Octave Lab · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Hino's "Journey To Air"
| Recorded | Mar 1970 |
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| Label | Octave Lab |
| Released | 1970 |
| Personnel | 12 credited players |
| Discogs | master 758849 |
The record
A sprawling 1970 date stacking three bassists and two drummers behind Terumasa Hino's horn, catching the young New York loft scene -- Liebman, Grossman, Holland, Dara -- mid-ferment just before fusion pulled them elsewhere. Free-leaning and dense, it's a rare document of Japanese and American avant-jazz players crossing paths at full tilt.
Session personnel
- Gary Pribek — alto saxophone
- Peter Yellin — alto saxophone, flute
- Dave Holland — bass
- Lanny Fields — bass
- Teruo Nakamura — bass
- Bob Moses — drums
- Motohiko Hino — drums, handclaps
- Mike Garson — piano, electric piano
- David Liebman — tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
- Steve Grossman — tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
- Olu Dara — trumpet
- Terumasa Hino — trumpet, flugelhorn
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1970 | Canyon · CAJ-1001 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Sleeve earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1970 | Love Records (27) · TP-103 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 2018 | Octave Lab · OTLCD2383 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve · gatefold |
| 2020 | Octave Lab — LIMITED EDITION |
| 2021 | Ultra-Vybe · UVWA-1038 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve |