Akira Miyazawa, Masahiko Satoh, Masahiko Togashi, Yasuo Arakawa
Four Units (LP)
FormatLPLabelLe Tres Jazz ClubGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Four Units is a kind of Japanese jazz "all star". Recorded in Tokyo on April 1969, it was released the same year on Union records. On the first two long songs that open this album, “Four Units” and “Dull Slumber”, we can feel the influence of the “avant-garde” scene of US jazz (and in particular ESP Disk), without however the music sounding too "free". A whole new vibe on the astonishing cover of "Scarborough Fair", in a modal style, where the shadow of McCoy Tyner seems to hang over the piano. The next two tracks, "Rainbow Trout" and "Black Bass", are still pretty much along the same line, sometimes oscillating towards "hard bop", the album ending in a blaze of glory with a solo by Masahiko Togashi.
While this album had a second pressing in Japan in the 70s, this is the first time it has been reissued with its gatefold cover.
Tenor Sax, Flute – Akira Miyazawa
Piano – Masahiko Sato
Drums – Masahiko Togashi
Bass – Yasuo Arakawa
This edition
Reissued for the first time with its original gatefold sleeve and cover
Release notes
Recorded at Teichiku Kaikan No. 1 Studio, Tokyo, April 2 and 25, 1969. Originally released in 1969 on Union Records/Teichiku (UPS-2008-J). 1000 copies
| A1 | フォー・ユニッツ [Four Units] | 10:50 | |
| A2 | 惰眠 [Dull Slumber] | 9:24 | |
| B1 | スカボロー・フェアー [Scarborough Fair] | 7:47 | |
| B2 | 虹鱒 [Rainbow Trout] | 3:21 | |
| B3 | ブラック・バス [Black Bass] | 8:02 |
- Yasuo Arakawa
- Bass
- Masahiko Togashi
- Drums
- Masahiko Satoh
- Piano, Arranged By
- Akira Miyazawa
- Tenor Saxophone, Flute
