Release Date: 11/03/2023
Specifications: LP Record 2 Disc Set
Catalog Number: PCJA-00126

This is the first vinyl release of an extremely rare live album by Akira Miyazawa (1927-2000), a legendary tenor saxophonist born in the world of Japanese jazz.

Recorded in 1989.
Double commentary by Dr. Jazz Osamu Uchida and leading jazz journalist Noriyoshi Koyama (written in 2002).

Recorded live in Hamamatsu in December 1989. The sound of the instruments is recorded so clearly that it could be mistaken for a studio recording. The members are Masahiko Kozu (drums), who made his debut with the Miyazawa Band and played with Ornette Coleman and Sarah Vaughan, and Harumi Takeuchi (piano) and Shunsuke Takeuchi (bass), who had been performing in various places around Hamamatsu. The band performed a variety of tunes including Green Dolphin Street which began with a saxophone solo, Ellington's famous "In a Sentimental Mood," the original Baby Seahorse, and If Ever I Wood Leave You from the musical Camelot. The superb tenor saxophone tone is heard in all of the tracks.