Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Akira Miyazawa

Four Units

(Think! Records, THCD-052) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Four Units (10:49)
  2. Dull Slumber (9:26)
  3. Scarborough Fair (7:50)
  4. Rainbow Trout (3:23)
  5. Black Bass (8:03)

Music by Masahiko Togashi (1), Masahiko Sato (2), British traditional (3), and Akira Miyazawa (4, 5)

Akira Miyazawa: tenor saxophone, flute
Masahiko Sato: piano, arrangements
Yasuo Arakawa: bass
Masahiko Togashi: drums

Recorded by Tomiji Iyobe at Teichiku Kaikan No. 1 Studio, Tokyo, April 2 and 25, 1969
Digitally remastered for the reissue
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Yusuke Ogawa (new release), and Masao Ogawa and Shoichi Yui (original release)

Released in June 2007
Originally released in 1969 as an LP on Union Records/Teichiku (UPS-2008-J)