Motohiko Hino Quartet + 1
Ryuhyo - Sailing Ice -
Three Blind Mice (Japan) 1976
TBM-61 (LP) Original pressing. w/booklet.
sleeve : EX(light wear on corner.)
media : EX/EX-(some slightly noises. the middle part on B1 has twice light click noises.)
This 1976 leader album by Japanese drummer Motohiko Hino, the younger brother of world-renowned trumpeter Terumasa Hino, showcases his work as a prominent musician since the late 60s. In addition to leading his own group, Hino has collaborated with Joe Henderson and Sonny Rollins. The album features a quartet with Yasuo Shimizu (tenor and alto saxophone), Kazumi Watanabe (guitar), and Nobuyoshi Ino (bass), with Masabumi Yamaguchi (tenor saxophone) joining them. It contains live recordings from a performance at the Nemuro Civic Center in Hokkaido that same year. The vivid recording captures the atmosphere of the venue, with standout tracks such as A1, which has a groovy rhythm section reminiscent of War's 'The World is the Ghetto' intertwined with passionate horns, the moody slow number A2, and the intense, over 18-minute spiritual jazz session B1. This album also features some of the earliest dynamic performances of Shimizu, then 22, and Watanabe, then 23. The original Japanese pressing include a booklet.
A1: Ryuho ~Sailing Ice~
A2: Soultrane
B1: New Moon (first part)
B1: New Moon (second part)