SADAO WATANABE VS TERUMASA HINO (Rec.1969/1970 - Canyon/LP-1980)

Label: Canyon – C20R0034 C

Format: Vinyl, LP / Country: Japan / Released: 1980

Style: Contemporary Jazz, Jazz Funk, Free Jazz

(A1, A2) Recorded in January 1969.

( B ) Recorded at Upsurge Studio, New York City, March 1970.

Engineer – Kennichi Handa (A1, A2)

Engineer – Tom Di Pietro ( B )

Remix, Edited By – Kennichi Handa

Cover Design – Mitsuru Yamada

Made By – Canyon Records, Inc.

Matrix / Runout: Side 1 C20R0034 C -A

Matrix / Runout: Side 2 C20R0034 C -B

A1 - Sadao Watanabe Quartet – Pastoral ................................................................ 15:00

A2 - Sadao Watanabe Quartet – Round Trip [Coming] ............................................ 10:11

           Sadao Watanabe – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute

           Yoshiaki Masuo – guitar

           Yoshio Suzuki – acoustic bass, electric bass

           Hirotami Tsunoda – drums, percussion

           guest: Kazuo Yashiro – electric piano, piano

B  -  Terumasa Hino – Journey To Air 1 ................................................................... 24:20

           Terumasa Hino – flugelhorn, trumpet 

           Steve Grossman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute 

           Pete Yellin – alto saxophone, flute  

           Gary Pribec – alto saxophone   

           David Liebman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone  

           Olu Dara – trumpet 

           Mike Garson – piano, electric piano

           Dave Holland – bass, Fender bass

           Lanny Fields – bass, contrabass 

           Teruo Nakamura – bass, contrabass 

           Motohiko Hino – drums, handclaps

           Bobby Moses – drums

It is the 80's planning LP, that coupled the past performances of Japanese jazz pioneer saxophonist Sadao Watanabe and Japan's leading jazz trumpet player Terumasa Hino. Sadao Watanabe in quartet formation, contents that compared the recording work by Terumasa Hino '70 recording work with combo formation.

Japan's jazz where idyllic atmosphere drifts like the title as "Pastoral". "PASTORAL" which became the first album of '69 CBS Sony transferring as organized by Sadao Watanabe, Yoshiaki Masuo , Yoshio Suzuki and Hiro Tsunoda, famous song "Pastoral" which told the opening of the new era, and there is also incredibly goodJazz Funk number "Round Trip [Coming] ".

Terumasa Hino, with the chosen company, saxophone players Steve Grossman, David Liebman, genius trumpeter Ola Dara, pianist Mike Garson, three bassists including Dave Holland, two drummers Motohiko Hino and Bobby Moses will lead us through 24-minute deep free jazz "Journey To Air 1" recorded at Upsurge Studio in New York. (See LP: Group Everything Everything Everything ‎– Hino's "Journey To Air" - Love Records ‎– TP-103).

Very intriguing music. Highly recommended.

If you find it, buy this album!

TERUMASA HINO – Wheel Stone - Live In Nemuro (East Wind / LP-1979)

Label: East Wind – 15PJ-1002

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: Japan / Released: 1979

Style: Avant-garde, Modal, Free Improvisation

Recorded live, April 8, 1975 at the Nemuro-Shi Kohmikan.

Design [Album Design] – Heyqlow Kobayashi

Album Director – Hiroshi Mitsuka, Nobuo Kondoh

Photography By [Back-Cover] – Masakatsu Sasaki

Photography By [Cover] – Fumio Tomita

Engineer – Masayoshi Ohkawa, Toshiaki Kanazawa

Executive-Producer – Toshinari Koinuma

Producer – Kiyoshi Itoh

Liner Notes – Shun-ichi Morita

Matrix / Runout (side A): EW-8065-A 15PJ-1002 - 1

Matrix / Runout (side B): EW-8065-B 15PJ-1002 - 2

A - Mocco .................................................................................................... 21:24

B - In The Darkness .................................................................................... 15:35

Written-By – Terumasa Hino

Personnel:

Terumasa Hino – trumpet, flugelhorn

Hideo Miyata – tenor saxophone

Fumio Itabashi – piano, electric piano

Kiyoshi Sugimoto – electric guitar

Tsutomu Okada – bass

Motohiko Hino – drums

Yuhji Imamura – percussion

A live recording that brought the legendary playing style of Terumasa Hino before he embarked on a national tour 1975. There are two original long tracks in front of us, rhythmic embodiment in the thrilling " Mokko" and "Into the Darkness," recorded in the " live -in-the- concert," format.

