Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio with Koji Moriyama Hida-Takayama Jazz Session XRCD24

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto became a house pianist at the Tokyo jazz club Misty in 1974, after many years of collaboration with Micky Curtis and tours through Europe. This recording of his trio with singer Koji Moriyama was made on August 23, 1975 at a sake brewery in Hida Takayama for a local jazz fan, Kazumistu Saga. Saga was a partner of the label Three Blind Mice and an enthusiastic jazz pianist himself. The tapes were long considered lost and could only be remastered by Kazuo Kiuchi for an XRCD24 in 2018, after tea Fujii had rediscovered them while tidying up the warehouse. Bassist Akira Daiyoshi, drummer Tetsujiro Obara and Tsuyoshi Yamamoto play on the piano.

Selections:

1. My Funny Valentine
2. Bye Bye Blackbird
3. For Once in My Life
4. S' Wonderful
5. You Are My Sunshine
6. Down Town