Not Known but Great Japanese Jazz Label Norma Japan
Norma Japan
Norma Japan
**CORRECTION!**In the video I was saying King Record GXF series was in the late 90’s. But it should have been in the late 70’s!! Sorry…I did a kind of interesting experiment.To compare the sound of Blue Note Reissues in JapanI did explain about the history and maybe, how the sound is different from each other….
This is a very unique album and reissue,Clifford Jordan Spellbound on RiversideClifford Jordan performs well on Blue Note, as a saxophone player at Charles Mingus Band and he released a legendary album on a minor label – Strata-East in 1972, Clifford Jordan in The World.This Spellbound is also another great album he released in 1960…
Now, The history of Impulse reissues in Japan!It goes back to the early 60’s.Impulse itself was founded in 1960, and King Record Japan started importing the Impulse records in the early 60’s with OBI and Japanese inserts.At the same time, they had a license to reissue the titles and started manufacturing the series called, SH…
Nowadays, I talk about Art Blakey many times. Yes, but I have to feature this great album too!Kyoto By Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers on RiversideI talked about Caravan the same Riverside album which was released in 1963 originally. This Kyoto was released in 1964.So, the members are the same except Kyoto has one…
I love this album.Jackie McLean Jackie’s Pal PrestigeOriginally it was released in 1956. As you can see the picture on the jacket, McLean featured Bill Hardman, old time friend trumpeter.They both play well in this album.I can say that there is no new approach like McLean was doing on Blue Note. But I love this…
I listened carefully side 1 and 2 and compared how they sound differently….and here is what I found.Side 2 – RVG STEREO side has much clearer and deeper low especially bass sound than side 1.But with high and middle, I don’t see any big difference, maybe high is stronger in RVG side but not that…