VARIOUS ‎– SUMMER JAZZ IN TOKYO (CANYON RECORDS, 1970)

A burst of summer for mid-winter. Happy 2016.

A.  Stella By Starlight
Terumasa Hino Quintet + 1

B1. Dark Horse
Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats

B2. Isotope
Kosuke Mine Quintet

C1. The Wind
Masahiko Sato Trio + 1

C2. One Finger Snap
Shungo Sawada Quintet

D1. Freedom Jazz Dance
George Otsuka Trio + 1

D2. Mokujiki
Yosuke Yamashita Trio

Terumasa Hino Quintet +1

Terumasa Hino, trumpet
Motohiko Hino, drums
Kunimitsu Inaba, bass
Hiromasa Suzuki, electric piano
Takeru Muraoka, saxophone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone


Kosuke Mine Quintet

Kosuke Mine, saxophone
Hideo Ichikawa, piano
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Takashi Mizuhashi, bass
Takashi Imai, trombone


Masahiko Sato Trio +1

Masahiko Sato, piano
Yasuo Arakawa, bass
Masahiko Ozu, drums
Hisahide Kato, soprano saxophone


Shungo Sawada Quintet

Shungo Sawada, guitar
Hideyuki Kikuchi, saxophone
Yoū Tokyuma, piano
Hironori Takitani, bass
Takahiro Suzuki, drums


George Otsuka Trio +1

George Otsuka, drums
Masaoki Terakawa, bass
Hideo Ichikawa, piano
Kiyoshi Sugimoto, guitar


Yosuke Yamashita Trio

Yosuke Yamashita, piano
Seiichi Nakamura, saxophone
Takeo Moriyama, drums


Recorded live on 28-29 August 1970 at Hibiya Park, Tokyo. Released November 1970.

Canyon Records ‎– CAJ-1002, 1003

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MASABUMI KIKUCHI SEXTET WITH SADAO WATANABE QUARTET ‎– COLLABORATION (PHILIPS, 1970)

A1. Illusion

A2. Thanatos

B1. Up Tight

B2. So Por Voci

B3. Lunar Eclipse

C1. Hiro

C2. Drizzling Rain

D1. Microcosm I

D2. Without Lullaby

D3. Thanatos - Take 1

Yoshio Ikeda, bass

Yoshio Suzuki, bass, electric bass

Hiro Tsunoda, drums

Hiroshi Murakami, drums

Keiji Kishida, drums

Masabumi Kikuchi, electric piano, piano 

Yoshiaki Masuo, guitar

Masahiro Kikuchi, organ, electric piano

Sadao Watanabe, sopranino and alto saxophone

Kosuke Mine, soprano saxophone

Recorded at Victor Studio on Oct. 8th, 13th and Nov. 14th, 1970

Philips ‎– FS-5052~3

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MASABUMI KIKUCHI SEXTET ‎– HAIRPIN CIRCUS / A SHORT STORY FOR IMAGE (PHILIPS, 1972)

A1. Circus (Theme From Hairpin Circus)

A2. For Travelers

A3. Luna Eclipse ~ Lamentation

A4. Pierrot's Samba

B1. Yellow Carcass In The Blue

B2. Provincial

B3. Sadness

B4. Circus ~ No Trace

Yoshio Suzuki, bass, electric bass
Motohiko Hino, drums
Yoshiyuki Nakamura, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, Fender piano, piano
Masahiro Kikuchi, organ
Kosuke Mine, soprano saxophone


Recorded at Mouri Studio & Victor Studio, Tokyo,1972

Philips ‎– FX-8521 (LP); FS-1707 (7")

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MASABUMI KIKUCHI - ALL ABOUT DANCING MIST (PHILIPS, 1971)

