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A collaboration between Japanese and American musicians, recorded in two separate sessions in New York (1973), mastered by Japanese engineers in Japan for the Three Blind Mice label. Leader/bass player Teruo Nakamura shares the name of one of the Imperial Japanese Army “hold-outs” discovered on remote islands apparently unaware the war had ended thirty years previously. Such are the benefits of living without the Internet. From the 1960’s Nakamura maintained a US presence, studying with Reggie Workman, forming the band Rising Sun in collaboration with saxophonist Bob Mintzer, recording in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, before moving on as a record producer.

The rhythm section features prominent US fusioneers of the early 1970’s: drummers Alphonse Mouzon and Lenny White, pianists George Cables and Hubert Eaves III. The front line features sax player is Steve Grossman, who was Wayne Shorter’s replacement in Miles Davis fusion band 1970-74 (Tribute to Jack Johnson, Big Fun among others) and trumpeter Charles Sullivan ( Strata East album Genesis ,1974, also recorded at Sound Ideas). On the selection, "Derrick’s Dance", Sullivan pulls off a fair impersonation of Lee Morgan performing the classic "Mr Kenyatta on Search For New Land". — via London Jazz Collector

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Label: Three Blind Mice
Series: Three Blind Mice
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, 180g
Reissued: 2025 / Original Release: 1973
Genre: Jazz
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Funk

File under: Japanese Jazz
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