Takeo Moriyama Smile Clear Vinyl LP Record

Catalog Number: COJY-9554
Release Date: 2025.11.1

From Nippon Columbia's extensive catalog, selected masterpieces are reissued from Nippon Columbia's global brand, NIPPONOPHONE.

Bold and grand. Delicate and sharp. Deep emotions that spread richly. A masterpiece overflowing with Japanese sentiment, featuring the first recording of Fumio Itabashi's famous song "Watarase."
T takeo Moriyama, a jazz drummer who has captivated the free jazz world with the Yosuke Yamashita Trio since the late 1960s and has collaborated with KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET in recent years, is loved by many fans, both old and new. This album, recorded in 1980 with his close friend Fumio Itabashi in a quartet, is famous for including the masterpiece "Watarase," which is overflowing with Japanese sentiment, for the first time. In addition, all songs are worth listening to, such as the dynamic "Exchange" and the beautiful but melancholic "Goodbye," and you can enjoy a large-scale performance where stillness and movement are organically intertwined, making it one of the best albums in Japanese jazz history.

Tracklist:
Side A
1. Exchange
2. Watarase

Side B
1. Step
2. Smile
3. Goodbye

Takeo Moriyama Quartet: Takeo Moriyama (ds), Yoshio Kuniyasu (ts, ss), Fumio Itabashi (p), Hideaki Mochizuki (b) Guest: Koichi Matsukaze (as, ts, fl) Recorded: November 10-12, 1980
Commentary: Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUNDS/DEEP JAZZ REALITY) Original Release: YF-7013 (1981/3/25)