A searing performance from this brilliant Japanese trumpeter – working here at the height of his stretched-out, open-ended powers – but with a style that's a bit more inside than some of his work from the start of the 70s! Hino really shows himself to be a great leader here – working with a group that includes Hideo Miyata on tenor, Kiyoshi Sugimoto on guitar, and Fumio Itabashi on some especially great Fender Rhodes and piano – a wonderful player who really gives the album a solid grounding, which then allows the horn players to really soar! Hino's really finding his voice here – growing into one of the best trumpet talents of his generation – and this is his first volume of two, recorded at Nemuro-Shi Kohmikan.

If you find it, buy this album!

TERUMASA HINO – Hogiuta (LP-1976)

Label: East Wind – EW-8041

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album; Country: Japan - Released: 1976

Style: Free Improvisation, Fusion

Studio recording, Japanese Original & East Wind, 1976

Promotional Director By – Yukio Morisaki

Photography By – Tadayuki Naitoh 

Producer By – Yasohachi "88" Itoh

Engineers By – Yoshiro Suzuki, David Baker

Executive Producer By – Toshinari Koinuma

Note: Japanese Original & East Wind JPN Spiritual Jazz !

A1 - Gyohkoh . . . 4:17

A2 - Hohjoh . . . 5:11

A3 - Yuhwa . . . 4:13

A4 - Hogiuta . . . 4:23

A5 - Yuhkyu . . . 1:40

B1 - The Good People . . . 15:08

B2 - Conclusion . . . 6:46

TERUMASA HINO – Trumpet, Fluegelhorn, Percussion, Composer, Voices

CECIL McBEE – Bass (Acoustic), Voice

MOTOHIKO HINO – Drums, Percussion, Voices

MTUME – Percussion, Conga, Voices

A fine trumpeter influenced by Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis, Terumasa Hino has long been one of Japan's best jazz musicians. A professional since 1955, Hino has mostly become known to Americans since the 1970s due to his Enja recordings, although some of his albums were made available domestically by Catalyst, Inner City, and Blue Note. He moved to the U.S. in 1975, where he worked with Gil Evans, Jackie McLean, Dave Liebman, and Elvin Jones. Hino spent more of his time in Japan after the early '80s, and recorded in several different styles ranging from straight-ahead to fusion.

Very rare album and exceptionally beautiful recording.

Enjoy!

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TERUMASA HINO – Taro's Mood (1973) [Recorded live at the Domicile] - Re-2006

Label: Enja Records – ENJ 2104 2
Series: Enja · 24bit Master Edition –
Format: 2 × CD, Album, Remastered, Digipack; Country: Germany - Released: 2006
Style: Hard Bop, Free Improvisation
Recorded live at the jazzclub Domicile in Münich, June 29th 1973
Design – David Winckelmann
Photography By – Josef Werkmeister, Mathias Rissi
Producer – Matthias Winckelmann
Recorded By – Jürgen Koppers
Remastered At – Organic Music Studio, By – Thorsten Scheffner

Recorded in 1973. Remastered from analog source. 1 bonus track plus 1 bonus CD (tracks 5- 7)

Born in 1942 in Tokyo, Terumasa Hino made his professional debut in 1955. After the great success of his album "Hi-nology" (1969) he performed at the Berliner Jazztage in 1971 and at many other festivals before moving to New York in 1975. Today Hino is a lving legend and the most famous national jazz musician in Japan. Once an editor of Miles Davis transcriptions, his powerful playing in the 70s and his "large, brilliant tone" (Grove Dictionary) have often been compared to Miles Davis' 60s style. "Taro's Mood" is a fiery, high-energy live document of freestyle hardbop that also allows moments of surprising lyricism. Including four bonus tracks, this edition gives a much broader picture of Hino's music than the original LP vinyl could.

LP cover (1973)

Terumasa Hino

One of the first great non-Japanese recordings by trumpeter Terumasa Hino – a smoking little live set from Germany, done at a time when Hino was working at the height of his youthful powers! The mode here is stretched out and open – never too outside, but very exploratory – in the direction that Hino took quite strongly on his Japanese albums as the 70s approached, but performed here in a style that's even more organic than those records. The group is all Japanese – with Motohiko Hino on drums and Mikio Masuda on piano – and added conga at the bottom of the backings almost gives the record an early 70s Impulse Records sort of feel – nice and spiritual, and plenty soulful! Titles include "Alone Alone & Alone", "Taro's Mood", "Black Daffodil", and "Predawn". CD also features a bonus CD of unreleased material – the tracks "Stella By Starlight", "Cycle Circle", and "Lullaby".

Very beautiful recording.



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