Terumasa Hino Quintet - Hino At Berlin Jazz Festival'71 (1971)

Long considered a jazz legend and Japan’s foremost trumpeter, Terumasa Hino has played with almost all the jazz heavyweights throughout the past half century, from Gil Evans and Elvin Jones to Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. His musical references have been Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis.

All the albums that Terumasa Hino has released in the 70's (starting with the legendary Hi Nology, 69) are highly recommended for lovers of spiritual jazz and koozmigroov.

“Hino at Berlin Jazz Festival ’71” is pure power. It was released by Victor Japan on 1971 and by Catalyst Records on 77. It includes four long tracks. The absence of keyboards gives prominence to the guitar player (Kiyoshi Sugimoto). Terumasa Hino is great, as always. The rest of the quintet is: Motohinko Hino (Terumasa brother) on drums, Yoshio Ikeda on bass and Takao Uematsu on tenor saxophone. Highly recommended! All killer No filler.

Style:
Post-Bop

Tracks:
01 - Birth of Action (18:29)
02 - Cycle Circle (12:51)
03 - Ode to Workman (17:32)
04 - Alone, Alone and Alone (7:33)

Line-up:
Terumasa Hino - trumpet
Takao Uematsu - tenor sax
Kiyoshi Sugimoto - guitar
Yoshio Ikeda - bass
Motohiko Hino - drums

Terumasa Hino - Alone Together (1970)

Harmoniously noisy and musically upbuilding, this legendary session was recorded in New York at a time when jazz was travelling through new orientations, once again. It is certain that Alone Together reminds us of Miles Davis electric explorations, that had already begun in 1967 and would have reached its peak in the hermetic Bitches Brew session in 1969. However, it is incorrect to point out that influence as a creative dependency. Terumasa Hino - and his brand new quartet, which has important names such as Richard Davis, Harold Mabern and Steve Grossman (the later would replace, in the following years, Wayne Shorter in Milles Davis band) - plays so fiercly confident, yet in some ways, melancholically fiery that, at least, the first track must be acknowledged, to us all, as a musical mark and conquering.
by Miguel Patrício in Improvised Solo

Styles:
Avant-Garde
Post-Bop
Progressive Jazz

Tracks:
01. Introduction - Alone Together (17:59)
02. Satsuki (11:21)
03. Make Left (9:11)

Line-up:
Terumasa Hino - trumpet. flugelhorn
Steve Grossman - tenor sax, alto sax
Harold Mabern - piano, electric piano
Richard Davis - bass, electric bass
Motohiko Hino - drums

Katsumi Watanabe - Monday Blues (1974)

To call Monday Blues - Katsumi Watanabe's 1974 album - , one of the greatest renditions ever recorded in the history of guitar jazz, is certainly not a critic extravagancy. This fabulous recording, overlooked by some, yet unknown to the majority, has everything a casual listener wants: a profound sense of coolness and pace, underlined by the outstanding musical dialogues between Watanabe's exciting solos and Hidefumi Toki's sax playing.
by Miguel Patrício in Improvied Solo

Styles:
Hard-Bop

Tracks:
01 - Monday Blues (07:58)
02 - A Child Is Born (02:10)
03 - Good Vibes (08:35)
04 - On The Horizon (10:29)
05 - Round Midnight (06:03)
06 - Here's That Rainy Day (01:54)

Line-up:
Katsumi Watanabe : Guitar
Hidefumi Toki : Alto Sax, Soprano Sax
Humio Itabashi : Piano
Motohiko Hino : Drums
Tsutomu Okada : Bass

Terumasa Hino Quartet - Alone, Alone and Alone (1967)

Long considered a jazz legend and Japan’s foremost trumpeter, Terumasa Hino has played with almost all the jazz heavyweights throughout the past half century, from Gil Evans and Elvin Jones to Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea. Born in Tokyo in 1942, Hino made hgis professional debut at the tender age of thirteen, drawing his main inspiration from Freddie Hubbard and Miles Davis. This is the first album by Terumasa Hino as a leader. The title tune, "Alone, Alone and Alone" is very brilliant. He performs and has recorded this on countless occasions up to now.

Styles:
Post-Bop
Hard-Bop

Tracks:
01 - Alone, Alone And Alone (7:31)
02 - Soulful (10:31)
03 - Summertime (7:33)
04 - Downswing (3:16)
05 - Blunch (B-Lunch) (8:04)

Line-up:
Terumasa Hino - trumpet
Yuji Ohno - piano
Kunimitsu Inaba - bass
Motohiko Hino - drums