● Japan import
● Label: Three Blind Mice / Sony Music Labels, Inc.
● Cat#: MHJL-403
● Remastered and cut by Bernie Grundman
● Original release completely reproduced as faithfully as possible, with original obi and insert
● Pressed and printed in Japan
● Official Three Blind Mice reissue. Original release date: 1974 (TBM-24)
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Isao Suzuki’s second album after “Blow Up”, which made him known to the Jazz world. An essential masterpiece in the Japanese Jazz canon, with fantastic interplay between the players.
Tracklist:
A1 Body And Soul
Composed By – Edward Heyman, Franch Eyton, Robert Sour
A2 45th Street At 8th Avenue
Composed By – I. Suzuki
B1 Play Fiddle Play
Composed By – Arthur Altman, Emery Deutsch
B2 Blue City
Composed By – I. Suzuki
Personnel:
Bass, Cello – Isao Suzuki
Drums – Tetsujiro Obara
Guitar – Kazumi Wanatabe
Piano – Kunihiko Sugano
Recording and mix – Yoshihiko Kannari
Art Direction, Cover – Ben Nishizawa
Liner Notes – Osamu Uchida, Teruo Isono
Producer – Takeshi Fujii
Recorded March 4, 1974, at Aoi Studio, Tokyo.
- 1. Body and Soul
- 2. 45th Street (At 8th Avenue)
- 3. Play Fiddle Play
- 4. Blue City