Nio & Pigeon

TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA & THE NEW HERD (宮間利之とニュー・ハード)

TRACKLIST

  • かくれんぼ

  • 狐の嫁入り行進曲

  • 艶歌に対する悲しみ

  • 仁王と鳩

  • 白鳥のねむるとき

  • 隅田川の流れ

  • 祈願美

  • 成人式

SYNOPSIS

A landmark 1972 Japanese jazz record and one of Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd’s essential releases. Composed and arranged by Kosaburo Yamaki, Nio & Pigeon pairs dense, powerful big band writing with deep grooves, sharp rhythmic turns, and distinctly Japanese melodic ideas. Moving between big band jazz, jazz rock, and progressive jazz, it feels both highly composed and intensely physical. A key document of 1970s Japanese jazz and a standout title for collectors exploring the deeper end of the scene.

Original Japanese Title:
仁王と鳩

PRESSING INFORMATION

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Columbia – NCB-7018
Vinyl | 12", 33⅓ RPM
Japan / 1972
Original Pressing

GENRE & STYLE

Jazz
Hard Bop

DRUMS & PERCUSSION
Masaru Hiromi (広見 優)

FLUTE
Kazumi Oguro (小黒 和命)
Kiyoshi Saito (斎藤 清)
Shinji Nakayama (中山 進治)
Shoji Maeda (前田 章二)

GONG & TOY GARA-GARA
Yoshinobu Imashiro (今城 嘉信)

GUITAR & MARACAS
Kozaburo Yamaki (山木 幸三郎)

MELODICA
Koji Hatori (羽鳥 浩次)

SOPRANO & TENOR SAXOPHONE
Kiyoshi Saito (斎藤 清)
Shoji Maeda (前田 章二)

TOY BELL
Kozaburo Yamaki (山木 幸三郎)
Seiichi Tokura (戸倉 誠一)

TOY CLAPPER
Shinji Nakayama (中山 進治)

TOY DRUM
Bunji Murata (村田 文治)
Seiichi Tokura (戸倉 誠一)
Teruhiko Kataoka (片岡 輝彦)

TOY GUILO & BASS TROMBONE
Takeshi Aoki (青木 武)

TOY KACHI-KACHI
Kiyoshi Saito (斎藤 清)
Kozaburo Yamaki (山木 幸三郎)
Masamichi Uetaka (上高 政通)

TOY SIREN
Kenichi Sano (佐野 健一)
Shinji Nakayama (中山 進治)
Takeshi Aoki (青木 武)

TROMBONE
Masamichi Uetaka (上高 政通)
Seiichi Tokura (戸倉 誠一)
Takeshi Aoki (青木 武)
Teruhiko Kataoka (片岡 輝彦)

TRUMPET
Bunji Murata (村田 文治)
Kenichi Sano (佐野 健一)
Koji Hatori (羽鳥 浩次)
Kunio Fujisaki (藤崎 邦男)

IDENTIFIERS

PERSONNEL

LEADER
Toshiyuki Miyama (宮間 利之)

ARRANGED & COMPOSED BY
Kozaburo Yamaki (山木 幸三郎)

LINER NOTES
Kiyoshi Koyama (児山 紀芳)
Kozaburo Yamaki (山木 幸三郎)

ALTO CLARINET & TAMBOURINE
Kazumi Oguro (小黒 和命)

ALTO SAXOPHONE
Kazumi Oguro (小黒 和命)
Shinji Nakayama (中山 進治)

BARITONE SAXOPHONE
Miki Matsui (松井 三樹)

BASS
Masao Kunisada (国定 正夫)

CELESTA & PIANO
Yoshinobu Imashiro (今城 嘉信)

CLARINET
Kazumi Oguro (小黒 和命)
Kiyoshi Saito (斎藤 清)
Shinji Nakayama (中山 進治)
Shoji Maeda (前田 章二)
Miki Matsui (松井 三樹)