AKIRA ISHIKAWA COUNT BUFFALO JAZZ AND ROCK BAND - BAKISHINBA MEMORIES OF AFRICA
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalo Jazz and Rock Band for Polydor Japan from 1970.Akira Ishikawa (drums, bakishinba, african bongo), Kiyoshi Sugimoto(electric guitar), Isao Eto (electric bass),...
View ArticleJORGE LOPEZ RUIZ - UN HOMBRE DE BUENOS ARIES
Jorge Lopez Ruiz for Trova Argentina from 1978.Jorge Lopez Ruiz - Bass ; Dino Saluzzi - Bandoneon ; Oscar Lopez Ruiz - Guitar ; Domingo Cura - Percussion ; Pablo Ziegler - Piano ; Gustavo Moretto -...
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Quincicasm for Saydisc UK from 1973.Bass, Flute – Malcolm Bennett ; Drums, Percussion – Michael Ormerod, Nigel Smith ; Flugelhorn – Dick Pearce ; Saxophone – Ken Eley ; Vibraphone, Keyboards – Julian...
View ArticleTAKT TRILOGY - JAZZ IN JAPAN 68/69
Hiroshi Suzuki - Masahiko Togashi Quintet VariationTakt Jazz Series/Columbia Japan 1969Tetsuo Fushimi (tp) Hiroshi Suzuki (tb) Yuji Ono (p)Jun Suzuki (b) Masahiko Togashi (dr)George Otsuka Trio - Page...
View ArticleHIROMASA SUZUKI TRIO - PRIMROSE
Hiromasa Suzuki Trio for Union Japan from 1978.Hiromasa Suzuki - Piano; Nobuyoshi Ino - Bass; Steve Jackson - Drums.Keeping up the Jap pressure with this terrific late 70's trio outing led by the...
View ArticleORQUESTRA MIRASOL - SALSA CATALANA
Orquestra Mirasol for Edigsa Spain from 1974.Heavy fusion with Afro Cuban influences from 70s Catalonia.Think Mwandishi goes latin - a terrific lp.
View ArticleKOHSUKE MINE QUINTET - DAGURI
Kohsuke Mine Quintet for Victor Japan from 1973.Kohsuke Mine - Tenor & Alto Sax ; Hideo Miyata - Tenor Sax ; Fumio Itabashi - Piano ; Hideaki Mochizuki - Bass ; Hiroshi Murakami - Drums.An absolute...
View ArticleORIENTAL MODALISM
That man Tony Higgins,compiler of the Impressed series, has put together a couple of quality mixes focusing on J Jazz Joints. Very highly recommended and of course the very finest in Japanese Jazz...J...
View ArticleMIKIO MASUDA - MICKEY'S MOUTH
Mikio Masuda for East Wind Japan from 1976.MIKIO MASUDA: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D-6 Clavinet, Yamaha YC-30 organ, Mini Korg synthesizer, ARP String Ensemble MASAYOSHI SAITOH: guitar OSAMU...
View ArticlePRESENTING THE HARRY SOUTH BIG BAND
Harry South Big Band for Mercury UK from 1966.Ian Hamer, Hank Shaw, Les Condon, Greg Bowen (tp), Ian Carr (tp,fl-hrn), Johnny Marshall, Chris Smith, Keith Christie, Gibb Wallace (tb), Roy Willox, Alan...
View ArticleERROL PARKER TENTET LIVE AT THE WOOLMAN AUDITORIUM
Errol Parker Tentet for Sahara USA from 1985.Wallace Roney, Graham Haynes, trumpets ; Doug Harris, soprano saxophone ; Steve Coleman, alto saxophone ; Bill Saxton, tenor saxophone ; Robin Eubanks,...
View ArticleDON RENDELL QUINTET - SPACE WALK
Don Rendell Quintet for EMI Columbia from 1972.Don Rendell -tenor,soprano,flute,alto flute ; Stan Robinson -tenor,clarinet,flute ; Peter Shade -vibes,flute ; Jack Thorncroft -bass ; Trevor Tomkins...
View ArticleGEORGE OTSUKA QUINTET - PHYSICAL STRUCTURE
George Otsuka Quintet for Three Blind Mice Japan from 1976.Fumio Karashima - Piano,Electric Piano,Synthesizer ; Shozo Sasaki - Tenor & Soprano Saxes ; Mitsuaki Furuno - Bass ; Norio Ohno -...
View ArticleCUMULATIVE NIMBUS
Tony Higgins is back on the mix with a great tribute to the mighty Nimbus West record label -check it:Cumulative Nimbus: a portrait of a record label by Tonytales on Mixcloud
View ArticleODE TO MASABUMI KIKUCHI
Blackclassical back on the mix with this superb tribute to Masabumi Kikuchi over at The Word Is Bond.The Very Finest In Japanese Jazz.....
View ArticleROY HAYNES - TOGYU
Roy Haynes for RCA Japan from 1973.Roy Haynes - Drums,Vocal ; Richard Davis - Bass ; Kenny Barron - Piano ; Teruo Nakamura - Percussion First time out in blogland for this rarity which only made a...
View ArticleDEEP JAZZ REALITY - HIT THE DECKS !
I'm teaming up with the mighty Katonah from Private Press to man the turntables and spin a night of hard jazz in London's West End. The date's confirmed - Saturday November 17th and venue is the...
View ArticleBlackclassical Interpretations : The Poetry of Sarah Webster Fabio
I am the bearer of water, woodheawer’s mother, prophet, poet, rival, lover; nymph, hag, kitten, bitch even I often can’t tell exactly ....Blackclassical on the mix again this time for Sarah Webster...
View ArticleVIC LEWIS PLAYS BOSSA NOVA AT HOME (LONDON) AND AWAY (HOLLYWOOD)
Vic Lewis & His Bossa Nova All Stars for His Masters Voice UK from 1963.At Home :London Shake Keane - trumpet, Tubby Hayes - flute, Jimmy Deuchar - mellophonium, Ronnie Scott - tenor, Terry...
View ArticleDEEP JAZZ REALITY STRIKES AGAIN 2013
A huge thanks to everyone who made it to the Deep Jazz Reality do on Saturday night and made it such a resounding success . In fact it went so well the good news is that we've been asked back to do...
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