Kenny Drew has many great piano trio albums and some piano solo albums as you know.But these 2 albums I got recently are not trio or solo…but DUO which I think are really RARE.Kenny Drew on Piano and Wilbur Ware on BassJackets designs are great too with beautiful women half naked…1st album isKenny Drew I…
Nowadays, Blue Note reissue series like K18P by King Record are popular and many jazz collectors know about them, right?Classic Black OBI is also great.BUT…Not many jazz collectors outside of Japan know that King Record also reissued many Pacific Jazz titles in the mid 80’s using the same K18P serial. These Pacific Jazz titles were…
Aurex is a brand name Toshiba EMI used for mainly their audio equipment. But in the 80’s with Aurex brand, they also produced and released some great jazz albums.Here I got one, a RARE live session album called,Battle Of The HornsThe members playing live are the legends.Dizzy Gillespie on tpHarold Land on tsEddie Lockjaw Davis…
I have already talked about the history of Riverside reissues here in Japan sometime in last year in 2022.VICTOR MUSIC JAPAN has been reissuing almost all Riverside titles from 60’s upto 90’s. Many many titles indeed.BUT!Not many jazz collectors especially outside of Japan know that Polydor Japan also did reissue Riverside titles in the early…
**In the video, I was talking about BLP 1570, but I atually was talking about BLP 1560 instead of BLP 1570. Sorry…**If you look at this jacket design, you notice and think that this is Hank Mobley Sextet BLP 1560, right?But, it is not…This is the Toshiba EMI release of Hank Mobley’s Unknown, Unissued Sessions…
I am sure that you don’t know this Japanese jazz label.Norma JapanNorma Japan sadly is no longer there but it was a popular jazz specialized label here in Japan in the 90’s. They released and reissued many great but underrated jazz albums.This is the Norma Logo.Most legendary jazz critics at that time in the 90’s…
I know King Record released these 2 albums in 1975.Gerry Mulligan Chet Baker Carnegie Hall Concert Vol 1 and 2 on CTI.But…I didn’t know that there is VAN GELDER STAMP on the vinyls!This is really interesting.Originally, these 2 live albums were released in 1975 in the US by CTI. Mastering was done by Rudy Van…
Recently I got a bunch of Blue Note reissues and all of them have Japanese inserts or OBI. Obviously, if you see those in Japanese, you would think these are the Japanese reissues/pressings right?BUT!!All of these pressings are the US PRESSINGS!Actually, I received a question from some of the buyers saying…Hey Takashi, I see you…
This is my 1st time to obtain this 4LP box set…Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. AlbumNippon Phonogram compiled many unissued sessions on Mercury/Emarcy starting form 40’s to 60’s. Swing, Big Band is there, Vocals are there, and surely Hard Bop is there too!This box set was released in 1984.The recording quaity of early tracks is little…
The most popular album of Curtis Fuller might be this,Curtis Fuller Blues-Ette on SavoyRight?It is really popular here in Japan too. Five Spot After Dark was featured and used many times on TV commercials in Japan.But, what about this album?The Curtis Fuller Jazztett with Benny GolsonLook at the members,Lee Morgan on trumpetWynton Kelly on pianoBenny…
