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Mitsuaki Kanno for RCA Japan from 1970. Mitsuaki Kanno (p), Osamu Oyama (ss, ts), Hiroyuki Yamakawa (ts), Tomoya Haneo (tp), Yasutoshi Inamori (fl), Yasushi Mitsui (g), Shizuo Hashimoto (b), Masabori Asakura (b), Junichi Mitobe (ds, perc) Superb blend of free and modal jazz with Japanese elements from pianist Kanno and his group featuring four long original compositions the highlight being the rolling modal  "Kumo No Ito" (Spider Silk). The finest in Japanese jazz....

Private press rarity scheduled for a limited 250 vinyl reissue from  seriE:WOC  on July 7th.Very highly recommended.Don't sleep on this one... Coalition’s single self-produced album, recorded for the private Kenya Records in 1978, presents as many questions as it does offer musical surprises. Not much is known about this groups who were a part of the late 70s Philadelphia jazz-soul scene. The music captured for the LP spans a broad range of styles, ranging from an intense fusion work-out (the album opener, ‘Marionette’), a mellow Terry Callier-esque style ballad (‘Thinking of You’), abstract tonal impressionism (‘Song to my Lady’), Afrocentric Strata East spiritual style jazz (‘Kenya’s Horizon’) and tough blowing hard-bop (‘The Downer’). In some senses, there’s something for everyone, and the bands instrumentation of tenor and flute riding over the solid rhythm section puts the listener in safe hands to enjoy a journey to the unexpected. Those safe hand include drummer Dwigh...

Terumasa Hino Quintet for Columbia- Takt Jazz Series Japan from 1970. Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Terumasa Hino ; Bass – Kunimitsu Inaba ; Drums – Motohiko Hino Piano – Hiromasa Suzuki ; Tenor Saxophone – Takeru Muraoka The finest in Japanese jazz....

Yoshio Ohtomo Quartet for Frasco Japan from 1976. Yoshio Ohtomo-Alto; Junichiro Ohguchi-Piano; Satoshi Kogusi-Bass; Fumio Watanabe-Drums Another Japanese obscurity this time a top post bop acoustic set from Ohtomo and friends for the very fine Frasco label.

Johnny Scott Quintet for Fontana UK from 1970. Johnny Scott - Flute ; David Snell - Harp ;  Duncan Lamont - Sax ; Barry Morgan - Drums ; Arthur Watts - Bass More superb Brit jazz from the magnificent Johnny Scott Quintet.The title is derived from a set of compositions (which make up side 1) written by Scott for a concert at The Purcell Room in London.Side 2 is made up by 4 more originals a couple from Lamont and one each for Snell and Scott. This is music of the highest order which seems to have been lost to obscurity with little or no mention of it anywhere from print to web. Very highly recommended & big thanks to Quimsy for putting me on to it.

Stan Butcher for CBS UK from 1967. Stan Butcher (ldr), George Hunter (as), Duncan Lamont (ts), Leon Calvert (t), Dick Abel (g), Arthur Watts (b), Barry Morgan (d), Barbara Moore (v), Stan Butcher (con) Stan Butcher leads and conducts a tip top band of Brit jazz stalwarts accompanied by the scat vocals of Barbara Moore on this legendary swingin' sixties session . No standards no covers just 12 fine original compositions 2 tunes from Barbara and the rest from Stan. Easy...Library....Jazz...this one's got the lot. "Oh by the way 'B' is for BUTCHER with just the slightest hint of bird and a touch of brass"

Olivier Peters for Village Music Germany from 1980. Olivier Peters - Saxes,Flute ; Joan E. Johnson - Vocal ; Walter Norris - Piano ; Gerd Mayer-Mandez - Bass ; Vinnie Johnson - Drums  Independently pressed German obscurity from 1980 but don't let the year put you off.This one's an absolute cracker stuffed full of bossas and sambas mixed in with some fierce modal business. Highly Recommended.

