{"product_id":"shuko-mizuno-toshiyuki-miyama-the-new-herd-plus-all-star-guests-jazz-orchestra-73-1973-japanese-three-blind-mice-tbm-1001-vinyl-lp","title":"Shūkō Mizuno \/ Toshiyuki Miyama \u0026 The New Herd Plus All-Star Guests - Jazz Orchestra ‘73 (1973 Japanese Three Blind Mice TBM-1001 Vinyl LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShūkō Mizuno \/ Toshiyuki Miyama \u0026amp; The New Herd Plus All-Star Guests - \u003cem\u003eJazz Orchestra ‘73\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP, 1973 Japanese Three Blind Mice (TBM-1001, Gatefold, Toshiba EMI)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo side-long compositions for big band by Shūkō Mizuno\u003c\/strong\u003e, performed by Toshiyuki Miyama’s New Herd (one of Japan’s most important jazz orchestras) with guest soloists, recorded in two sessions at Aoi Studio in August and September 1973\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOver 44 minutes of music that moves between free jazz, hard-swinging big band writing, blues and funk\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a four-trumpet, four-trombone, five-saxophone section plus electric bass and drums\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGatefold sleeve\u003c\/strong\u003e, liner notes by Shoichi Yui and the composer, engineered by Yoshihiko Kannari, produced by Takeshi Fujii\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShūkō Mizuno is a composer whose work crosses boundaries that most musicians stay inside. He was a co-founder of Group Ongaku in the early 1960s, one of Japan’s first free improvisation collectives, and his output ranges from electronic music and orchestral composition to these large-scale jazz works. \u003cem\u003eJazz Orchestra ‘73\u003c\/em\u003e is the first of two albums he wrote for Toshiyuki Miyama’s New Herd on Three Blind Mice (the second, \u003cem\u003eJazz Orchestra ‘75\u003c\/em\u003e, followed two years later). The New Herd had been active since 1958 and was by this point the leading progressive big band in Japan, a group that had recorded with Charles Mingus in 1971 and toured internationally. Miyama treated the New Herd as a vehicle for adventurous arrangers and composers, and Mizuno’s writing here takes full advantage of that openness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is two pieces. “Drive, Drive, Drive!” runs the entire first side at over 21 minutes. “Blues, Autonomy, Drive, Chaos” fills side B at over 23 minutes. The titles describe what happens in the music: sections of rhythmic propulsion, passages of collective free improvisation, blues-based episodes, and moments where the full weight of a 17-piece band lands with a force that smaller groups cannot produce. Yoshihiko Kannari’s recording captures the ensemble at Aoi Studio with the spatial clarity that TBM pressings are known for, and with a big band the dynamic range is considerable. This pressing (TBM-1001) is a gatefold including liner notes by Shoichi Yui and by Mizuno himself. Manufactured by Toshiba EMI. Please note the original \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e24-page booklet is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Three Blind Mice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44726884139067,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_9257.jpg?v=1792816119","url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/products\/shuko-mizuno-toshiyuki-miyama-the-new-herd-plus-all-star-guests-jazz-orchestra-73-1973-japanese-three-blind-mice-tbm-1001-vinyl-lp","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}