Mabumi Yamaguchi Quartet – Leeward
Label: |
Union Records (3) – GU-5007 |
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Series: |
Jazz Creation |
Format: |
Vinyl
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Country: |
Japan |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Jazz |
Style: |
Fusion |
Tracklist
| A1 | Dawn | 12:32 | |
| A2 | Dewdrop | 6:58 | |
| B1 | Distant Thunder | 10:33 | |
| B2 | Leeward | 9:32 |
Companies, etc.
- Made By – Teichiku Records Co., Ltd.
Credits
- Bass – Ikuo Sakurai
- Composed By – M. Yamaguchi*
- Design [Styling & Design] – Norey's Boogie Woogie Studio
- Drums – Hideo Sekine
- Electric Piano, Piano – Ichiro Doi
- Mixed By – 山崎昭夫
- Tenor Saxophone, Sopranino Saxophone – Mabumi Yamaguchi
Notes
Recorded January 1978.
Other Versions (4)
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New Submission
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Leeward (CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve) | Union Records (3) | THCD-328 | Japan | 2014 | ||
| Leeward (LP, Album, Reissue) | Union Records (3) | TEA-8 | Japan | 2019 | |||
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New Submission
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Leeward (LP, Album, Reissue) | Union Records (3) | LTJC011, GU-5007 | 2020 | |||
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New Submission
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Leeward (LP, Album, Reissue, Clear) | Union Records (3) | TEA-17 | Japan | 2022 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Leeward by the Mabumi Yamaguchi Quartet is an album that builds slowly, nearly refining itself with every ing chord change, blossoming with soulful intonations that manifest in nearly spiritual searching solos. Leeward is a difficult album to describe, comprised of merely four tracks featuring reed instrumentation, brought to life using both the soprano and tenor saxophones, then balancing things with a dynamic Fender Rhodes organ / piano, along with a bass and drums that weave intoxicatingly throughout the entire event. That said, there’s an undefined wondrous nearly poetic power relayed here, where the rhythms slowly, nearly magically, ebb into full blossoms right before your eyes.
This was another album released in the late ’70’s that many folks missed, though it has been re-released and remastered on vinyl and is entirely worth your time and consideration.
*** The Fun Facts: Leeward is a nautical term meaning on or toward the side of the boat that is sheltered from the wind, yet when one considers that Japan is an island, one should keep in mind that there are both a windy and sheltered side of the island.
Review by Jenell Kesler
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