Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd
1977
Live! New Herd 76/45
01. Theme From Ironside
02. Love Supreme Part 1
03. Love Supreme Part 2
conductor – Toshiyuki Miyama
alto saxophone – Kazuo Oguro, Shinji Nakayama
baritone saxophone – Miki Matsui
tenor saxophone – Kiyoshi Saito, Shoji Maeda
piano – Yoshinobu Imashiro
guitar – Kozaburo Yamaki
trombone – Masamichi Uetaka, Seiichi Tokura, Takeshi Aoki, Teruhiko Kataoka
trumpet – Bunji Murata, Kenichi Sano, Koji Hatori, Kunio Fujisaki
bass – Masao Kunisada
drums, percussion – Nakamura Yoshio
Live recording, April 30, 1976, Mitaka City Auditorium Hall
1977
Live! New Herd 76/45
02. Love Supreme Part 1
03. Love Supreme Part 2
conductor – Toshiyuki Miyama
alto saxophone – Kazuo Oguro, Shinji Nakayama
baritone saxophone – Miki Matsui
tenor saxophone – Kiyoshi Saito, Shoji Maeda
piano – Yoshinobu Imashiro
guitar – Kozaburo Yamaki
trombone – Masamichi Uetaka, Seiichi Tokura, Takeshi Aoki, Teruhiko Kataoka
trumpet – Bunji Murata, Kenichi Sano, Koji Hatori, Kunio Fujisaki
bass – Masao Kunisada
drums, percussion – Nakamura Yoshio
Live recording, April 30, 1976, Mitaka City Auditorium Hall
Here we have a great performance JAZZ FUNK cover to Rare groovy "Theme From Ironside".
Recorded "A Love Supreme" modal cover of John Coltrane are arranged in two parts (the drum solo of Part 2 is a masterpiece !!!).
DAM recording, meeting at Mitaka City Auditorium Hall, original live recording, April 30, 1976. Prestigious Japanese jazz Big Band, NEW HERD led by Toshiyuki Miyama, left behind him many of the masterpieces.
DAM 45 rotation indeed sound quality. Japanese pressings are renowned for their superb sound quality, as well as the bonus of inner sheets often with full lyrics.