Heads up people - this rare piece of tip top Danish jazz is scheduled for a limited 250 vinyl reissue from seriE:WOC on January 25th.Very highly recommended. Here's some background : Danish jazz band founded in 1969. Band line up: Henrik Hove on bass, Ole Mathiessen on piano, Jesper Nehammer (later Thors Hammer, Alrune Rod and Entrance) on tenorsax, and Jon Finsen on drums. Played for a while every Monday in the famous Jazzhouse Montmatre in Copenhagen. Tordenskjolds Soldater only made this record (1970). The small record label Spectator Records was founded in 1969 by Jørgen Bornefeldt a former journalist from Danmarks Radio in coorporation with the jazz musician Carsten Meinert. Meinert recorded two albums on the label. He only joined the company in the beginning. Cindarellaistudiet The studio was destroyed august 6th 1972 by a major fire. And that was the end of Spectator Records. From 1969 to the end, the label recorded at least 23 lp albums and 9-11 singles/EP's. The pict...

Johnny Scott Quintet for Columbia E.M.I. from 1967. Flute – Johnny Scott ; Harp – David Snell ; Sax – Duncan Lamont ; Bass - Arthur Watts ; Drums – Barry Morgan  Sublime piece of Brit Jazz featuring a great mix of originals,standards and a bongotastic "Caravan". Merry Christmas !

Bingo Miki & His Inner Galaxy Orchestra Of America for Kitty Japan from 1981. Barry Miles - Keyboards ; Masatsugu Matsumoto - Electric Piano ; Tom Fowler - Bass ; Chester Thompson - Drums ; Steve Forman - Percussion ; Tetsuya Furutani - Percussion ; Phil Teele - Bass Trombone ; Jim Self - Tuba ; Steve Fowler - Piccolo,Flute ; Eric Marienthal - Flute,Soprano Sax,Tenor Sax Akira Omori - Flute,Soprano Sax,Tenor Sax ; Michael Altschul Soprano ,Tenor Sax ,Clarinet ; John Gross - Flute,Clarinet,Tenor Sax ; Josuke Ohata - Bassoon ; Brad Warnaar - French Horn ; Louis Fassman, Walter Fowler ,Barry Ries ,Frank Szabo ,Kenji Yoshida - Trumpets ; Bruce Fowler ,Michio Kagiwada Hart Smith - Trombones Had a fantastic trip to Japan in October where I hooked up with my good buddy Doyle and spent a mad 10 days travelling round Tokyo,Sendai and Mount Fuji. Flew home with a huge bag of vinyl and some amazing memories. Thanks to the following who made it a trip of a lifetime : Bongo Hito ; El Goog ; War...

Marion Brown for Discomate Japan from 1976. Alto Saxophone – Marion Brown ; Trumpet – Ambrose Jackson ; Bass – Fred Hopkins ; Bass Guitar, Guitar  – Billy "Spaceman" Patterson ; Drums – Chris Henderson ; Guitar – Rene Arlain ; Percussion – Ed Blackwell, Juuma Santos Producer – Yoshio Ozawa  First time out in blogland for this Japanese only rarity from Marion Brown for the one off Vista Series.Somewhat surprisingly this has yet to make a reissue in any format. Afro Caribbean and spiritual jazz influences abound in the often joyful music but the real bomb here is "Pepi's Tempo" with Brown, Jackson and Arlain ripping it up over a driving bed of latin percussion and a bad ass bass line.Tough...

Miho Kei & Jazz Eleven for MCA/Nippon Victor Japan from 1971. Takeru Muraoka: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, Indian flute ;Masahiko Sato: electric piano, harpsichord ;Takehisa Suzuki: trumpet ;Takeshi Inomata: drums ;Akira Ishikawa: drums ;Ryo Kawasaki: electric guitar ;Yasuo Arakawa: electric bass ;Minoru Muraoka: shakuhachi ;Suma no Arashi Hideaki Kusumoto and Kazuo Kojima: koto ;Kikutada Katada: tsuzumi ;Mutsumi Masuda: vocal All compositions and arrangements by Keitaro Miho An obscure jazz psych rarity from 1971 Japan with a heavyweight line up of the finest musicians who would go on to shape the country's jazz scene during the the 70's and beyond. Soundtrack composer Keitaro Miho (who doesn't actually play on the project) put together this sophisticated cocktail of jazz and radical psychedelia with traditional Japanese instruments , avant-garde vocal sketches and film music.Very highly recommended. The finest in Japanese Jazz....

