TEE & COMPANY - OKUNI OF IZUMO (THREE BLIND MICE, 1991)

1. Kettou (Duel)
2. Midnight Sun Is The Color Of Green

Jazz Suite: Okuni Of Izumo

3. Chapter One
4. Chapter Two
5. Chapter Three


Hideto Kanai, bass
Jun Saito, drums
Shin Okabe, Japanese drums, percussion, vocals
Takayuki Kato, guitar
Hiroshi Tamura, piano, keyboards
Yoko Sumiya, piano, keyboards, vocals
Sachi Hayasaka, soprano and alto saxophone
Mikinori Fujiwara, tenor and baritone saxophone
Masamiki Takano, tenor saxophone, flute
Haruki Sato, trombone
Tetsuji Yoshida, trumpet

Recorded live at the water stage of Matsue Suigo-sai on 5 August 1989.

Three Blind Mice ‎– TBM CD 1885

CD Rip

HIDETO KANAI & KING'S ROAR ‎– ODE TO BIRDS (THREE BLIND MICE, 1975)

A. Ode To Birds (Hideto Kanai)

B. One For Charlie (Masahiko Sato)

part I.   Ode To Birds
part II.  A Certain Devil Birds
part III. Phoenix


Akikazu Takamatsu, alto saxophone
Hiroyuki Imafu, alto saxophone
Hiroshi Yamada, baritone saxophone
Kenji Mori, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, flute
Shoji Nakayama, drums
Yoshihiro Kurosawa, guitar
Hideto Kanai, bass, leader
Noboyasu Urushiyama, percussion (A)
Yasukazu Amemiya, percussion (A)
Mitsuo Kadota, piano
Shin-Ichi Katoh-Oka, synthesizer (A), bass trombone (B)
Kenji Kuga, tenor saxophone (B)
Takeo Motohashi, tenor saxophone
Hideo Miyata, tenor & soprano saxophone, flute (A)
Kazuo Sahaguchi, trombone
Masanori Shozaki, trombone
Tomohiro Ichinose, trombone
Kogi Matsumora, trumpet
Masakatsu Arai, trumpet
Masamichi Asami, trumpet
Mototsugu Akimaru, trumpet
Noboru Ohashi, trumpet
Teruyuki Fukushima trumpet (B)
Yosuke Tanaka, trumpet

Recorded May 2 & 16, 1975 at AOI Studio, Tokyo

Three Blind Mice ‎– TBM-45

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SHUKO MIZUNO, TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA & THE NEW HERD PLUS ALL-STAR GUESTS ‎– SHUKO MIZUNO'S "JAZZ ORCHESTRA '73" (THREE BLIND MICE, 1973)

A. Drive, Drive, Drive!

B. Blues, Autonomy, Drive, Chaos


Toshiyuki Miyama, conductor
Shuko Mizuno, organ (B), conductor

Kenji Mori, alto saxophone (A)
Isao Kimura, alto saxophone
Kazumi Oguro, alto saxophone
Shigeru Hirano, baritone saxophone
Hideto Kanai, bass
Hiromi Sano, clarinet (B)
Masaaki Sano, clarinet (B)
Seiichi Nakamura, clarinet (B)
Takashi Shikata, clarinet (B)
Isao Yomoda, drums
Masaaki Ito, electric bass
Masayuki Takayanagi, guitar (B)
Joe Mizuki, percussion (B)
Mamoru Mori, tenor saxophone
Seiji Inoue, tenor saxophone
Seiichi Tokura, trombone (B)
Takeshi Aoki, trombone (B)
Masamichi Uetaka, trombone
Takahide Uchida, trombone
Takashi Hayakawa, trombone
Teruhiko Kataoka, trombone
Terumasa Hino, trumpet (A)
Ken-ichi Sano, trumpet (B)
Koji Hadori, trumpet (B)
Kazumi Takeda, trumpet
Shuji Atsuta, trumpet
Shin Kazuhara, trumpet
Yoshikazu Kishi, trumpet



Recorded August 23, 1973 (A), and September 2, 1973 (B) at AOI Studio, Tokyo.

Three Blind Mice ‎– TBM-55

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TEE & COMPANY "SPANISH FLOWER" (THRRE BLIND MICE, 1977)

This is the third and final Tee & Company - again a contribution by Nick.

Enjoy!





TEE & COMPANY "SPANISH FLOWER"



Kenji Mori, bass clarinet (A), flute & soprano saxophone (B)
Takao Uematsu, tenor saxophone (A + B), bass clarinet (B)
Masaru Imada, piano
Masayuki Takayanagi, 12 strings guitar (A), guitar (B)
Hideto Kanai, maracas (A), bass (B)
Nobuyoshi Ino, bass (A + B), cello (B)
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Yuji Imamura, tabla (A), percussion (A + B)


A. A Tree Frog (15:04)
B. Spanish Flower (19:10)


Recorded at AOI Studio, Tokyo on 13, 14, 15 November, 1977.


THREE BLIND MICE TBM-5008

(lp rip)

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TEE & COMPANY "SONNET" (THREE BLIND MICE, 1977)

TEE & COMPANY "SONNET"



Kenji Mori, tenor & soprano saxophone
Takao Uematsu, tenor saxophone
Masayuki Takayanagi, electric guitar
Hideto Kanai, bass, electric bass
Nobuyoshi Ino, bass, electric bass
Masaru Imada, piano, electric piano
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Yuji Imamura, percussion


A. Sonnet (14:32)
B. Combo '77 (16:37)


Recorded at Epicurus Studio, Tokyo on 13th November, 1977.

THREE BLIND MICE TBM-5004

(Nick's rip + cover)

TEE & COMPANY "DRAGON GARDEN" (THREE BLIND MICE, 1977)

The first in a series of three LPs from Tee & Company - Thanks to Nick!






TEE & COMPANY "DRAGON GARDEN"


Kenji Mori, alto flute (A), flute (B2), bass clarinet (B1 + B3)
Takao Uematsu, tenor saxophone (A)
Masaru Imada, electric piano (A + B2)
Masayuki Takayanagi, electric guitar
Hideto Kanai, bass (A + B1 + B3), electric bass (B2), maracas (A)
Nobuyoshi Ino, cello (A + B1 + B2), electric bass (A), bass (B3)
Hiroshi Murakami, drums (A), snare drum & bass tom-tom (B3)
Yuji Imamura, percussion (A)


A1. Dragon Garden (13:58)
B1. Our Foolish (04:06)
B2. Mort (07:45)
B3. End Of November (05:12)


Recorded at AOI Studio & Epicurus Studio, Tokyo on 13 & 28 November and 1 December, 1977.


THREE BLIND MICE TBM-5006

(lp rip)

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