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Richie Beirach - Ballads II (1987) {CBS/Sony Japan 35DP-649}
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© 1987 CBS/Sony Japan | 35DP-649
Jazz / Post Bop / Contemporary Jazz / Solo Piano

This is the first of the two Ballads albums recorded in Japan in 1986-1987 by the inimitable Richie Beirach. I've been trying to get them for many years, but they have been nearly impossible to track down. Now finally, they are being reissued on the Japanese Sony label. The music is great- it's Richie Beirach playing a mix of his marvelous originals and a few standards.

Pink Floyd followed the commercial breakthrough of Dark Side of the Moon with Wish You Were Here, a loose concept album about and dedicated to their founding member Syd Barrett. The record unfolds gradually, as the jazzy textures of "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" reveal its melodic motif, and in its leisurely pace, the album shows itself to be a warmer record than its predecessor…

Charlie Parker - Bird With Strings: Live At The Apollo, Carnegie Hall & Birdland (1950) {CBS-Sony Japan 25DP 5302, Early Press}
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© 1950-52, 1988 CBS-Sony Japan | 25DP 5302
Jazz / BeBop / Bop / Saxophone

During 1949-54 Charlie Parker often recorded and performed with a string section. This LP contains a cross section of Bird's live performances from 1950-52 and, although the string arrangements are the same as for the studio recordings, Parker's solos are quite a bit different.

The album КОНЦЕРТ (Russian for "Concert") was released in October 1987. Singer Peter Hewlitt was brought in to hit the high notes on his most vocally challenging songs, like "An Innocent Man." Joel also did versions of The Beatles' classic "Back in the U.S.S.R." and Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'". It has been estimated that Joel lost more than $1 million of his own money on the trip and concerts, but he has said the goodwill he was shown there was well worth it…

Drawing inspiration from Bessie Smith and Odetta, Janis Joplin developed a brash, uncompromising vocal style quite unlike traditional folk Madonnas. In 1966, Joplin was invited to the Bay Area to front Big Brother & the Holding Company. Cheap Thrills, a joyous celebration of true psychedelic soul, contained two Joplin "standards" in "Piece of My Heart" and "Ball and Chain," but she left the group in November 1968…

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.