Tony Coe for EMI Lansdowne Series from 1976. Mary Thomas (vo), Norma Winstone (vo), James Gregory (fl, piccolo), Alan Hacker (cl, bcl), Francis Christou (cl, bcl, ss), Edward Planas (cl, bcl). Tony Coe (cl, bcl, ss, ts), Derek Watkins (tp, flh), Henry Lowther (tp, flh), Kenny Wheeler (tp, flh), Martin Drover (tp, flh), Chris Pyne (tb), Geoffrey Perkins (bass tb), Bill Geldard (bass tb), Trevor Tomkin (perc), Frank Ricotti (perc), Pat Smythe (p, elp, org), Bob Cornford (p, cond), Philip Lee (g), Jennifer Ward-Clarke (cello), Peter Willison (cello), Allen Ford (cello), Vivian Joseph (cello). Daryl Runswick (b) Recorded under the personal supervision of Denis Preston at Lansdowne Studios London. Based on poems by Jill Robin First time out in blogland for this obscure piece of British jazz - a colossal work that blends jazz, rock and classical music. The composer writes: When I first thought of the opening of Zeitgeist I soon discovered that the five notes which comprised it suggested ...

BENNY BAILEY - HOW DEEP CAN YOU GO? SOFFGRUPPEN - GREATEST SITS GEORG RIDEL -JAZZ BALLET SAXES MACHINE - NOUAMI RAFIK BABAYEV  -  THEMES OF RAUF GAJIEV  5 rare vinyl shares from Sweden, Italy and Azerbaijan all making their debut in blogland all contributed by Mattias F. Big big thanks Mattias for some great music. 

The New Jazz Orchestra for Verve UK  from 1969. Directed By – Neil Ardley ; Bass – Jack Bruce ; Drums – Jon Hiseman ; Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Dave Gelly ; Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet – Jim Philip ; Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Dick Heckstall-Smith ; Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Barbara Thompson ; Trombone – Derek Wadsworth, John Mumford, Michael Gibbs, Tony Russell ; Trumpet – Derek Watkins, Harry Beckett, Henry Lowther ; Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Ian Carr ; Tuba – George Smith ; Vibraphone, Marimba – Frank Ricott ; Producer – Tony Reeves An absolute monster of an album and an expensive rarity with no reissues in any format.It really does deserve the epithet   All Killer No Filler ! Back in 2008 I posted a (now long gone) low quality rip from a mashed vinyl copy of this at OIR Contributions which was donated by a reader.This time I've used my own clean copy and ripped it to both FLAC and MP3 formats.It's highly unlikely the album will...

Bingo Miki & The Inner Galaxy Orchestra for Three Blind Mice Japan from 1979. Bingo Miki, leader, arranger; Kenji Yoshida, Hiroshi Abiko, Kenji Nakazawa, Hitoshi Yokoyama, Tetsuo Sato, trumpet, flugelhorn; Michio Kagiwada, Osamu Shiomura, Hideo Iguchi, trombone; Yoshio Oikawa, bass trombone; Shuhei Kubo, tuba; Hiroyuki Minami, French horn; Yukihiko Nishizawa, flute, piccolo; Masakazu Ishibashi, oboe; Jusuke Ohata, fagot; Masao Suzuki, alto sax, clarinet; Hidehiko Matsumoto, tenor,flute; Kosei Kikuchi, alto, tenor, soprano sax; Masaru Imada, piano; Himiko Kikuchi, keyboards; Mitsuaki Furuno, bass; Yukinori Narishige, electric bass; Masatsuga Matsumoto, electric guitar; Tetsuya Furutani, percussion; Yoshiyuki Nakamura, drums. Special Guests:Bob Brookmeyer, trombone; John Faddis, trumpet, piccolo; Richard Davis, bass;Joe Beck, guitar. "Batten down the hatches; this Cyclone is a monster whose awesome intensity and power can blow you away": Check out Jack Bowers' review at...

