Blue Road (Live at Nihon Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo, 1975)

This album contains footage from a May 1975 performance by the late Isao Suzuki, who is respected as one of the best bassists in Japanese jazz. This is a treasured sound source from the legendary jazz label "Three Blind Mice (TBM)" which was active at the core of the Japanese jazz scene at the time. This is a record of a valuable gig in which the recording members gave a heated performance the month after Isao Suzuki's masterpiece"Orang-Utan" was recorded.
This was digitized from the remaining 2-inch master tapes under the supervision of Takeshi Fujii, who presided over TBM, and was created by Yoshihiko Kannari, who can be called the "keeper of TBM sound" is in charge of engineering. The TBM sound from half a century ago has been recreated.
Please enjoy this treasured sound source from the 1970s, when Japanese jazz was at its peak.

1. Blue Road (I.Suzuki)
2. Orang-Utan (I.Suzuki)

Isao Suzuki bass, cello, electric piano
Kenji Mori alto sax, bass clarinet, flute
Kazumi Watanabe guitar
Shinji Mori drums
Osamu Kawakami bass, electric bass

Original recording produced by Takeshi "Tee"" Fujii
Produced for release by Akiomi Hirano

Recorded at "5 Days in Jazz 1975" at Nihon Toshi Center Hall, Tokyo on 26, May 1975
Recorded & Mixed by Yoshihiko Kannari