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Super Rare 180g Japanese Import LP Mastered From The Original Tapes!

Unicorn was bassist Teruo Nakamura's first date as a leader. Recorded and issued in Japan on the legendary Three Blind Mice imprint in 1973, Nakamura had been working in New York since 1964. He'd done a lot of hardscrabble work before 1969 when he landed the gig as bassist in Roy Haynes' first group of the time. During that year he formed a band with Steve Grossman and Lenny White, who both appear here. This is an interesting date because it equally divided between very electric fusion tracks and more modal acoustic numbers. – Press Release

Features:

• 180g Vinyl
• Japanese Import
• Mastered From The Original Master Tapes
• Resealable Outer Sleeve
• Includes Original Cover Artwork & Additinal 12" Vinyl Die-Cut White Jacket.
• Obi Strip

Musicians:

• Teruo Nakamura, bass, electric bass
• Alvern Bunn, congas (A1, B2, B3)
• Alphonse Mouzon, drums (A2, A3, B1)
• Lenny White, drums (A1, B2, B3)
• George Cables, electric piano (A1, B2, B3), piano (B2)
• Hubert Eaves III, electric piano (A3, B1), piano (A2)
• John MIller, piano (B2)
• Keiji Kishida, percussion (A1, A2, B1, B2, B3)
• Ronald Jackson, percussion (B1)
• Steve Grossman, soprano saxophone (A1, B2, B2), tenor saxophone (A3, B3)
• Charles Sullivan, trumpet (B2, B3)
• Sandy Hewitt, vocals (A2, B1)

Selections:

Side 1:

1. Unicorn Lady
2. Understanding
3. Some Other Blues

Side 2:

1. Umma Be Me
2. New Moon
3. Derrick's Dance

Recorded May 18 & June 8, 1973 at Sound Ideas Studio, New York, USA

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