Jul 4, 2011

Toshiyuki Miyama and his New Herd - Orchestrane

barabara sounds sez:

New Herd Play John Coltrane: the album subtitle is all you need to know. And it's big, bad, big-band brilliance. Just look at that line-up; four trumpets, four trombones, five saxes. Fasten your seat belt and hang on for the ride!

The three numbers on side one warm you up nicely, mixing some fine modal soloing with slick-smooth ensemble playing on those classic compositions. And then you're ready for side two: all four parts of A Love Supreme like you've never heard them before. Yamaki's charts are just superb. This is probably the best thing Miyama ever recorded with his New Herd. It's certainly one of my favorites – if only for that beautiful cover art. Bottom line: it's a barabara classic!

musicians:
Miyama Toshiyuki leader/conductor; Yamaki Kozaburo guitar/arranger; Takeda Kazumi 1st tp; Kishi Yoshikazu 2nd tp; Yamaguchi Kojiro 3rd tp; Kamimori Shigeru: 4th tp; Kataoka Teruhiko 1st tb; Uetaka Masamichi 2nd tb; Shiomura Osamu 3rd tb; Fukushima Teruo btb; Suzuki Koji 1st as; Shirai Atsuo 2nd as; Mori Mamoru 1st ts; Nukita Shigeo 2nd ts; Tada Kenich bs; Takano Kiyoshi p; Fukushima Yasushi b; Nakamura Yoshio dr.

tracks:
1. Impressions; 2. Naima; 3. Giant Steps;
4. A Love Supreme i) Acknowledgement; ii) Resolution; iii. Pursuance; iv) Psalm

rec. Mar/Apr. 1977; issued Denon YX-7566-ND; CD reissue 2005

34 comments:

Anonymous said...

Let me know your Impressions. Or perhaps a small Acknowledgement?

http://www.mediafire.com/?uk06iyx8y326du8

Reza said...

Looks tremendous dl now !

thanks :)

Bacoso said...

Top stuff - can't beat a big band banger !

Arkadin said...

As a Coltrane-disciple and J-Jazz-lover I don't need to be forced to download this one. Looks veeery promising. Supreme thanks!

E-mile said...

I can give you a resolution: will comment on this a s soon as I have a chance for a proper listening [:-) really looking forward giving this is a spin, and a thank you upfront TN!

Simon666 said...

Wow, extraordinary record ... thanks TN!

Anonymous said...

thanks. looking forward to giving it a listen

taro nombei said...

thanks for all the feedback everyone!

taro nombei said...

PS It's no holiday over here. But very best wishes to all friends and visitors from the land of the great John Coltrane!

H.K said...

beautiful

HCM said...

Thank you!! :) been meaning to buy this lp, because of that Love Supreme suite. Great that you shared this for us to enjoy!! peace :)

chano said...

Thanks, looks great, Love Supreme big band, wow, gotta hear it!

E-mile said...

TN, I especially liked the Love Supreme side... it's almost like that classic gets the "Africa Brass" rework [:-) a smile here from ear to ear!
thank you

boogieman said...

Superb ... what more could i say.
Thanks to give us a chance to hear this album. Never saw it in Europe!

pepper67 said...

Loved it!! Especially the Love Supreme portion. thanks

taro nombei said...

Thanks for dropping by everyone.
The comments are much appreciated :-)

Little Tony Negri said...

Thanks!

katonah said...

Just catching up, nice Taro.
Trane's the master

112nortwest said...

A great soundtrack to a Friday night here...together with the Orpheus upload...Thanks for sharing...

heinz57 said...

I see what you did there, OP. thank you for superlative content, per usual.

Anonymous said...

Terrific performances! Many thanks. Will play one or more on my classic jazz radio program.
Ray Pratt, Bozeman, MT.

Ernst Grgo Nebhuth said...

A Love Supreme for you!

Thanks for sharing this to me unknown j-jazz.

taro nombei said...

@ everyone
Thanks for the continued interest!

@ onxidlib
With such a deep range of music posted over at your place, I'm surprised you've not come across this before. Happy to share!

Solomon said...

Thank you.

Anonymous said...

late to the party as usual--just came over from katonah's blog salivating over this and now I'm cursing mediafire :(

bet you do, too ;)

ndhjazz said...

Can anyone re-up this please!?!?!?!?!?

thanks,
-ndhjazz-

ndhjazz said...

Can anyone re-up this please!?!?!?!?

thanks,
-ndhjazz-

taro nombei said...

@ ndhjazz
Thanks for the comments.
I'll see if I can dig the album out again.
May take a while though…

ndhjazz said...

Thank you Taro!!!!
-ndhjazz

Anonymous said...

@ ndhjazz

enjoy!

http://www.mediafire.com/download/61rda4bnc3vku5c/TM%26NHOrchestrane.zip

ndhjazz said...

THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!! Looking forward to this.
-ndhjazz-

Anonymous said...

ditto the thanks on this one, taro!

sp59 said...

Excellent blog, sensational album, congratulations from Bucharest, Romania!!!

DrRay3 said...

Thanks for the fabulous Orchestrane!
A wonderful album that I continue to replay.
Ray Pratt
DrRay3