Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio - Misty for Direct Cutting

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2021
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:19
Size: 77,4 MB
Art: Front

(5:51) 1. Misty
(6:31) 2. Midnight Sugar
(7:48) 3. The In Crowd
(5:21) 4. Girl Talk
(5:27) 5. The Folks Who Live on The Hill
(2:19) 6. Yesterday

“MISTY for Direct Cutting” was recorded in May 2021 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Errol Garner’s birth. For this album of Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio, direct cutting was used for both analog and digital. For Direct Cutting in analogic, the recorded sound is engraved on a lacquer board in real time. For the digital, the recorded sound is recorded in DSD 11.2 MHz. The both records are realised without the editing, mixing and mastering steps. The goal is to go directly from the music to the recording without any intermediate processing.

We will review 5 editions (Vinyl analog Direct cutting, Vinyl from DSD , MQA-CD in PCM mode, MQA-CD with MQA decoded, Streaming Amazon UltraHD) of this album. https://magicvinyldigital.net/2022/01/30/tsuyoshi-yamamoto-trio-misty-for-direct-cutting-review-lp-mqa-cd/

Personnel: Piano – Tsuyoshi Yamamoto; Bass – Hiroshi Kagawa; Drums – Toshio Osumi

Misty for Direct Cutting

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Night at Body and Soul

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:40
Size: 153,1 MB
Art: Front

(13:14)  1. Like Someone in Love
( 9:56)  2. Blue
( 6:19)  3. For Once in My Life
( 9:03)  4. Rhythem-A-Ning
( 7:56)  5. My Body, My Soul
(13:33)  6. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
( 6:35)  7. The Good Life

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto is a drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, and educator from Nagoya, Japan. He began playing drums in Japan as a teenager, excelling in rock, and funk. In college, he began to play Jazz and had many live performances with various big bands, small bands, and funk bands while continuing to play rock. His band released a CD on an independent label in March 2004, and toured in Japan around Tokyo and Osaka. He graduated from Nagoya University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Science in 2006.

In 2006 Tsuyoshi received a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music where he majored in jazz composition and performance, winning the Louie Bellson Award, as well as a Berklee achievement-based scholarship. He graduated Magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in 2011.In 2011 Tsuyoshi moved to New York City to attend Rutgers University, where as a part of the Rutgers Jazz Ensemble, he had the honor of performing at the famous Blue Note in May 2013.

Since graduating with a Master of Music Degree in Jazz Studies from Rutgers, Tsuyoshi has been performing and teaching extensively in New York in the genres of jazz, fusion, salsa, and rock. Besides drum set, he also plays timbales, cajon, and djembe. http://www.tsuyoshiyamamoto.com/biography

Personnel: Piano – Tsuyoshi Yamamoto;  Bass – Tsutomu Okada; Drums – Winard Harper

Night at Body and Soul

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Life

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1976
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:29
Size: 93,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:49)  1. Green Dolphin Street
(5:14)  2. When I Fall In Love
(4:05)  3. Someday My Prince Will Come
(5:43)  4. If You Could See Me Now
(6:37)  5. Billysam Blues
(5:14)  6. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life
(7:44)  7. Come Rain Or Come Shine

Yamamoto Tsuyoshi, born 23 March 1948  is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer. Yamamoto was largely self-taught as a pianist, although he did have piano lessons as a child. He attended Nihon University. As a student there, he played professionally, first as an accompanist to pop singer Micky Curtis; they toured Europe in 1967. In 1974, he became house pianist at Misty, a Tokyo jazz club. He also made his recording debut as leader that year. He played major international festivals in the late 1970s. He also "lived in New York for a year, when he performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Carmen McRae, Sam Jones, Billy Higgins, Elvin Jones, and Sonny Stitt, among others." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Yamamoto

Personnel:  Piano – Tsuyoshi Yamamoto;  Bass – Sam Jones; Drums – Billy Higgins

Life

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Lew Tabackin & His Tokyo Friends - In A Sentimental Mood

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1997
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:41
Size: 150,3 MB
Art: Front

