Yoshio+suzuki

Yoshio Suzuki - Friends (1973) {CBS–Sony Music Japan, Paper Sleeve, SICP 10048 rel 2007}
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© 1973, 2007 CBS / Sony Music Japan | SICP 10048 | DSD mastering
Jazz / Post Bop / Post Fusion / Jazz Funk / Bass

The debut album as a leader by Yoshio Suzuki featuring saxophonist Kohsuke Mine, pianist Takehiro Honda, drummer Hiroshi Murakami & special guest flutist Hideo Miyata. "Friends" is an essential japanese jazz masterpiece ranging from Hard Bop (The Past, K'S Waltz) to Modal jazz (Burning Point) passing by Bossa Nova (Samba De Chico), it includes only Suzuki's own compositions.

Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki - Wings (1981) {Break Time Japan BRJ-4044 rel 1987}
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© 1981, 1987 Break Time / Crown Record Japan | BRJ-4044
Jazz / Post Bop / Post Fusion / Bass

Wings is a post-fusion contemporary music album recording by YOSHIO SUZUKI and released in 1981. Born in 1946. Under the musician's parents and his uncle, Suzuki Method's founder, Shinichi Suzuki, he has been acquainted with the violin and piano since childhood. Graduated from Waseda University. In charge of piano at Waseda University Modern Jazz Study Group. After graduation, he studied under Sadao Watanabe. He turned to bass with an invitation to his band.

Isao Suzuki & Sunao Wada - Now's The Time (1974) {2014 Japan Three Blind Mice Mini LP Blu-spec CD Remaster THCD-315}
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© 1974, 2014 Three Blind Mice / Sony Music Direct (Japan) / Think! Records | THCD-315 | LP TBM-29
Jazz / Post Bop / Contemporary Jazz

Three Blind Mice Blu-spec CD reissue series! Limited paper sleeve edition! Now's The Time captured two groups who performed at the Three Blind Mice's own jazz festival called "5 Days in Jazz 1974." The first group was the Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio with guest soloists Isao Suzuki on cello and Sunao Wada on guitar. They performed two songs on Side A of the original vinyl LP.

Ronnie Mathews - Trip To The Orient (1975) {2015 DSD Japan East Wind Masters Collection 1000 UCCJ-9148}
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© 1975, 2015 East Wind Music / Universal Japan | UCCJ-9148
Jazz / Hard Bop / Soul Jazz / Piano

One of the greatest sessions ever recorded by Ronnie Mathews – an excellent soul jazz pianist who's working here in a mode that's similar to that of Kenny Barron, Cedar Walton, or other 70s lyrical giants! Mathews' touch on the keys is incredible – at one moment extremely sensitive and pensive, at another racing forward with a searing searching spirituality that's driven on by the bass of Yoshio Suzuki and the drums of Louis Hayes – a great rhythm duo who really help give the record a very special, unique feel. The album features the original compositions "Ichiban", "K's Waltz", and "Jean-Marie" – plus a great version of "Manha Do Carnaval", which features Mathews on Fender Rhodes!

Sadao Watanabe - Song Book (1969) {2014 Japan Jazz Collection 1000 Columbia-RCA Series SICP 4232}
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© 1969, 2014 Columbia / Sony Music Japan | SICP 4232
Jazz / Post Bop / Fusion / Modal Music / Saxophone / Flute

Reissue with the latest DSD remastering. Comes with liner notes. A really beautiful chapter in the career of reedman Sadao Watanabe – a batch of mostly original compositions, as you might guess from the title – and a double-length record that really showed an evolution of his talents! The sound is often highly lyrical – with Watanabe blowing alto, soprano sax, and flute in modes that are clearly informed by his bossa nova recordings of the late 60s, but which also spring forth in even more complicated styles – with echoes of French soundtracks, European jazz, and other sweet styles of the time. The group's a small one – with Yoshiaki Masuo on guitar, Kazuo Yashiro on acoustic piano and Fender Rhodes, Masabumi Kikuchi on piano, Yoshio Suzuki on bass, and Fumio Watanabe on drums.

Sadao Watanabe - Live At The Junk (1969) {2015 Japan Jazz Collection 1000 Columbia-RCA Series, SICJ 63}
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© 1969, 2015 Columbia / Sony Music Japan / CBS | SICJ 63
Jazz / Post Bop / Neo Bop / Saxopohone

Reissue with the latest DSD remastering. Comes with liner notes. One of the more obscure albums by this great reedman – recorded live, and with a loose feel that really points towards his changes to come in the 70s! The album's got a lively vibe that's quite a change from some of Watanabe's albums from a few years before – longer tracks, lots of new ideas, and a style that's really stretching out – yet never too far outside too.

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Backgammon (1976) {2016 Japan SHM-CD Jazz Masters Collection 1200 Series WPCR-29102}
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© 1976, 2016 Roulette / Parlophone / Warner Music Japan | WPCR-29102
Jazz / Hard Bop

Reissue with SHM-CD format and new 24bit remastering. Comes with a mini-description. Killer work from this overlooked Art Blakey stretch of the mid 70s – a time when the drummer was getting back to basics, and re-igniting his music with help from some key younger players! This set sparkles with sharp tenor from the great David Schnitter – already a powerhouse out of the box, and driven onto new heights by Blakey! Also present is pianist Albert Dailey, whose conception helps bring in some fresh sounds to the Jazz Messengers universe – alongside flute player Ladji Camara, who also vocalizes on one cut. Yoshio Suzuki handles bass, and old line trumpeter Bill Hardman comes in to round out the group – on titles that include "Uranus", "Third World Blues", "Namfulay", and "Backgammon".

Manhattan Focus is the first and only one album of the group, featuring Al Foster (drums) Yoshiaki Masuo (electric guitar, acoustic guitar) Bob Berg (tenor sax) Kunihiko Sugano(acoustic piano, electric piano) Tom Harrell (flugelhorn) Yoshio Suzuki (acoustic bass) T.M. Stevens (electric bass) Sammy Figueroa (percussion) Eddie Colon (percussion).