Label:
Three Blind Mice – TBM-3
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: Japan / Released: 1970
Style:
Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz
Recorded
19 Nov. 1970 at Nippon Hoso (1st Studio), Tokyo, Japan.
Art
Direction – Ben Nishizawa
Engineer
[Recording Engineer] – Yoshihiko Kannari
Producer
– Takeshi Fujii
Matrix
/ Runout: (Side 1 Runout Stamped): a 949 T
Matrix
/ Runout: (Side 2 Runout Stamped): a 950
side
1:
A1
- Inside Parts (T. Uematsu)
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11:09
A2
- Stella By Starlight (V. Young)
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9:31
side
2:
B1
- T.I. (Y. Suzuki)
...................................................................................................
8:46
B2
- Sleep, My Love (Y. Suzuki)
...............................................................................
7:48
Personnel:
Takao
Uematsu – tenor saxophone
Sadayasu
Fujii – electric piano [fender piano]
Yoshio
Suzuki – bass
George
Otsuka – drums, percussion
Takashi
Imai – trombone (B1, B2)
This
is where it all started... The legendary independent jazz label Three Blind
Mice was established in 1970, with a clear mission of introducing true talents
without consideration for commercialism...
A
great debut from Japanese tenorist Takao Uematsu – a player who blows here with
a wonderful sense of tone right from the start – almost an inherent sense of
spiritualism that he still manages bring to tunes with a straight ahead swing!
The approach is a bit like Archie Shepp in that cool stretch when he was
stepping away from the outside – and Uematsu's clearly a player who knows the
far reaches, but often just hints at them in his music – while moving through
these long-blown lines spurred on by a really wonderful group! The combo
features excellent Fender Rhodes from Sadayasu Fujii – who stretches out on the
long tracks on the set – plus trombone from Takashi Imai, bass from Yoshio
Suzuki, and drums from George Otsuka. Titles include "TI", "Sleep
My Love", "Stella By Starlight", and "Inside
Parts". (Dusty Groove, Inc.)
It
has stood the test of time, and even today, sounds fresh, exciting and just
plain brilliant.
If
you find it, buy this album!
