The Yamamoto Trio's Midnight Sugar was recorded March 1, 1974 at Aoi Studio, Tokyo. It earned the Best Engineering Award and Jazz Disk Award of Swing Journal in 1974. It is Yamamoto’s unmistakable skill and his jazz feeling which adds that certain touch of liveliness and spontaneity and makes Midnight Sugar a unique experience. Expertly cut by Kevin Gray at 45rpm for stunning sound quality.

Featured in Vinyl Gourmet Audiophile TOP 100
 

• Limited Edition
• 2LP 45rpm 180 Gram Vinyl
• Pressed at RTI, USA
• Mastered by Tohru Kotetsu
• Cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio

Few, if any, international audiophile jazz recordings have maintained the kind of deep and profound influence over techniques and even entire label repretoire as Three Blind Mice's Blow Up, Midnight Sugar and Misty.

The of-the-moment realism of Yoshihiko Kannari's recordings and production aesthetic of producer and label head Takeshi "Tee" Fujii have been the benchmark to match. It is to their immense credit that Blow Up, Midnight Sugar, and Misty have yet to be matched, even 40 years later.

Impex, who as Cisco Music has had a long association with Tee and Three Blind Mice, has now made available these seminal recordings on 180-gram audiophile vinyl. Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio.

The Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio's Midnight Sugar was recorded on March 1, 1974 at Aoi Studio, Tokyo. On Midnight Sugar the Trio plays two of Tsuyoshi’s own blues improvisations followed by jazz ballads that became standards for the group. It earned the 'Best Engineering Award' and 'Jazz Disc Award' from Swing Journal in 1974. It is Yamamoto’s unmistakable skill and his jazz feeling which adds that certain touch of liveliness and spontaneity and makes Midnight Sugar a unique experience of the highest order.

Musicians:

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, piano
Isoo Fukui, bass
Tetsujiro Obara, drums

Track Listing:

LP1 Side A
1. Midnight Sugar

LP1 Side B
1. I'm A Fool To Want You

LP2 Side C
1. The Nearness of You

LP2 Side D
1. It Could Happen To You
2. Sweet Georgia Blues