Masahiko Togashi & Isao Suzuki
A Day of the Sun
Paddle Wheel (Japan) 1979
GP 3187 (LP) w/obi.
sleeve : VG+(wear on corner, dirts.)
media : EX+/EX+(some slightly noises.)
This was featured on the guidebook "OBSCURE SOUND REVISED EDITION". Masahiko Togashi, the great Japanese drummer/percussionist, and Isao Suzuki, the bassist, who is still active with many jazz grooves, released this album together in 1979 and it is a masterpiece. Masahiko Togashi plays synthesizer as well as percussion, and Isao Suzuki plays acoustic piano, marimba and percussion as well as bass, showing his multi-instrumentalist side. All of the tracks are excellent, but the title track is the best of the bunch, with a beautiful acoustic piano melody layered over a horizon of synthesizer pads, and an uplifting percussion and bass rhythm. The sound quality is also outstanding.
A1: A Day of the Sun
A2: Birth of Yellow Eggs
B1: Creatures in the Deep Blue Sea