Masahiko Togashi & J.J. Spirits - So What Live at Pit Inn Shinjuku (2LP, Japanese edition)
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Percussion - Masahiko Togashi
Tenor saxophone - Kohsuke Mine
Piano - Masahiko Satoh
Bass - Nobuyoshi Ino
2 LP, standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Venus Hyper Magnum Sound Direct Mix Stereo
Live
Record Press : Japanese Pressing
Label : Venus
Original Label : Venus
Recorded Live at Pit Inn, Shinjuku, Tokyo, on December 22, 1994
Engineered by Hiroshi Sato
Mastered and Mixed by Shuji Kitamura, Tetsuo Hara
Producted by Tetsuo Hara
Designed by Taz
Photography by Fumiaki Fujimot
Originally released in 1995
Reissued in 2024
Tracks :
Side A:
- Monk's Hat Blues~Milestone
Side B:
- All The Things You Are
- Autumn In New York
Side C:
- It's You Or No One
Side D:
- So What ~ Monk's Hat Blues
Reviews:
“One of Japanese free jazz corner stone percussionist Masahiko Togashi is known mostly by his late 60s-early 70s advanced recordings but actually he continued playing and recording up to the beginning of new century. His music is mostly all avant-garde jazz but there is a rare exemption - his J.J.Spirits (or Japan Jazz Spirits).
All-stars quartet containing beside of Togashi legendary pianist Masahiko Satoh (another Japanese free jazz cult figure),sax player Kohsuke Mine (better known by his excellent albums from early 70s) and bassist Nobuyoshi Ino. Surprisingly enough for band of such background, J.J. Spirits played mostly jazz standards not all that far from originals.
Two Togashi originals ("Monk's hat blues" and "My old dreams") sound as is they are evergreen hard -bop era standards, and his third "Rumba de funk" mixing hard-bop, funk and some Latin would perfectly fit on one of Hancock's pre-fusion albums.
Nobuyoshi Ino's acoutsic bass is physical, deep and rich - all music is full of it's velvet sound, recalling early Three Blind Mice's audiophile albums. Masahiko Satoh, who can be heard playing straight extremely rare, demonstrates how good he is in this unusual for him role (he still adds quirkiness and complexity to piano line,but anyway his playing is bob-rooted). True album's hero is sax player Kohsuke Mine, who almost disappeared from jazz scene after he released some exceptional albums in early-mid 70s.
All album sounds as one of those fantastic hard-bop albums from 60s where jazz spirit was all around, just with big respect transferred to mid 90s. It is not a regular Togashi's recording but music here is so great that could be recommended for everyone from jazz purist to advanced jazz fan.” Jazz Music Archives
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Discogs : 4.1 / 5