Four Units, by Akira Miyazawa, Masahiko Sato, Masahiko Togashi, Yasuo Arakawa

Four Units

by Akira Miyazawa, Masahiko Sato, Masahiko Togashi, Yasuo Arakawa

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John Fenton Beautiful modal jazz from Japan. This album from 1969 is a welcome reissue - in keeping with the spiritual jazz revival being experienced world wide Favorite track: Scarborough Fair.

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Reissued for the first time with its original gatefold sleeve and cover.

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1.	Four Units – 10:50 10:50	buy track
2.	Dull Summer 09:23	buy track
3.	Scarborough Fair 07:49	buy track
4.	Rainbow Trout 03:25	buy track
5.	Black Bass 08:01	buy track

about

Four Units is a kind of Japanese jazz "all star". Recorded in Tokyo on April 1969, it was released the same year on Union records.
On the first two long songs that open this album, “Four Units” and “Dull Slumber”, we can feel the influence of the “avant-garde” scene of US jazz (and in particular ESP Disk), without however the music sounding too "free". A whole new vibe on the astonishing cover of "Scarborough Fair", in a modal style, where the shadow of McCoy Tyner seems to hang over the piano. The next two tracks, "Rainbow Trout" and "Black Bass", are still pretty much along the same line, sometimes oscillating towards "hard bop", the album ending in a blaze of glory with a solo by Masahiko Togashi.
While this album had a second pressing in Japan in the 70s, this is the first time it has been reissued with its gatefold cover.

credits

released November 20, 2020

Tenor Sax, Flute – Akira Miyazawa
Piano – Masahiko Sato
Drums – Masahiko Togashi
Bass – Yasuo Arakawa

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Le Tres Jazz Club Paris, France

FUZATI (Klub des Loosers) producer and die-hard crate digger has teamed up with MODULOR to launch Le Très Jazz Club. Label exclusively dedicated to vinyl reissue in jazz and groove.

discography

Sea Breeze

Jul 2021
Le Temps Fou

Jun 2021
Green Caterpillar

Nov 2020
Four Units

Nov 2020
Leeward

Nov 2020
Glass Flowers

Sep 2018

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