( 6:21)  1. But Not For Me
( 6:02)  2. Laura
( 6:01)  3. When Your Lover Has Gone
( 6:19)  4. All This and Heaven Too
( 4:45)  5. Will You Still Be Mine?
( 6:42)  6. Speak Low
( 6:53)  7. Sophisticated Lady
( 6:36)  8. Stablemates
(10:01)  9. In A Sentimental Mood
( 4:57) 10. Frolic Sam

Lew Tabackin is one of the few jazz musicians who has been able to develop completely different musical personalities on two instruments. As a tenor saxophonist, he is a hard-driving, tough-toned player reminiscent of Sonny Rollins, Don Byas, and sometimes, tone-wise, Ben Webster. But as a flutist, he sounds like a highly expressive master of Asian classical music. Whether heard as the main soloist with his wife Toshiko Akiyoshi's jazz orchestra or jamming with a small group, Tabackin has been a masterful player for the past several decades.

Tabackin studied at the Philadelphia Conservatory from 1958-1962 as a flute major. After serving in the Army and moving to New York in 1965, he worked with Maynard Ferguson, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, and the Tonight Show Band, among others. From 1968-1969, he was a main soloist with the Danish Radio Orchestra. After marrying Toshiko Akiyoshi, he toured Japan with her (1970-1971). When they moved to Los Angeles in 1972, they formed her orchestra, which, thanks to Akiyoshi's arrangements and Tabackin's solo talents, became one of the top jazz big bands. In 1982, they relocated to New York, where the orchestra has continued on a part-time basis. Lew Tabackin has since played in many different small groups, remaining a brilliant improviser. He has recorded as a leader on an occasional basis through the years, most notably for Inner City (1974-1977), Ascent (1979), and Concord (starting in 1989). ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lew-tabackin-mn0000215652/biography

Personnel: Lew Tabackin - tenor sax;  Tsuyoshi Yamamoto – piano;  Yoshio "Chin" Suzuki – bass;  Jimmie Smith - drums

In A Sentimental Mood

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio - Blues To East

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1978
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 33:07
Size: 76,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:40)  1. Our Delight
(9:27)  2. Love Theme From Spartacus
(2:27)  3. All In Love Is Fair
(5:45)  4. Love For Sale
(5:12)  5. My Old Flame
(5:33)  6. Blues To East

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto is a drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, and educator from Nagoya, Japan. He began playing drums in Japan as a teenager, excelling in rock, and funk. In college, he began to play Jazz and had many live performances with various big bands, small bands, and funk bands while continuing to play rock. His band released a CD on an independent label in March 2004, and toured in Japan around Tokyo and Osaka. He graduated from Nagoya University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biological Science in 2006. In 2006 Tsuyoshi received a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music where he majored in jazz composition and performance, winning the Louie Bellson Award, as well as a Berklee achievement-based scholarship. He graduated Magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in 2011. In 2011 Tsuyoshi moved to New York City to attend Rutgers University, where as a part of the Rutgers Jazz Ensemble, he had the honor of performing at the famous Blue Note in May 2013. Since graduating with a Master of Music Degree in Jazz Studies from Rutgers, Tsuyoshi has been performing and teaching extensively in New York in the genres of jazz, fusion, salsa, and rock. Besides drum set, he also plays timbales, cajon, and djembe.http://www.tsuyoshiyamamoto.com/biography/

Personnel:  Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (piano);  Tsutomu Okada (bass);  Hiroshi Murakami (drums)

Blues To East

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Speak Low

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 69:26
Size: 159,0 MB
Art: Front

(5:30)  1. Cool Struttin
(6:20)  2. Black Is the Color
(8:23)  3. Speak Low
(7:33)  4. Misty
(2:50)  5. Doxy
(4:14)  6. Jealous Guy
(7:07)  7. Yesterdays
(6:20)  8. I've Never Been in Love Before
(6:32)  9. Come in from the Rain
(7:29) 10. Girl Blues
(7:07) 11. Close to You

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto was born on 23rd March 1946. He started to play the piano when he was in primary school. In junior high school, he played the trumpet. His interest in jazz began when he first heard Art Blakey’s tunes in the French movie, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”. It inspired him to return to the piano, to perfect his technique. During his university years, he played for Mickey Curtis and the Samurais and began his professional career, including tours with the group in Europe. 

