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Hōzan Yamamoto

Shakuhachi & Bossa Nova

Beatball Music

CR69042-BLK

LP Black $37

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  • 180g HQ vinyl pressing
  • Old school style heavy tip-on gatefold sleeve
  • Linernotes by Yusuke Ogawa (Universounds)

Description

This album was recorded in 1968. Building on the resounding success of his performance at the Newport Jazz Festival, Hozan Yamamoto was beginning to fully develop his great musical versatility. Regarding , Hozan recalled that, “When it came out, I was still a poor musician living in Koganei(小金井). I listened to it on an 8,000 yen record player. I started getting a lot more recording gigs after its release, so I guess that makes this my debut album. I find it comforting to listen to.” This was the first album released under Hozan Yamamoto’s name as the lead act.

The backing band on this album was the Shungo Sawada (沢田駿吾) Quintet. Members included Shungo Sawada (guitar), Takeru Muraoka (村岡建, tenor saxophone), Yō Tokuyama (徳山陽, piano), Yoshio Ikeda (池田芳夫, bass), and Motohiko Hino (日野元彦, drums). Jazz and folk music tend...

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 さのさ
  • 2 木曽節
  • 3 ひえつき節
  • 4 小講馬子唄
  • 5 黒田節
  • 6 山中節
  • 7 佐渡おけさ
  • 8 よさこい節
  • 9 五ッ木の子守歌
  • 10 関の五本松
  • 11 さんさ時雨
  • 12 刈干切唄