Yama & Jiro's Wave – Girl Talk (Edition Japonaise)
ORDER LIMITED TO ONE ITEM PER CUSTOMER
Piano – Tsuyoshi Yamamoto [click here to see other vinyl featuring Tsuyoshi Yamamoto]
Bass – Akira Daiyoshi
Drums – Tetsujiro Obara
Written by Marvin Hamlish (A1), Bobby Troup (A2), Neal Hefti (A2), Max Steiner (A3), Billy Strayhorn (B1), George Gershwin (B2), Gilbert Becaud (B3), Vernon Duke (B4)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified (Japan)
Label : Craftman
Original Label : Three Blind Mice
Recorded at Aoi Studio, Tokyo on December 17, 1975
Engineered by Yoshihiko Kannari
Produced by Takeshi Fujii
Reissue produced by Kouki Hanawa
Lacquer cut by Mitsuharu Kobayashi
Art Direction by Ben Nishizawa
Liner Notes by Yoshio Gyoda
Tracks :
Side A:
- The Way We Were
- Girl Talk
- Gone With The Wind
Side B:
- Take The 'A' Train
- I Love You Porgy
- What Now My Love
- Autumn In New York
Review:
Completing a "trilogy" of great records that started with Midnight Sugar and Misty, Girl Talk solidified Tsuyoshi Yamamoto's reputation as Japan's premier jazz pianist. Though he would continue to tour and record for Takeshi "Tee" Fujii more than a decade, Girl Talk became the pinnacle of his career. This trio of classic LPs together are a benchmark in Japanese jazz records in particular and recording engineering in general. As usual, master recordist Yoshihiko Kannari worked with Yamamoto, bassist Akira Daiyoshi and drummer Tetsujiro Onaba at AOI Studios, Tokyo, which featured a tight, nicely baffled room. Kannari's recordings are prized for their immediacy and dynamic expressiveness, both traits exhibited on Girl Talk to startling effect. Like Midnight Sugar and Misty before it, Kannari's work on Girl Talk won him the prestigious Swing Journal Critic Poll "Jazz Disc" Engineering award in 1976.