A.  Dancing Mist With Joe Henderson

B.  Dancing Mist At The Yamaha Hall

C1. Dancing Mist With Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet

C2. Dancing Mist With Poll Winners

D.  Dancing Mist At The Sankei Hall


Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone (A)
Takeru Muraoka, tenor saxophone (C2)
Sadao Watanabe, alto saxophone (C2)
Terumasa Hino, trumpet (A, C2)
Kosuke Mine, soprano saxophone (A, B, C1, C2, D)
Masabumi Kikuchi, electric piano (A, B, C1, C2, D)
Yoshio Suzuki, bass (A, B)
Yoshio Ikeda, bass (C1, D)
Kunimitsu Inaba, bass (C2)
Hiroshi Murakami, drums (A, B, C1, D)
Motohiko Hino, drums (C1, C2)
Yoshiyuki Nakamura, drums (A, B)
Hideo Ichikawa, organ (C1)
Mashiro Kikuchi, organ (D)
Keiji Kishida, percussion (C1), drums (D)
Yoshiaki Masuo, electric guitar (C2)

Recorded live on 5 August 1971 (A), 3 July 1971 (B), 22 August 1970 (C1), 29 May 1971 (C2) and 13 November 1970 (D)

Philips - FS-5072-3

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MASABUMI KIKUCHI SEXTET ‎– RE-CONFIRMATION (PHILIPS, 1970)

A1. Tenacious Prayer Forever
A2. Roaming In Darkness

B1. Love Token
B2. Silence, Horizon & A Dawn
B3. Piece To Peace
B4. Young Blood



Kosuke Mine, alto saxophone
Yoshio Ikeda, bass, electric bass
Hiroshi Murakama, drums
Keiji Kishida, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano
Masahiro Kikuchi, Fender piano


Recorded at Victor Studio, March 16 1970

Philips ‎– FX-8501

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MASAHIKO TOGASHI & FRIENDS ‎– GOLDEN CIRCLE "6" (TRIAL RECORDS, 1999)

1.1. 2.5 Cycle
1.2. Rumba De Funk
1.3. Nostalgia
1.4. The Air
1.5. Flying Riceman

2.1. Valencia
2.2. Faces
2.3. From Tchaikovsky Sym. #5 2nd Movement
2.4. Action
2.5. Waltz Step


Nobuyoshi Ino, bass
Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Masahiko Sato, piano
Yosuke Yamashita, piano
Kosuke Mine, tenor saxophone
Terumasa Hino, trumpet


Recorded on 11 December 1998 at Hammamatsu Act Hall

Trial Records ‎– ETR-004-5


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MASAHIKO TOGASHI ‎– LIVE AT DOLPHY (TRIAL RECORDS, 1998)

1. You're My Everything
2. Unbalanced
3. I Remember Clifford
4. Color Of Wind
5. D • D


Nobuyoshi Ino, bass
Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Kosuke Mine, tenor saxophone


Recorded on 5 April 1998

Trial Records ‎– ETR-002

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MASABUMI KIKUCHI QUINTET ‎– END FOR THE BEGINNING (PHILIPS, 1973)

A1. Drizzling Rain
A2. Gin-Kai

B1. Admire, But Detest (Mr. Out)
B2. Bell
B3. Green Dance


Yoshio Suzuki, bass
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano
Kosuke Mine, soprano saxophone, percussion
Hideo Miyata, tenor saxophone, flute


Recorded March 1973 at Victor Studio,Tokyo

Philips ‎– FX-8527

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MASABUMI KIKUCHI SEXTET ‎– MASABUMI KIKUCHI IN CONCERT (PHILIPS, 1971)

A. Dancing Mist

B. Yellow Carcass In The Blue



Yoshio Ikeda, bass
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Keiji Kishida, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, electric piano
Masahiro Kikuchi, Hammond organ
Kosuke Mine, soprano saxophone, percussion


Recorded live at Sankei Hall, Tokyo on November 13th, 1970

Philips ‎– FX-8515; this reissue FS-6506, 1977

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MASABUMI KIKUCHI ‎– POO-SUN (PHILIPS, 1970)

