SWING JOURNAL JAZZ WORKSHOP: 4 "2 TO 10 / SAXOPHONE ADVENTURE" (PHILIPS, 1970)

If someone would have asked me whether this LP is available at Inconstant Sol I would have answered with a firm "yes".
But I was wrong.  How come I had this 'false memory' I don't know but now I'm almost 100% sure that I got this rip from Nick already five years ago....


Side A - 深海  (25:55)
Mototeru Takagi, bass clarinet and composition
Yoshisaburo (Sabu) Toyozumi, drums

Side B - Plot (プロット)  (19:27)
Masabumi Kikuchi, conductor and composition
Takeru Muraoka, tenor saxophone
Hisahide Kato, soprano saxophone
Mototeru Takagi, bass clarinet
Masahiro Suzuki, electric piano
Masahiko Sato , piano
Kunimitsu Inaba, bass
Yasuo Arakawa, bass
Yoshisaburo Toyozumi, drums
Otsuka George, drums

Recorded live at Yamaha Hall, Tokyo, on 15 April 1970.

PHILIPS FX-8503 (1970)
(vinyl rip)

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

LP Rip

Masabumi Kikuchi - RIP - July 2015

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")

LP + 7" Rip

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

LP Rip

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

LP Rip

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

LP Rip

VICTOR MODERN JAZZ SEXTET - MATRIX (VICTOR WORLD GROUP, 1969)

A1. Matrix
A2. Little Aby
A3. On Green Dolphin Street

B1. If I Said The Sky Was Falling
B2. In Fourth Way
B3. Black Orpheus


Hideyuki Kikuchi, alto saxophone
Hironori Takiya, bass
Takahiro Suzuki, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano
Akio Nishimura, tenor saxophone
Tetsuo Fushimi, trumpet

Victor World Group - SMJX-10078

LP Rip

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

LP Rip

TAKERU MURAOKA ‎– TAKERU (PHILIPS, 1970)

A1. Snoopy
A2. Easy Ridin'
A3. Fish

B1. Electric Zoo
B2. Desperation


Takeru Muraoka, tenor saxophone
Yoshio Ikeda, bass
George Otsuka, drums
Masabui Kikuchi, electric piano


Recorded at Victor Studio on 23 February 1970

Philips ‎– FX-8502

LP Rip

HOZAN YAMAMOTO ‎– 銀界 - SILVER WORLD (PHILIPS, 1971)

A1. 序 - Prologue
A2. 銀界 - Silver World
A3. 竜安寺の石庭 - Stone Garden Of Ryoan Temple
B1. 驟雨 - A Heavy Shower
B2. 沢之瀬 - Sawanose
B3. 終 - Epilogue



Gary Peacock, bass
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano
Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi



Recorded on October 15th & 20th, 1970 at Victor Studio

Philips ‎– FX-8509

LP Rip

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

LP Rip

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

Vinyl Rip

EDDIE DANIELS ‎– THIS IS NEW (TAKT JAZZ SERIES, 1968)

A1. The Strut
A2. Thirsty Soul
A3. This Is New

B1. Wistful Moment
B2. Giant Steps
B3. Why Did I Choose You?


Kunimitsu Inaba, bass
Motohiko Hino, drums
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano
Eddie Daniels, tenor saxophone, clarinet
Terumasa Hino, trumpet


Recorded on August 4, 1968

Takt Jazz Series ‎– XMS-10005-CT; CD - COCB-31027

CD Rip

MASABUMI KIKUCHI, MASAHIKO TOGASHI, GARY PEACOCK ‎– POESY : THE MAN WHO KEEPS WASHING HIS HANDS (PHILIPS, 1971)

A1. The Milky Way
A2. Dreams
A3. The Trap
A4. Apple

B1. Get Magic Again
B2. Foaming Around Sounds
B3. Aspiration
B4. End


Masabumi Kikuchi, piano
Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Gary Peacock, bass


Recorded at Victor Studio, Tokyo on June 30, July 13-16 1971

Philips/Nippon Phonogram - FX8518, re-issued as FS-6507 and 18PJ-1007.

Vinyl Rip

THE GREAT 3 – BEGIN THE BEGUINE (AEOLUS, 1994)

1.  Summertime
2.  Skylark
3.  Waltz Step
4.  Misty
5.  My Favourite Things
6.  Kansago-No
7.  Begin The Beguine
8.  Coral Spring
9.  Laura
10. Bley's Triad
11. Home On The Range


Gary Peacock, bass
Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Masabumi Kikuchi, piano

Recorded at Onkio Haus, Tokyo, on 1-2 April 1994.

Aeolus – AJCD-S002, 1994.

CD Rip

MASAHIKO TOGASHI "SONG FOR MYSELF" (EAST WIND 1974)

Here's more from Masahiko Togashi. Three duos and a solo piece. My favourite track is "Fairy Tale" a duo with Masahiko Sato.




MASAHIKO TOGASHI "SONG FOR MYSELF"

Masahiko Togashi,dr,perc
Sadao Watanabe,fl (tr.1)
Masahiko Satoh,p (tr.2)
Masabumi Kikuchi,p (tr.4)

1. Haze 09:53
2. Fairy Tale 10:51
3. Song For Myself 08:09
4. Song For My Friends 11:38


Recorded at Victor Studios, Tokyo

October 10, 1974 (tr.1)
September 23, 1974 (tr.2)
September 30, 1974 (tr.3)
July 25, 1974 (tr.4)

EAST WIND / Nippon Phonogram EW-8006