Yoshino Yanagihara “Summer Rain”

Yoshino Yanagihara
Summer Rain
Union Jazz (Japan) 1982
ULP-5507 (LP) w/insert.
sleeve : EX(light wear on edge and corner.)
media : EX+/EX+(some slightly surface noises, still good condition.)

This is the debut album released in 1982 by Yoshino Yanagihara, a composer/flutist who graduated from Berklee College of Music in the U.S. and worked as a composer for TV commercials and a lecturer at a music college. The album features all of Yoshino's original compositions and is backed by top session musicians such as Junichiro Ohguchi (p,g), Greg Lee (b), Ryojiro Furusawa (ds), and Tatsuji Yokoyama (per). On B4, she sings with Shuichi Inoue, which is similar to Mimi Kobayashi.