A huge 3LP set, featuring 70s recordings of classic Japanese jazz artists – including George Kawagachi, Nobuo Hara, Eiji Kitamura, Shin Watanabe, and Shoji Suzuki! LP, Vinyl record album
(Comes with a hefty booklet of notes too! Cover has some light wear around the edges, but is nice overall.)
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Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio & Flute Quartet —
Tuttie Flutie ... LP Discomate (Japan), 1980. Very Good ...
Temporarily Out Of Stock
A very unusual album from the great Toshiko Akiyoshi – and a set that features her young daughter Monday Michiru playing flute on the record! Monday's part of a flute quartet, who play here alongside Toshiko on piano, Bob Bowman on bass, and Joey Baron on drums – on original tunes "Chic Lady", "Blue Dream", "Last Minute Blues", and "Falling Petal". LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes insert. Cover has a promo sticker near the top.)
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ABBA —
Arrival ... LP Atlantic, 1976. Near Mint- ...
Out Of Stock
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Japanese Discomate pressing from 1977, with insert.)
A killer set from Count Basie – recorded during the height of his years at Roulette! The back cover of the record proclaims that "Basie Is Back Home" – clearly a bit by Birdland to lay claim to being the Count's home address, which is a bit of a challenge to his KC roots! Whatever the back story, though, the set's a nice one – swinging hard in that completely tight 60s mode, with a great lineup that includes Frank Foster and Budd Johnson on tenor, Thad Jones on trumpet, Bennie Powell on trombone, and Freddie Green on guitar – a really great group who definitely make the record a cooker! Tracks include "Good Time Blues", "Segue In C", "Little Pony", "Discommotion", and "Whirly Bird", which has a vocal by Jon Hendricks! LP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow label stereo Emus pressing in a blue text cover.)