31 March 2015

TAKASHI KAKO ‎– NIGHT MUSIC (SUN RECORDS, 1977)





A1. Night Music
A2. Mori No Sei (Wood Nymph)
A3. Lecke
A4. Rush

B1. New Arrival
B2. Inori
B3. Hi No Odori (Fire Dance)
B4. Le Temps


Takashi Kako, piano

Recorded November 21, 1974, at Studio Clarens, Paris

Sun Records ‎– SR 109

LP Rip


29 March 2015

Now Creative Arts Jazz Ensemble - Now (Arhoolie 1968)


David Wilson - vibes
Robin Young  - piano
Rahim Roach - alto sax
Dale Reamer - tenor sax
Bert Wilson, Mike Breen - tenor and soprano sax
Patrick O'Hara - trombone
Peter Montalbano - trumpet 
Carol Wilson - vocals
Chris Amberger - bass
Smiley Winters - drums

A1 - Madness (Robin Young)   
A2 - Pretty Good (Bert Wilson)   
B1 - Doris (Smiley Winters)   
B2 - Nirvana (Bert Wilson)    
B3 - Daniel     (Dave Wilson)
B4 - Now (Dave Wilson)    

Recorded at Sierra Sound Studios, Berkeley, October 31, 1968.

Arhoolie Records - 8002, LP
vinyl rip

27 March 2015

CHARLES K NOYES AND DAVID TAMURA - DUETS: 1978-79 (TOADFISH TAPES, 1979)






A1. Percussax
A2. Clarisax
A3. Amplisax

B1. Saxosaw
B2. Claribass
B3. La Gioconda
B4. Viosax


Charles K Noyes, drums, percussion, clarinets, amplification, saw, violin
David Tamura, soprano and tenor saxophone, clarinet, piano

Recorded from November 1978 - April 1979 in Boston, except A1, recorded on 21 July 1978 in Feeding Hills, Mass.

Toadfish Tapes, TT2

Cassette Rip


25 March 2015

NOBUYOSHI INO & LESTER BOWIE ‎– DUET (PADDLE WHEEL, 1985)




A1. Kami-Fusen
A2. Moon Over Bourbon Street
A3. Fela - Ellen David

B1. Baku-No-Akubi
B2. Wishful Thinking
B3. Three-Legged Race
B4. Goin' Home


Nobuyoshi Ino, bass, synthesizer
Lester Bowie, trumpet


Recorded 1, 2 August 1985 at The Sound Inn, Studio A, Tokyo, Japan

Paddle Wheel ‎– K28P 6367

LP Rip


23 March 2015

CHARLES K NOYES AND OWEN MAERCKS WITH HENRY KAISER AND GREG GOODMAN ‎– FREE MAMMALS (VISIBLE RECORDS, 1979)





A1. The Girl Mad About Honey [After Levi-Strauss]
A2. Terminal Documents

B1. Bed Sores
B2. All That Is The Case
B3. Surfing Drums
B4. Talking Bandits
B5. Watching Barbara Broadcast
B6. "... A Flattened Cylinder, Fifty Metres Round And Eighteen High..."


Owen Maercks, guitar
Charles K. Noyes, percussion, home-made saxophone
Henry Kaiser, guitar (A1)
Greg Goodman, piano, percussion (A1)

Side One recorded live on June 8, 1979, at Woody Woodman's Finger Palace, Berkeley, California

Side Two recorded on June 12, 1979, at Mobius Music, San Francisco, California

Visible Records ‎– VS6791

LP Rip

21 March 2015

PICARD - CORBETT - STEPHENS - MARSH Rumours 1992






















SIMON PICARD - tenor saxophone
JON CORBETT - trumpet, valve trombone
NICK STEPHENS - bass
TONY MARSH - drums

Set 1
1. 36:29
2. 14:47

Set 2
1. 37:34

Rumours. London.  10 July 1992

19 March 2015

USHIO SAKAI - JAM IN YOKOTA (ELEC RECORDS, 1973)




A1. Minor Kimuchi
A2. Blues Talk

B1. Mrs. Robinson
B2. Soul Talk

C1. Pig's Legs
C2. Blind Man

D1. Blues In My Soul
D2. Georgia On My Mind
D3. Pepe


Ushio Sakai, Hammond B3 organ
Tetsuo Fushimi, trumpet
Teddy Adams, trombone
Takeru (Ken) Muraoka, tenor saxophone
Hidehiko Matsumoto, tenor saxophone
Ryo Kawasaki, guitar
Motohiko Hino, drums

Elec Records - ELW-3004

Recorded live at the Yokota Non-Commissioned Officers' Open Mess, on 8 April 1973

LP Rip

18 March 2015

MORISADA MICHIHIRO - AGEKUNOHATEMONAKU (YOYOKU RECORDS,1979)





A. Oto-No-Uchi-E

B. Gaku-No-Soto-E



Morisada Michihiro, bass


Recorded on 16 August 1979

Yoyoku Records - 0001

LP Rip

15 March 2015

ABDUL HANNAN - THE THIRD WORLD "AWARENESS" (AH, 1968/71)



Abdul Hannan, alto saxophone, flute
David Ware, tenor saxophone
Arnold Clapman, congas
Rollins Ross, piano
Anne Brudevold, violin
Sheila Azores, alumnus
Chris Amburger, bass
The Silver Star Steel Orchestra, steel drums (B2)


A1. Awareness Part (1)            18:13
B1. Awareness Part (2)            10:40
B2. Wind and Wood, Band of Steel  07:03

Track B2 Recorded Memorial day, 1971 on the Boston Common.
First recorded appearance of David S. Ware.
Side A and Side B1 recorded at Abdul Hannan's home in Boston, 1968.