Clarke Boland Big Band for Columbia Germany from 1967. Benny Bailey, Idrees Sulieman, Shake Keane, Jimmy Deuchar (tp); Nat Peck, Torolf Mølgaard, Eric van Lier (tb); Derek Humble (as) Johnny Griffin, Ronnie Scott, Carl Drevo (aka Karl Drewo) (ts); Sahib Shihab (bs, f); Francy Boland (p, arr); Jimmy Woode (b); Kenny Clarke, Kenny Clare (d); Fats Sadi (vib,perc). Gigi Campi at the controls (as always) for this rare C.B.B.B. date showcasing their interpretations of folk music from around the world. Total class!

It's not often I use this blog as platform to promote labels and reissues however here's a guy on a mission who's very worthy of mention the mighty Enzo Zangaglia from Italy. Enzo is about to reissue the tough to find Milt Jackson Sings With The Enrico Intra Group which will be the first in a series of about 10 very rare (and very good!) jazz albums that he's in the process of licensing from the original labels.All of these will be a true labour of love : Enzo's heavyweight vinyls will not be digitally remastered but cleaned up using the analog masters keeping all the merits and “defects” of the original recording and these will be housed in sleeves recreated using original methods and materials (flip back/ paste board/ tip on covers). Find out more about the man, the music and where to buy it here :  http://seriewoc.tumblr.com Now here's Enzo in his own words: Unfortunately many of the musical works of the past, for various reasons, may not be more accessi...

Major Surgery for Next UK from 1977. Tenor Saxophone – Don Weller   ;   Guitar – Jimmy Roche   ; Drums – Tony Marsh   ; Bass Guitar – Bruce Collcutt First post for 2013 and the first time out in blogland for this obscure privately pressed Don Weller led  session recorded at Virtual Earth in London '77. Here's a few lines lifted from discogs by ultimathulerecords: You don't get much quality jazz-rock/fusion from the UK in the mid-late 1970's, as most bands went either too schmaltzy or got too funky, or worse. So this was a surprise. At first I thought maybe Don Weller's sax was a bit too dry, but he cuts it well against the solid rhythm section. Mostly the structure reminds me of German bands of the same era, Morpheus, Munju, Moira, etc. Although there are references to Nucleus and Isotope. A nice one! 

Tubby Hayes For Fontana from 1970. Derek Watkins, Greg Bowen, Tony Fisher, Ian Hamer : Trumpet ; Keith Christie, David Horler, Bill Geldard : Trombone ; Roy Willox : Alto sax ; Tubby Hayes : Tenor Sax Flute ; Bob Efford : Tenor , Woodwinds ; Alan Branscombe : Piano , Vibes  Percussion ; Louis Stewart : Guitar ; Ron Mathewson : Bass ; Spike Wells : Drums ; Plus Harp, 8 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos. Tubbs goes poptastic on this date from 1970 on which he arranges and conducts a selection of "the better popular tunes" of the day with the help of Harry South and Les Condon. Don't think this ones been out in blogland before so here's another first at O.I.R. and the last for 2012 ! Happy New Year !!!

Grupo De Experimentacion Sonora Del ICAIC Areito LD3450 1973         Arranged By – Eduardo Ramos, Emiliano Salvador, Pablo Menéndez, Sergio Vitier, Silvio Rodriguez; Directed By – Juan Marquez Lacasa, Leo Brouwer ; Producer – Pablo Menéndez  Raul Gomez - Instrumental  Areito LD3576 1977 Directed By – Rafael Somavilla, Raúl Gómez, Tony Taño ; Orchestra – Orquesta Egrem ; Orchestrated & Produced By – Raúl Gómez Bobby Carcasses Y Su Grupo Afrojazz - La Esquina Del Afrojazz  Areito LD4558 1989 Bobby Carcasses - Flugelhorn , Vocal ; Rolando Perez - Alto ; Carlos Salvador - Drums ;  Lazaro Valdes - Piano ; Luis Manresa - Bass ; Tony Torriente - Tumbadoras ; Ahmed Barroso - Guitar ; Serquera - Flute ; Pucho Lopez - Keyboards ; Lazaro Cruz - Trumpet ; Rolando Marron - Trumpet ; Rafael Yen - Tenor I've just returned from a couple of weeks holiday in Cuba which kicked off with a 4 day stay in the spectacular city of Havana. Wh...

