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Expected Release Date 3rd November 2026
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A1. Alpha Ray
A2. Bye Bye Blackbird
A3. Maria
A4. Fifth Column
B1. Slobber
B2. Star Eyes
B3. Infinite
Recorded on October 3, 1968 at Teichiku Kaikan Studio
Norio Maeda (Piano)
Tatsuro Takimoto (Bass)
Takeshi Inomata (Drums)
A torrent of brilliance released from the fingertips. The art of the piano trio by a giant of arrangement.
In 1968, Norio Maeda, the genius arranger once described as being able to “write different scores with his right and left hands at the
same time,” welcomed his close musical allies Takeshi Inomata and Tatsuro Takimoto and took on the piano head-on in his first piano
trio work as a pianist. This album brings together the refined melodies of the new mainstream style that led the jazz scene at the time,
experimental elements using prepared piano, and even a strikingly inventive recording approach in which as many as seven
microphones were placed inside the piano. With the outstanding structural power of a composer and arranger and the sharp instincts of
a performer woven together at a high level, this is an important work that deserves to be engraved in the history of Japanese jazz.
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