Teruhiko Kataoka - Love Walking (1977)

Back today with a quick one I really enjoy. In my pursuit of Fumio Karashima albums and appearances, I came across this album from trombonist Teruhiko Kataoka from 1977. Love Walking is a nice little album released on Whynot, featuring Karashima on piano, George Ohtsuka on drums and Kiyoto Fujiwara on bass. Tracks 3 and 5 also featuring an additional trombonist in Osamu Shiomura, who you may remember from our post on Arakawa Band.

Looking a little closer at Kataoka's catalog, this looks to be his only release as leader. He spent much of his playing career with Toshiyuki Miyama and The New Herd. Admittedly I'm not very familiar with their catalog but I have heard some of their albums with Chikara Ueda - which are pretty great. 

This one starts off with a great title track - a tune from fellow New Herdsman, Kozaburo Yamaki. Next is a pretty nice rendition of "You Don't Know What Love Is" followed by a nice Shiomura tune in "Isolation." Final two tunes on this one are the ballad "Emily" followed by another Shiomura tune in "Whirl Wind" - my personal favorite along with the title track. Oddly enough, no originals from Kataoka. 

Enjoy!