TAKT TRILOGY - JAZZ IN JAPAN 68/69
Hiroshi Suzuki - Masahiko Togashi Quintet Variation Takt Jazz Series/Columbia Japan 1969 Tetsuo Fushimi (tp) Hiroshi Suzuki (tb) Yuji Ono (p) Jun Suzuki (b) Masahiko Togashi (dr) George Otsuka Trio - Page 2 Takt Jazz Series/Columbia Japan 1968 George Otsuka (ds) Hideo Ichikawa (p) Masaoki Terakawa (bass) Swing Journal All Stars 68 Takt Jazz Series/Columbia Japan 1968 Terumasa Hino (tp), Hiroshi Suzuki (tb),Sadao Watanabe (as), Masabumi Kikuchi (p),Kunimitsu Inaba (b), Masahiko Togashi (d) Three rarities from the seminal Takt label of Japan contributed by Bongohito - over to him to tell you a little more about 'em: "So these three uber-rare sides aren't the end of the world, creatively speaking. However, as "Page 2" and "Swing Journal All Stars '68" are from 1968 and "Varation" is from January 1969, they represent something of a scene that's making its statement in reconciliation between traditionalism and the so-called new thing