Hideto Kanai
Ode To Birds
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"Hideto Kanai's first album is fairly hit-or-miss free jazz, but here he's in full-blown Black Saint and the Sinner Lady mode. There are twenty three musicians on this album (twenty three!), and while the undercurrent of free jazz is still running through, it's much closer to experimental big band or avant-garde jazz. And it's extremely compelling. Two side-long pieces, both of which go in and out of being quite elaborate and being complete chaos. There's some unusual and dissonant guitar and synthesizer playing on this thing (and weirdo synthesizer at that. none of your cheesy 70s synth tones here), and it's well-produced without ever being slick. And you're lucky when any of that's true of a jazz album from 1975. So it's a shame then that few have heard it. And I'm surprised it hasn't been reissued yet. His first album finally got a CD release in the 2000s. Twice. And this is waaaaaaaaay more interesting." - Thrasher
Format
Comes in a regular plastic case with black tray and obi.
Includes a 6-page booklet.
Recorded May 2 & 16, 1975 at AOI Studio, Tokyo.
Release notes
Comes in a regular plastic case with black tray and obi. Includes a 6-page booklet. Recorded May 2 & 16, 1975 at AOI Studio, Tokyo.
| Ode To Birds | |||
| 1A | Ode To Birds | ||
| 1B | A Certain Devil Bird | ||
| 1C | The Phoenix | ||
| 2 | One For Charlie | 18:31 | |
- Akikazu Takamatsu
- Alto Saxophone
- Hiroyuki Imafu
- Alto Saxophone
- Ben Nishizawa
- Art Direction
- Hiroshi Yamada
- Baritone Saxophone
- Kenji Mori
- Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Flute
- Shin-Ichi Katoh-Oka
- Bass Trombone, Synthesizer (1)
- Shoji Nakayama
- Drums
- Masayoshi Ohkawa
- Engineer [Assistant]
- Makaoto Nakamura
- Engineer [Cutting]
- Hideto Kanai & King's Roar
- Ensemble
- A. Fukutomi
- Executive-Producer
- K. Saga
- Executive-Producer
- Yoshihiro Kurosawa
- Guitar
- Hideto Kanai
- Leader, Bass, Arranged By
- Osamu Uchida
- Liner Notes
- Noboyasu Urushiyama
- Percussion (1)
- Yasukazu Amemiya
- Percussion (1)
- Mitsuo Kadota
- Piano
- Takeshi Fujii
- Producer
- Yoshihiko Kannari
- Recorded By, Mixed By
- Kenji Kuga
- Tenor Saxophone (2)
- Takeo Motohashi
- Tenor Saxophone
- Hideo Miyata
- Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute (1)
- Kazuo Sahaguchi
- Trombone
- Masanori Shozaki
- Trombone
- Tomohiro Ichinose
- Trombone
- Kogi Matsumora
- Trumpet
- Masakatsu Arai
- Trumpet
- Masamichi Asami
- Trumpet
- Mototsugu Akimaru
- Trumpet
- Noboru Ohashi
- Trumpet
- Teruyuki Fukushima
- Trumpet (2)
- Yosuke Tanaka
- Trumpet
