YAMAME (1962) LP

Description

'Yamame' (the Japanese name for a kind of freshwater salmon) was recorded in 1962 and was Miyazawa’s first album, but the sharpness and avant-garde modernity of the music creates a completely timeless quality. Miyazawa is one of a group of musicians who laid the foundation of the Japanese jazz scene. He wanted to express his cultural heritage by doing something he felt “only someone Japanese” could do, and so he dedicated himself to a pursuit of “Japanese jazz”. Incidentally, the album was originally simply titled “Akira Miyazawa”, but perhaps due to the impression the cover art and the track titles made, it was reissued in 1977 as “Yamame”, and has gone by that title ever since. This is an historic masterpiece of Japanese jazz. Tenor Saxophone – Akira Miyazawa Alto Saxophone, Flute – Sadao Watanabe (tracks: B1 to B3) Baritone Saxophone, Clarinet – Tadayuki Harada (tracks: B1 to B3) Trombone – Mitsuhiko Matsumoto (tracks: B1 to B3), Yasuhiro Tomoto (tracks: B1 to B3) Trumpet – Akira Nakano (tracks: B1 to B3) Piano – Masahiko Sato Bass – Masanaga Harada Bass Trombone – Takeshi Aoki (tracks: B1 to B3) Drums – Kanji Harada, Takeshi Inomata Supervised By – Jiro Kubota