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Masayuki Takayanagi and New Century Music Institute

Ginparis Session: June 26, 1963

(Three Blind Mice Records/Sony Music Direct, MHCP-10023) (Japan) (CD)


  1. Greensleeves [traditional] (17:59)
  2. Nardis [Miles Davis] (11:08)
  3. If I Were a Bell [Loesser] (12:35)
  4. Obstruction [Hideto Kanai] (11:45)

Masayuki Takayanagi: guitar (1)
Hideto Kanai: bass (1, 2, 4)
Kunimitsu Inaba: bass (1, 3)
Masahiko Togashi: drums (1, 2, 4)
Masabumi Kikuchi: piano (2)
Sadanori Nakamure: guitar (3)
Terumasa Hino: trumpet (3)
Hiroshi Yamazaki: drums (3)
Yosuke Yamashita: piano (4)
Kyohei Uyama: guitar (4)

Recorded live by Osamu Uchida at Ginparis, Tokyo, June 26, 1963
Mixed by Yoshihiko Kannari
Produced by Takeshi Fujii
Photos by Osamu Uchida
Art direction by Tsutomu Nishizawa
DSD (Direct Stream Digital) remastered in 2006
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Osamu Uchida and Masahisa Segawa

Released in November 2006
Originally released as an LP in 1972