9 September 2014

HIDETO KANAI & KING'S ROAR ‎– ODE TO BIRDS (THREE BLIND MICE, 1975)




A. Ode To Birds (Hideto Kanai)

B. One For Charlie (Masahiko Sato)

part I.   Ode To Birds
part II.  A Certain Devil Birds
part III. Phoenix


Akikazu Takamatsu, alto saxophone
Hiroyuki Imafu, alto saxophone
Hiroshi Yamada, baritone saxophone
Kenji Mori, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, flute
Shoji Nakayama, drums
Yoshihiro Kurosawa, guitar
Hideto Kanai, bass, leader
Noboyasu Urushiyama, percussion (A)
Yasukazu Amemiya, percussion (A)
Mitsuo Kadota, piano
Shin-Ichi Katoh-Oka, synthesizer (A), bass trombone (B)
Kenji Kuga, tenor saxophone (B)
Takeo Motohashi, tenor saxophone
Hideo Miyata, tenor & soprano saxophone, flute (A)
Kazuo Sahaguchi, trombone
Masanori Shozaki, trombone
Tomohiro Ichinose, trombone
Kogi Matsumora, trumpet
Masakatsu Arai, trumpet
Masamichi Asami, trumpet
Mototsugu Akimaru, trumpet
Noboru Ohashi, trumpet
Teruyuki Fukushima trumpet (B)
Yosuke Tanaka, trumpet

Recorded May 2 & 16, 1975 at AOI Studio, Tokyo

Three Blind Mice ‎– TBM-45

Vinyl Rip


9 comments:

  1. thanks for both ripping efforts and sharing!
    pleasant gift/

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  2. Another absolute stellar choice! Many thanks.

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  3. Hi Nick - I would like to request a reup of this LP - when you find some time that is.

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  4. So swift - thank you.
    Kanai was at the forefront of Free Jazz in Japan. But it seems he later returned to a style which is decidedly more mainstream. At least as recordings are concerned.

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