LE TRES JAZZ CLUB FRANCE
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Distr. : FR -
UK - Piccadilly/Norman/
US - Forced Exposure/
Style : jazz /

LTJC 001 KOSUKE MINE QUINTET MINE LP+DLc 06.2017
LTJC 001 KOSUKE MINE QUINTET MINE LP+DLc 12.2021

1. Morningtide 13:10
2. Isotope 12:13
3. Dream Eyes 13:53
4. Work I 9:06

Japanese jazz is sadly one of the worlds best-kept secrets. But, it would be a huge
loss to miss “Mine”, the sublime first album of Kosuke Mine Quintet, released in 1970
on the legendary Three blind mice label. Over the course of four extended jams, Kosuke
Mine's sax (alto and soprano) and Hideo Ichikawa's fender Rhodes, sway, shuffle and
dance like a pair of courting grebes. The result is a monument of dense and spiritual
jazz - at once expressive, expansive and totally switched on.
https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/product.php?pid=115771
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LTJC 002 MASARU IMADA TRIO+2 GREEN CATERPILLAR LP+DLc 07.2017
LTJC 002 MASARU IMADA TRIO+2 GREEN CATERPILLAR LP+DLc 12.2021

1. A Green Caterpillar 11:24
2. Straight Flash 10:27
3. Blue Impulse 10:28
4. Spanich Flower 11:15

Le Tres Jazz Club bring us more Japanese jazz in the shape of “Green Caterpillar” by
Masaru Imada trio + 2. Led by Masaru Imada and his Fender Rhodes, the record opens
with “A Green Caterpillar”, a 11 minutes piece whose groove is somewhat reminiscent
of Marc Moulin and his Placebo band. “A Straight Flash” continues along this line,
while on “Blue Impulse” and “Spanish Flower” Masaru Imada uses the piano in a much
more modal style. A true classic of mid seventies Japanese jazz.
https://www.piccadillyrecords.com/counter/product.php?pid=115772
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LTJC 003 JACKY GIORDANO ORGAN LP 11.2019

1. Interrogation Point
2. Cat And Mouse
3. Easy Drive
4. Coffee Or Tea
5. Project Problematic
6. Latest News
7. Lonely Walk
8. Hey Taxi !
9. Owls Night
10. Midnight Feeling
11. Cloudy Night
12. Beating Arond
13. Pheasant Moment
14. Heavy Footballs

Jacky Giordino was a session musician making library music. He also made music under
the names Jacky Nodaro and Jacky Sherylee. He loved the organ so he thought he’d make
a jazz / funk / soul album in tribute adding a bit of bass synth to the mix. Organ
was released in 1977 and it could well have soundtracked a gritty cop B-movie of the
time.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=178948
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LTJC 004 JACKY GIORDANO ORGAN PLUS LP 11.2019

1. Riffologic
2. Agitation
3. Skate Board
4. Hitch Hiker
5. Twilight
6. Be Carefull
7. Self Confidence
8. Restless Mind
9. Keep Cool
10. Hesitation
11. Quiteness
12. Curiosity
13. May Day
14. Hold It

Enigmatic library music making session muso and apparent recidivist Jacky Giordino
AKA Jacky Nodaro AKA Jacky Sherylee released his jazz / funk organ tribute album,
Organ, in 1977. Organ Plus followed in 1978, this time he took a more laid back
approach giving the album a smooth jazz / easy listening sheen.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=178949
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LTJC 005 ELYSIAN SPRING GLASS FLOWER LP 09.2018

French jazz from the late sixties is an underappreciated niche. Mais pas ici at Norman
Records. Imagine the heartfelt joy we felt when our kind amis at Le Tres Jazz Club
announced their repressing of Elysium Spring’s cult classic, Glass Windows. Finally,
these soft and gentle jazz tones will be available to a wider audience.
https://www.normanrecords.com/records/172444-elysian-spring-glass-flower
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LTJC 006 GEORGE OTSUKA QUINTET PHYSICAL STRUCTURE LP 09.2019

1. Physical Structure
2. Mustard Pot
3. Naima
4. Little Island

Le Tres Jazz Club has been searching deep into the Japanese jazz archives once again
to find jazz fusion classic Physical Structure by George Otsuka Quintet. Otsuka,
a phenomenal jazz drummer, led the band that also featured keyboardist, Fumio Karashima
and tenor saxophonist, Shozo Sasaki. Reissued for the first time since its original
release in 1976, and for the first time outside of Otsuka’s native Japan.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=177124
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LTJC 007 NAUSUKE MIYAMOTO SEXTET : STEP! LP 09.2019

1. Step Right Up To The Bottom
2. A New Shade Of Blue
3. Where Do They Go
4. One For Trane
5. Blues

Japanese jazz reissues are very much in vogue at the moment - something due in no
small part to the great work being done by labels like Le Tres Jazz Club and Studio
Mule. This new edition of the Naosuke Miyamoto Sextet’s 1973 LP STEP! comes courtesy
of the former and is another fine example of Japan’s mid-century jazz scene. Hard,
modal post-bop - it’s also the only album the group ever made, which adds to the
curiosity factor.
https://www.normanrecords.com/press/index.php?item_id=177286
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LTJC 008 MAKOTO TERASHITA GREAT HARVEST LP 11.2019

1. Tell Me An Old Story Grand Papa
2. Samoa
3. Take The Coltrane
4. Ruby My Dear
5. Dai Hosaku (Great Harvest)
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LTJC 009 HIROMASA SUZUKI PRIMROSE LP 11.2019

1. Hornet
2. Dis-Charge
3. Primrose
4. Early Summer
5. Pincer Attack
6. Cristal
7. Knick-Knacks
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LTJC 012 MARION BROWN Le Temps Fou LP 03.2022
(Musique du film de Marcel Camus)
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