Following this, he joined other bands and played in clubs. In l973, he formed his own band. As he polished his piano skills, he came to idolize pianists such as Bobby Timmons, Wynton Kelly and Red Garland. Yamamoto’s melodic technique and phrasing reflect Kelly’s influence. His use of block chords in ballads is similar to Garland’s. He had also heard Monk’s solo. When this record was made, his chief interest was pianists such as Randy Weston. Isoo Fukui was born on 10 April 1947 and came to Tokyo in 1968. He has played in a number of groups and in 1972 joined the MASARU IMADA TRIO. Tetsujiro Obara was born on 23 March 1941. At the university he played in the brass band. In l965,he became a professional. He has played in a number of bands, in many clubs and formed his own band. His favourite drummer is Elvin Jones. ~ Bio http://www.last.fm/music/Tsuyoshi+Yamamoto+Trio/+wiki

Speak Low

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Girl Talk

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1975
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 38:33
Size: 88,6 MB
Art: Front

(5:30)  1. The Way We Were
(6:14)  2. Girl Talk
(6:40)  3. Gone with the Wind
(5:23)  4. Take the 'A' Train
(4:54)  5. I Love You Porgy
(5:03)  6. What Now My Love
(4:46)  7. Autumn in New York

Girl Talk was Tsuyoshi Yamamoto's sixth leader album released by the Three Blind Mice label in a short span of two years. With a huge hit of Midnight Sugar, the young pianist who was 28 at the time of recording had become one of the most popular jazz pianists in Japan.With bluesy and soulful style influenced by Red Garland and Wynton Kelly, Yamamoto and his trio tackled well-known jazz standards and a popular movie tune ("The Way We Were"). One of the highlights is "Take the 'A' Train" which begins with a free style introduction and moves into a high-speed, high-spirited swing. Following the tradition of TBM, the original album was beautifully recorded and received Swing Journal's Best Engineered Jazz Disc Award in 1976. This special Blu-spec CD reissue perfectly transferred the glorious analog sound to digital. A must-have for jazz lovers and audiophiles!  

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Recorded at Aoi Studio, Tokyo, in December 1975 by Yoshihiko Kannari.

Personnel: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, piano; Isoo Fukui, bass; Tetsujiro Obara, drums

Girl Talk

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Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio - What A Wonderful World

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2013
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:56
Size: 128,1 MB
Art: Front + Back

(4:29)  1. Tea For Two
(2:59)  2. Cleopatra's Dream
(5:33)  3. Blues Of You
(5:51)  4. What A Wonderful World
(8:48)  5. Poinciana
(3:48)  6. Nanatsu No Ko
(6:29)  7. Caravan
(4:03)  8. Home On The Range
(3:00)  9. Like It Is
(5:15) 10. Speak Low
(4:07) 11. Tsuki No Sabaku
(1:28) 12. Little Blues

Since his stunning debut in 1974 with the now world-famous audiophile recordings for the Three Blind Mice label, Japanese pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto has built a career that now spans four decades. His brand-new trio album What A Wonderful World follows his previous release Gentle Blues , his first recording for Venus Records in 14 years. In fact, the 12 tracks in this CD were recorded on the day after 10 tracks on Gentle Blues were recorded. It is remarkable that Yamamoto and his trio recorded enough materials for two CDs in two consecutive days, but then again, he is a veteran pianist who doesn't like to repeat himself and prefers to record everything in a single take. This CD even contains several tunes that were included in the previous one, but they are justified as they are significantly different in terms of musical approach and presentation. The last three tracks are bonus tracks in which Yamamoto plays Fender Rhodes. As per the high standard set by Venus, the sound quality of this CD is also excellent with its signature heavy, gutsy sound. Recommended!  

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Personnel : Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (electric piano,piano); Hiroshi Kagawa (bass); Toshio Osumi (drums)

What A Wonderful World

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