Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio - Blues for K (One Step) / 2LP AudioNautes

Since his impressive debut in 1974 on the legendary label Three Blind Mice, Japanese pianist Tsuyoshi Yamamoto has built a career spanning four decades. On “Blues For K”, the spirit of the legendary TBM era can

be felt in every note played by his trio: The reunion session, dedicated to legendary TBM sound engineer Yoshihiko Kannari, was recorded on June 20, 2022, at his private studio (Studio Lion) in Nasu, Tochigi. No one

else succeeds as well as Kannari in capturing the magic of this outstanding trio, which also includes Hiroshi Kagawa (bass) and Hisao Osumi (drums), who deliver a rousing performance and demonstrate their incomparable

musical synergy.

The trio knows how to interpret a wide variety of jazz styles with exquisite skills, exuding a timeless elegance that combines melodic sophistication with rhythmic finesse. Every note is full of emotion, transporting the listener to a

fascinating world of sound. Of course, it is Yamamoto who pulls the strings and shows that his sense of space and timing has become even more astonishing over the years! For him, it's never about the material he chooses, but how

he brings out the substance of the piece with his trio and how that trio is recorded, which has always been an essential aspect of Tsuyoshi's recordings in the 1970s.

AudioNautes honors the collaboration between the Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio and Yoshihiko Kannari, who revolutionized the jazz sound, with a sonically outstanding, limited edition of 1,000 numbered double LPs that brings together the

two original vinyl versions, “Blues For K, Vol. 1” and “Blues For K, Vol. 2”, for the first time in an elaborate box set, including a detailed booklet with photos of the protagonists and interesting liner notes about the musicians and the recording

sessions by AudioNautes boss Fabio Camorani. The vinyl was pressed with a One-step plating at Optimal Media on 180-gram vinyl and is cut at 33 RPM. Scott Hull (Masterdisk) is responsible for the brilliant remastering of the original tapes.

Title

Side A

1. You Go to My Head

2. The Breeze and I

3. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Side 2

4. Misty

5. Blues for K

6. Blues In The Closet

7. Lovetheme from Sunflower

Side 3

8. Gentle Blues

9. Midnight Sugar (Take 2)

10. Darn That Dream

Side 4

11. Midnight Sugar

12. But Not For Me

13. I'm Glad There Is You