takami: alto saxophone
    Shinji Nakayama: alto saxophone
    Kosuke Ichihara: tenor saxophone
    Shoji Maeda: tenor saxophone
    Shunzo Sunahara: baritone saxophone
    Teruhiko Kataoka: trombone
    Masamichi Uetaka: trombone
    Seiichi Tokura: trombone
    Takeshi Aoki: trombone
    Koji Hatori: trumpet
    Bunji Murata: trumpet
    Kenichi Sano: trumpet
    Kunio Fujisaki: trumpet
    Terumasa Hino: trumpet

  2. Mood (10:16)
    Itaru Oki Trio
    Itaru Oki: trumpet
    Keiki Midorikawa: bass
    Hozumi Tanaka: drums

  3. Toko (10:15)
    Terumasa Hino Quintet with George Otsuka
    Terumasa Hino: trumpet
    Kenji Muraoka: tenor saxophone
    Hiromasa Suzuki: electric piano
    Kunimitsu Inaba: bass
    Motohiko Hino: drums
    George Otsuka: drums

  4. Four Units (9:18)
    Mototeru Takagi Trio
    Mototeru Takagi: tenor saxophone
    Masahiko Sato: piano
    Yoshisaburo Toyozumi: drums

Disc 2

  1. Blue Soul (8:20)
    Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes
    Akira Ishikawa: drums
    Masahiko Sato: electric piano
    Isao Eto: electric bass
    Kiyoshi Sugimoto: guitar
    Kosuke Ichihara: tenor saxophone

  2. Mira (13:04)
    Hiroshi Suzuki Sextet
    Hiroshi Suzuki: trombone
    Ichiro Mimori: tenor saxophone
    Shigeo Suzuki: alto saxophone
    Masabumi Kikuchi: piano
    Kimio Koizumi: bass
    Kazuyoshi Okayama: drums

  3. Score (8:27)
    Jiro Inagaki & Soul Media
    Jiro Inagaki: tenor saxophone
    Tetsuo Fushimi: trumpet
    Makio Shimizu: alto saxophone
    Shigeru Narumo: guitar
    Masaru Imada: piano
    Yasuo Arakawa: bass
    Kazuhiro Ebisawa: drums

  4. Mustache (9:05)
    Takeshi Inomata & Sound Limited
    Toshiaki Yokota: flute
    Takao Uematsu: tenor saxophone
    Shunzo Ono: trumpet
    Takashi Kumagai: trumpet
    Takashi Imai: trombone
    Shigemichi Domoto: trombone
    Ryo Kawasaki: guitar
    Shigenori Kamiya: guitar
    Yusuke Hoguchi: organ
    Jun Suzuki: bass
    Takeshi Inomata: drums

Composed by Hiroshi Takami (1-1), Itaru Oki (1-2), Terumasa Hino (1-3), Masahiko Togashi (1-4), Hiromasa Suzuki (2-1), Andrew Hill (2-2), and Randy Brecker (2-3)

Recorded live at Shibuya Public Hall, April 30, 1970
Includes a 12-page Japanese language booklet with liner notes by Yusuke Ogawa and Teruo Isono, and color photos

Released in December 2012
Originally released in 1970 on Nippon Columbia (PSS-10025)