Flying Clouds (Live at Yamaha Hall, Tokyo, 1976)

This album is an unreleased live recording of the heated stage performed in May 1976 by the late Motohiko Hino, who is etched in jazz history as one of Japan's best drummers.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. Three months after the performance of the famous album "Ryuhyo" recorded in Nemuro, Hokkaido, a sextet consisting of the five recording members of "Ryuhyo" plus Yuji Imamura put on a heated performance. The title tune is an unreleased song written by Motohiko Hino.
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. Ryohyo (M.Hino)
2. Olive's Step (K.Watanabe)
3. Flying Clouds (M.Hino)

Motohiko Hino drums
Mabumi Yamaguchi tenor saxophone
Yasuaki Shimizu tenor saxophone
Kazumi Watanabe guitar
Nobuyoshi Ino bass
Yuji Imamura percussion

Recorded at "5 Days in Jazz 1976" at Yamaha Hall, Tokyo on 27 May 1976
Recorded & Mixed by Yoshihiko Kannari

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