King Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Swing Journal Presents Reader's Idea: Far East Coast Jazz
| Recorded | Aug 17-24, 1960 |
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| Label | King Records |
| Released | 1960 |
| Personnel | 10 credited players |
| Discogs | master 695792 |
The record
A 1960 King Records date assembled by Swing Journal itself, pairing the young Sadao Watanabe with heavyweights like Hidehiko Matsumoto and drummer Hideo Shiraki -- a snapshot of Japan's hard-bop scene finding its own voice within the Blue Note-influenced idiom of the day.
Session personnel
- Sadao Watanabe — alto saxophone, flute
- Tadayuki Harada — baritone saxophone
- Hideto Kanai — bass
- Mitsuru Ono — bass
- Hideo Shiraki — drums
- Kazuo Yashiro — piano, arranged by
- Akira Miyazawa — tenor saxophone
- Hidehiko Matsumoto — tenor saxophone
- Yasuhiro Tomoto — trombone
- Akira Fukuhara — trumpet
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1960 | King Records · KC 12 — Vinyl, LP, Mono earliest on file |
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| 1960 | King Records · SKC-2 — Vinyl, LP |
| 1994 | King Records — STEREO, LIMITED EDITION |
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