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This is the monumental first album by Japanese Jazz pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, who later became one of the two major artists on the Three Blind Mice label along with Isao Suzuki. 

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Midnight Sugar is the debut headline performance by legendary Japanese pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Midnight Sugar. This sweet and low session, recorded mere five months before his masterpiece Misty, creates a bewitching mood of late night rambling and soulful yearning. No one in Tee Fujii’s circle of fine players better exemplifed the style and substance of the Three Blind Mice sound and it is evident here in Yamamoto’s first try. Stunning dynamics, wide soundstaging, and idiosyncratic interpretations make Midnight Sugar an enjoyable introduction into the deep world of Japanese jazz.

Yamamoto and drummer Tetsujiro Obara and bassist Isoo Fukui make musical poetry of three classic standards (“I’m a Fool to Want You”, “The Nearness of You”, and “It Could Happen to You”), while introducing Yamamoto’s own compositional genius with “Sweet Georgia Blues” and the title track, all captured with the kind of supreme fidelity Three Blind Mice would later be heralded for. — (via Impex)

Vinyl tracklist:
A1 Midnight Sugar
A2 I'm A Fool To Want You
B1 The Nearness Of You
B2 It Could Happen To You
B3 Sweet Georgia Blues

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Label: Sony Music, Three Blind Mice
Series: Three Blind Mice
Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Reissued: 2025 / Original Release: 1974
Genre: Jazz
Style: Hard Bop, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Japanese Jazz

File under: Jazz // Japanese Jazz
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