A1. Dancing Mist
A2. Thanatos

B1. E.J.
B2. Yellow Carcass In The Blue
B3. Puzzle Ring
B4. My Companion



Yoshio Ikeda, bass
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Motohiko Hino, drums
Hideo Ichikawa, electric piano, organ
Keiji Kishida, percussion
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano, electric piano
Kosuke Mine, alto & soprano saxophone



Recorded at Victor Studio on 2 August (A1), 7 September A2, B1-3 and 9 September 1970

Philips ‎– FX-8506

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ITARU OKI TRIO ‎– TRUMPET IN MODERN JAZZ (TOSHIBA RECORDS, 1970)

A1. パラビアソ (Par Avion)
A2. テンダリー (Tenderly)
A3. 永遠の詩 (The Song Remains The Same)

B1. ムード (Mood)
B2. ステップ・ワン (Step One)
B3. Manha De Carnaval


Itaru Oki, trumpet
Keiki Midorikawa, double bass
Hozumi Tanaka, drums
Kosuke Mine, alto saxophone (B2-3)
Takeshi Kamachi, piano (A2, B2-3)

All compositions by Itaru Oki, except A2 (Walter Gross) and B3 (Luiz Bonfá)

This is an all time favourite from Itaru Oki, from the early days of Japanese free jazz. There were a rush of tracks that they released around this time :-

Satsujin Kyoshitsu - LP on the Jazz Creaters label, recorded in Tokyo in February 1970, currently available on CD - Bridge (049) from Japan Improv

Mood, recorded live Shibuya Public Hall, on April 30, 1970 and included on "Sensational Jazz '70", which was recently re-released on CD by Columbia and available at Japan Improv (with other tracks by Mototeru Takagi, Masahiko Sato, Terumasa Hino, New Herd, etc).

Four Tracks on Trio By Trio + 1, recorded  live at Yamaha Hall, Ginza, Tokyo, May 20, 1970, also re-released on CD on Think! Records: 1 side Yosuke Yamashita Trio, 1 side Itaru Oki Trio, 1 side Yuji Ono Trio and 1 side Itaru Oki + Yuji Ono + Kimiko Kasai.

This all preceded a live recording of October Revolution, on Inspiration & Power 14 Free Jazz Festival 1, from 1973.

This LP was in a box set of 10 LPs by Japanese jazz artists. I think it was mainly sold to people buying Toshiba audio equipment.

Great, historic music and 40 years out of print.


Toshiba Records ‎– TW-6045

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JOE HENDERSON AND KIKUCHI, HINO ‎– IN CONCERT (FONTANA, 1974)

A1. Sunrise In Tokyo
A2. So What?

B.  Get Magic Again


Kosuke Mine, alto and soprano saxophone
Yoshio Suzuki, bass
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Yoshiyuki Nakamura, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano, electric piano
Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone
Terumasa Hino, trumpet


Recorded at Tokyo Toshi Center Hall on 5 August 1971

Fontana ‎– PAT 1064

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MASAHIKO TOGASHI & J.J. SPIRITS - PLAYS VOL.2 (VERVE, 1991)

1. Monk's Hat Blues - I'll Remember April
2. It Might As Well Be Spring
3. On A Slow Boat To China
4. If I Should Lose You
5. Everything Happens To Me
6. Joy Spring
7. Bemsha Swing


Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Masahiko Sato, piano
Kosuke Mine, tenor saxophone
Nobuyoshi Ino, bass

Recorded at Sedic Studio, Tokyo, 5-7 June 1991.

Verve - POCJ-1097

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MASAHIKO TOGASHI & J.J. SPIRITS - PLAYS BE BOP VOL. 1 (VERVE, 1991)

1. Confirmation

2. In A Sentimental Mood

3. Oleo

4. Stella By Starlight

5. I Remember Clifford

6. A Night In Tunisia - Monk's Hat Blues

Kosuke Mine, soprano and tenor sax

Masahiko Sato, piano

Nobuyoshi Ino, bass

Masahiko Togashi, drums

Recorded at Sedic Studio, Tokyo, on 5-7 June 1991.

Verve - POCJ-1076

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