The New Herd

The New Herd is a Japanese jazz big band founded and led by Toshiyuki Miyama. It grew out of his small group Jive Aces, founded in 1950, and took its name and big-band size in 1958, working first as a dance orchestra. From the mid-1960s, with arrangers Kozaburo Yamaki and Hiroshi Takami, it turned to modern jazz, and in the 1970s it recorded big band music that ranged from free jazz to pop jazz. In 1969 the New Herd recorded Perspective for Nippon Columbia with pianist Masahiko Sato as guest.