Seiichi Nakamura Quintet + 2 The Boss

Mastered from the recently found Original Three Blind Mice Master Tapes!
Unreleased Live 1974 Performance! 180g Vinyl LP! Extraordinary!
Beginning March 22, 1974, Three Blind Mice hosted a special "5 Days In Jazz" at Nihon Toshi Center Hall. The live jazz performances were spread across five days and all of them were recorded. The performance for "The Boss" by Seichi Nakamura Quintet +2 was recorded March 23, 1974.
The story of "The Boss" is the story of a lost recording. In March 1974, the jazz label Three Blind Mice organized a project entitled "5 days-in-Jazz" at Tokyo's Nihon Toshi Center Hall. On five days in a row, recordings were made with Kunihiko Sugano, Kenji Mori & Hideo Ichikawa, Takashi Mizuhashi, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto & George Ohtuska and – Seichi Nakamura. While the LPs of the first four were released immediately afterwards and internationally recognized as masterpieces of jazz, the recording with Seichi Nakamura initially ended up behind closed doors. Shortly before, Nakamura had released his debut album "First Contact", with which they did not want to compete. The publication was postponed and then completely lost sight of.
During the New Year 2014 holiday, when Tee Fujii producer of TBM Records was tidying up the stock room, he found three analog tapes in a sealed box on the shelf. When he opened the box, he found the master tapes inside - 2-track 15"/sec original tapes for "The Boss" performance. The 1974 live performance had never been released. As you listen, the quality of their performance is extraordinary and unique.
Combak boss Kazuo Kiuchi produced the Harmonix Master Sound LP together with Shizuo Nomiyama, remastering and editing was done by Tohru Kotetsu at the JVC Mastering Center on the XRCD Analog Mastering System using Harmonix tuning tools. The 180 g vinyl LP with 33 rpm is released in a gatefold cover and was pressed in Japan.
"Although the sound does not correspond to the exorbitantly high level of TBM studio productions, the tapes prepared in October 2017 at the JVC Mastering Center and cut into foils can still be heard and convey the shimmering concert atmosphere perfectly. Our 180-gram Japan pressing was also absolutely flawless, and the gatefold cover offers plenty of English-language information about the musicians and the event at the time." - Matthias Böde, Stereo, Issue 3/2018
"Since the 180-gram pressing is made of very high-quality vinyl and is almost noise-free, you can hardly resist the temptation to turn the volume up to live level." - Joachim Weis, MINT, Issue 18, 2/2018
"And who should buy the album now? Clearly: the jazz fan or collector who already has a lot and is looking for an alternative. This record is a sonic highlight anyway. I am sitting opposite a craft that is very well done from A to Z and in this respect is beyond any doubt." - Claus Müller, analogue, issue 1/2018

Features:

• High Quality 180g Vinyl
• Premium Edition
• Mastered from the original Three Blind Mice master tapes
• Mastering & cutting by Tohru Kotetsu at JVC Mastering Center, Japan, October 2, 2017

Musicians:

• Seiichi Nakamura, tenor saxophone
• Shigeharu Mukai, trombone
• Hiroshi Tamura, piano
• Isoo Fukui, bass
• Shinji Mori, drums

Guest Artists (B-1 Only):

• Yoshio Ohtomo, alto saxophone
• Kazumi Watanabe, guitar

Selections:

Side A
1. Old Folks
2. Toppu -: A Gust
Side B
1. The Boss

Recorded live March 23, 1974 at Nihon Toshi Center Hall for "5 Days in Jazz" sponsored by TBM