Description
A collaboration between Japanese and American musicians, recorded in two separate sessions in New York (1973), mastered by Japanese engineers in Japan for the Three Blind Mice label.Leader/bass playerTeruo Nakamurashares the name of one of the Imperial Japanese Army hold-outs discovered on remote islands apparently unaware the war had ended thirty years previously. Such are the benefits of living without the Internet. From the 1960s Nakamura maintained a US presence, studying with Reggie Workman, forming the bandRising Sunin collaboration with saxophonist Bob Mintzer, recording in the late 1970s and early 1980s, before moving on as a record producer.
The rhythm section features prominent US fusioneers of the early 1970s: drummers Alphonse Mouzon and Lenny White, pianists George Cables and Hubert Eaves III. The front line features sax player is Steve Grossman, who was Wayne Shorters replacement in Miles Davis fusion band 1970-74(Tribute to Jack Johnson, Big Funamong others) and trumpeter Charles Sullivan ( Strata East albumGenesis,1974, also recorded at Sound Ideas). On the selection, “Derricks Dance”,Sullivan pulls off a fair impersonation of Lee Morgan performing the classic “Mr KenyattaonSearch For New Land”. via London Jazz Collector
Label:Three Blind Mice
Series:Three Blind Mice
Format:Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g
Reissued: 2025 / Original Release: 1973
Genre:Jazz
Style:Fusion, Jazz-Funk
File under: Japanese Jazz
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