King Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Recital At Sankei Hall, Tokyo
| Recorded | Jun 28, 1959 |
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| Label | King Records |
| Released | 1959 |
| Personnel | 6 credited players |
| Discogs | master 1196035 |
The record
Cut live at Sankei Hall in mid-1959, the same year Art Blakey's group toured Japan, this working sextet builds its sound around Hidehiko Matsumoto's tenor and flute lines. A concert document rather than a studio polish job.
Session personnel
- Hachiro Kurita — bass
- Joya Masubuchi — congas, bongos
- Hideo Shiraki — drums
- Yuzuru Sera — piano
- Hidehiko Matsumoto — tenor saxophone, flute
- Akira Fukuhara — trombone
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1979 | King Records — MONO |
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| 2007 | Think! Records · THCD-067 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, Paper Sleeve |
| 2012 | King Records · KICJ 2242 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono |
| 2018 | King Records · KICJ 2618 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Mono, SHM-CD |
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