Smile (Vinyl)

Takeo Moriyama - Smile (Vinyl)
Barcode: 4549767322261

Masterpieces selected from Nippon Columbia's extensive catalog will be reissued by Nipponophone, Nippon Columbia's global brand. Moriyama Takeo is a jazz drummer who has dominated the free jazz world with the Yamashita Yosuke Trio since the late 1960s, when the masterpiece 'Watarasee, ' full of Japanese sentiment, was first recorded , and who is loved by many fans, both old and new, for performing with the KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET in recent years. This album, recorded in 1980 with a quartet including his good friend Itabashi Fumio, is also famous for being the first to feature the masterpiece 'Watarasee, ' full of Japanese sentiment. Other highlights include the dynamic 'Exchange' and the beautiful yet sad 'Goodbye, ' and this is one of the greatest albums in the history of Japanese jazz, where you can enjoy a large-scale performance where stillness and movement are organically intertwined. Takeo Moriyama Quartet Takeo Moriyama (ds) Yoshio Kuniyasu (ts, ss) Fumio Itabashi (p) Hideaki Mochizuki (b) Guest: Koichi Matsukaze (as, ts, fl) Recorded: November 10-12, 1980 Original release: YF-7013 (March 25, 1981) Listen: https://open. Spotify. com/album/6qMBPDAqdY5Du89F3Hslkj Tracklist: Side A 1. Exchange 2. Watarase Side B 1. Step 2. Smile 3. Goodbye