杉本喜代志 : Kiyoshi Sugimoto (g)
鈴木宏昌 : Hiromasa Suzuki (pf)
日野元彦 : Motohiko Hino (ds)
池田芳夫 : Yoshio Ikeda (b)
1970 Takt-Columbia, Japan
杉本喜代志の69年録音の初リーダー作です。滑らかな音色に軽快なピッキング、スウィングするグルーヴか心地良くもありますが、B-1のような硬派で激しいプレイも際立っているかと思います。鈴木宏昌のスリリングなピアノも良いですね。

録音： 1971年4月30日、5月6日 ミノルフォン第1スタジオにて (Dan / ミノルフォン)
Recorded 30 April-06 May 1971 at Minoru phone first studio (Dan / Minoru phone)
Drums – Akira Ishikawa
Electric Bass – Kunimitsu Inaba
Electric Guitar – Kimio Mizutani
Electric Piano – Hiromasa Suzuki
Marimba – Kenji Shiraishi
Percussion – Masami Kawahara, Naomi Kawahara
Strings – Alkylene Quartet
Tenor Saxophone, Alto Flute – Ken Muraoka*
Trombone – Tadataka Nakazawa
Trumpet – Takehisa Suzuki

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