A huge thanks to everyone who made it to the Deep Jazz Reality do on Saturday night and made it such a resounding success . In fact it went so well the good news is that we've been asked back to do another one in the New Year ! So watch this space for more details as "Deep Jazz Reality Strikes Again" ! There's just too many of you to individually name check here but special mentions to Tony Higgins, Raggy , Gary R. & Mick, Theo, Dave, John , Joran, Mark and  Jazz" The Last Train To Brighton" stronaut! I've had a few mails/comments from people regarding the night and this from Theo was one of those that really made it all worth while (and No I didn't pay him to leave it !) Just to say thanks so much for a great night of wonderful music on Saturday! I strongly urge you to do a repeat soon! We'll spread the word and bring a bunch more people next time if you do. To others who didn't make it, I'd highly recommend coming if this gets re...

Vic Lewis & His Bossa Nova All Stars  for His Masters Voice UK from 1963. At Home :London  Shake Keane - trumpet, Tubby Hayes - flute, Jimmy Deuchar - mellophonium, Ronnie Scott - tenor, Terry Shannon - piano, Ray Dempsey - guitar, Freddy Logan - bass, Kenny Clare - drums And Away : Hollywood  Shorty Rogers - flugelhorn, Al Hendrickson - guitar, Bud Shank - tenor, Bob Cooper - tenor, Jack Sheldon- trumpet, Victor Feldman - piano. Boss bossa session from British Big Band leader Vic Lewis with a cast of luminaries from both sides of the pond and featuring the tough "Last Minute Bossa Nova". First time out in public blogland for this one.It was reissued as part of a "best of" blink and miss it cd in 1991 (cheers Bluebird!) but the vinyl (from which this is ripped) is rare as hen's teeth.

I am the bearer of water, woodheawer’s mother, prophet, poet, rival, lover; nymph, hag, kitten, bitch even I often can’t tell exactly .... Blackclassical on the mix again this time for Sarah Webster Fabio over at thewordisbond.

 I'm teaming up with the mighty Katonah from Private Press to man the turntables and spin a night of hard jazz in London's West End. The date's confirmed - Saturday November 17th and  venue is the compact and bijou upstairs bar at The Queens Head in Denman Street just a stones throw from Piccadilly Circus (next door to the Piccadilly Theatre). Entry is free to all. Come on down and nod your head, stroke your jazzy goatee,bang your bongos, buy a blogger a beer (there's a few of 'em confirmed already) or just get yer freak on to the heavy duty vinyl sounds of Bacoso & Katonah...DEEP JAZZ REALITY. Props to Blackclassical for the ace artwork/flyer and G.Raf for sourcing the venue.

Roy Haynes for RCA Japan from 1973. Roy Haynes - Drums,Vocal ; Richard Davis - Bass ; Kenny Barron - Piano ; Teruo Nakamura - Percussion First time out in blogland for this rarity which only made a limited vinyl release in Japan in '75 and has never made a reissue since in any format.Haynes is joined by Barron on piano and Richard Davis on bass - sitting  in for Nakamura - who moves over to percussion and production duties for the session  . Four long cuts make up the album - two originals from Barron and Haynes plus a couple of standards.  "Azteca" is a furious firecracker to kick off with and the latin mood continues with Chano Pozo's "Tin Tin Deo" and Haynes' "Togyu". "Dear Old Stockholm" closes the album and  is performed as a trio with Nakamura sitting out. TOUGH!

Blackclassical back on the mix with this superb tribute to Masabumi Kikuchi over at The Word Is Bond. The Very Finest In Japanese Jazz.....