AH 1  (lp rip)

TOKYO PHILHARMONIC CHORUS - CHORAL WORKS OF HIKARU HAYASHI - AFTER THE APOCALYPSE (KING RECORDS, 1961)





A1. Cantata No.1 - Give Water
A2. Gold Rush

B. The Eternal Pegasus


Hiroyuki Iwaki, conductor
Tokyo Philharmonic Chorus, chorus

Tamiki Hara, libretto (A1)

Hiroshi Iwata, poetry (A2, B)

Masayuki Takayanagi, guitar (A2)
Ryozo Sugiura, vibraphone (A2)
Masao Yagi, piano (A2)
Masanaga Harada, bass (A2)
Kanji Harada, drums (A2)

Tokyo Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (B)


Recorded in 1958 (A1, B) and 1960 (A2)

King Records, SKF 3006

LP Rip





13 March 2015

VICTOR MODERN JAZZ SEXTET - MATRIX (VICTOR WORLD GROUP, 1969)





A1. Matrix
A2. Little Aby
A3. On Green Dolphin Street

B1. If I Said The Sky Was Falling
B2. In Fourth Way
B3. Black Orpheus


Hideyuki Kikuchi, alto saxophone
Hironori Takiya, bass
Takahiro Suzuki, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano
Akio Nishimura, tenor saxophone
Tetsuo Fushimi, trumpet

Victor World Group - SMJX-10078

LP Rip



11 March 2015

Burton Greene Quartet - One World Music (Cat records 1984)


Burton Greene - piano, percussions, voice
Fred Leeflang - sax soprano alto and tenor
Raoul van der Weide - bass
Clarence Becton - drums, percussions

A1 - Portugese Impressions         16:17    
A2 - 63rd And Cottage Groove         7:07    
B1 - Round Robbin'             6:13    
B2 - Cokertme             11:25    
B3 - When You're In Front Get Off My Back     4:40    

recorded januaary 18, 1984 in Holland
music by Burton Greene except track 4, traditional

Cat records, CAT LP-49
vinyl rip

JAZZ-WORKSHOP OST-WEST "BOCHUM 1965"





Idrees Sulieman, trumpet
Jaromir Hnilicka, trumpet
Richard Kubernat, trumpet
Rolf Kühn, clarinet
Leo Wright, alto saxophone, flute
Michael Urbaniak, tenor & soprano saxophone
Ronnie Ross, baritone saxophone
Andrzej Trzaskowski, piano
Roman Dylag, bass
Rune Carlsson, drums

Side A:

1. Five Degrees EAST - Five Degrees WEST (Rolf Kühn)  05:29
soli: Kühn / Sulieman

2. Bluebeard (Andrzej Trzaskowski)                    05:41
soli: Urbaniak (ss) / Trzaskowski / Dylag

3. Sub Basement Blues (Ronnie Ross)                   06:41
soli: Kühn / Ross / Dylag

4. Majo Taj (Michael Urbaniak)                        06:19
soli: Wright (as) / Urbaniak (ts)


Side B:

5. Beneath The Surface (Jaromir Hnilicka)             06:53
soli: Ross / Hnilicka / Trzaskowski

6. Midnight In Berlin (Leo Wright)                    05:11
soli: Wright (as) / Trzaskowski

7. The Hip Blues (Rolf Kühn)                          08:26
soli: Urbaniak (ss) / Ross / Kühn / Trzaskowski


Recorded at the Ruhrlandhalle, Bochum, Germany on January 30, 1965.

COLUMBIA SMC83875

(vinyl rip)

8 March 2015

TETSU SAITO - TOKIO TANGO (ALM RECORDS, 1986)




A1. Tokio Tango
A2. Watch Out The Bullets
A3. The Line Of Desire
A4. For Apples Sally

B1. Mai Dance Lesson
B2. Running To Bird
B3. Strange March To ...


Tetsu Saito, bass


Recorded on 7 May 1986 at Vario Hall, Shobi College of Music, Tokyo

Alm Records ‎– AL-5002

LP Rip

6 March 2015

MASABUMI KIKUCHI SEXTET ‎– MASABUMI KIKUCHI IN CONCERT (PHILIPS, 1971)





A. Dancing Mist

B. Yellow Carcass In The Blue



Yoshio Ikeda, bass
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Keiji Kishida, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, electric piano
Masahiro Kikuchi, Hammond organ
Kosuke Mine, soprano saxophone, percussion


Recorded live at Sankei Hall, Tokyo on November 13th, 1970

Philips ‎– FX-8515; this reissue FS-6506, 1977

LP Rip



3 March 2015

TAKERU MURAOKA ‎– TAKERU (PHILIPS, 1970)





A1. Snoopy
A2. Easy Ridin'
A3. Fish

B1. Electric Zoo
B2. Desperation


Takeru Muraoka, tenor saxophone
Yoshio Ikeda, bass
George Otsuka, drums
Masabui Kikuchi, electric piano


Recorded at Victor Studio on 23 February 1970

Philips ‎– FX-8502

LP Rip


TERUMASA HINO QUINTET ‎– PEACE AND LOVE (CANYON RECORDS, 1971)




A. Gongen

B. Peace And Love



Reggie Workman, bass
Motohiko Hino, drums
Kiyoshi Sugimoto, guitar
Teruo Nakamura, percussion
Hideo Ichikawa, piano
Terumasa Hino, trumpet


Recorded at TSC Japan on 29 September and 1 October 1970

Canyon Records ‎– CAJ-1004

LP Rip