Terumasa Hino - 1970s - Part 2

Back again for our next installment into the Terumasa Hino's 1970s catalog.

I got a little ahead of myself with our first 1970s post. We’re going to step back into 1970 for the Daylight Raid OST. Joining Hino we have Takeru Muraoka on sax, Hiromasa Suzuki on keys, Kunimitsu Inaba on bass with Moto on drums. As with many OST, we have a lot of quick tunes here. “On The Corner (Snake Hips)” starts us off quite well, with “Pistol” and “Telephone” also being nice highlights.

The bulk of this album is the 12-minute closing tune, “Getaway”, although the quicker hitting tunes are the best on this one.

We also have a live album previously covered during our Masabumi Kikuchi series titled, In Concert. Recorded and released in 1971, we have tenor giant Joe Henderson, Kohsuke Mine on alto and soprano saxes, Yoshio Suzuki on bass, with Hiroshi Murakami and Yoshiyuki Nakamura on drums. You'll be hard pressed to find a more talented group.

3 lengthy tunes here and we start with the Henderson tune "Sunrise In Tokyo" and everyone plays wonderfully. Next up is the tune "So What" from little known trumpeter Miles Davis. The closing tune "Get Magic Again" is a little scattered but overall a nice live album.

We remain in 1971 for Peace And Love, and this time the quintet is made up of Kiyoshi Sugimoto on guitar, Hideo Ichikawa on keys, Reggie Workman on bass, Teruo Nakamura on percussion with Moto on drums.

Two long tunes here like we’ve seen so far. “Gongen” opens and Sugimoto again plays great. More of the hard bop, bordering free jazz sound we heard on Love Nature, although the title track is a little more avant-garde I guess than “Gongen.”

Again in ’71, the trumpeter released Hino Meets Reggie Workman: A Part. Mostly familiar faces here with Takao Uematsu on sax, Ichikawa on keys, Sugimoto on guitar, Workman on bass, Yuji Imamura on percussion with Moto on drums.

This one starts off very well with the title track and the sound is more of what we’ve heard throughout the 70s. One thing I notice is Imamura’s percussion is more pronounced which is a nice touch. Sugimoto’s presence on the title track continues to shine as he’s done thus far. It’s a 26-minute journey that explores a lot of sounds. Including a nice solo from Moto. A truly impressive drummer.

Side B continues with good stuff as we get another version of “Ode To Workman” which is maybe the best tune of the bunch, with great soloing from Hino and Uematsu. And “Be And Know”, a nice relatively tame tune. This is definitely an early candidate for best album. Nice stuff all around.

Next for us is the 1971 album, Vibrations, recorded in Berlin and I’m assuming during his visit for the Jazz Festival,  A quartet here made up of Heinz Sauer on tenor sax, Peter Warren on bass with Pierre Favre on drums.

This one is what I would describe as free/avant-garde. “Crackling” is my favorite here but obviously this is a niche sound that works for some, not for others. 

And with that, we have our next 5 albums from the 70s. See you guys soon in 1972.