The album was recorded in 1975
and, until included on a J Jazz compilation, was unknown except to a
small group of obsessive Japanese jazz collectors. The privately pressed
record was the only album made by the Quartet, four amateur musicians
who were university students at the time. The session was financed by a
local businessman, Ikujiroh Tachibana, who pressed up a few hundred
copies to use as a business card. In the intervening 40 odd years since
its recording, few copies have surfaced, making it an in-demand yet
elusive artefact from the golden age of Japanese jazz.The CD comes with 2 bonus live tracks
AMM
The Taster!
Tracks
01 - Philosopher's Stone
02 - Sacrament
03 - La Fiesta
04 - Dead Letter
05 - Samba de Orfeu
06 - Sundance (Live at Mokuba)
07 - Samba de Orfeu (Live at Mokuba)
Line Up
Tohru Aizawa - piano
Kyoichiroh Morimura - tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
Kohzoh Watanabe - bass
Tetsuya Morimura - drums
9 comments:
A beautiful Japanese rarity! Thanks for review, P.
Love a bit of J Jazz! Nice share AMM!
Cheers!
Bill
Many thanks for this gem AMM
BigD
wow thanks for another rare review AMM so heres the story
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/j-jazz-bbe-tachibana-story/
Looking forward to listening to this AMM thanks
Reb
I have,one of my absolute favorites,monter groove spiritual jazz also
Thanks for this review!
Thanks AMM. Very young group on back cover.
This is a new one for me. The piano and sax play on the taster is great. The bass and drums are right in the pocket, not doing too much but still driving the song. Great!!!
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