Three Blind Mice · in the Kissa Kissa racks

Black Orpheus

Isao Suzuki Trio

Recorded	Feb 20, 1976
Label	Three Blind Mice
Released	1976
Personnel	3 credited players
Discogs	master 515093

The record

Donald Bailey's drums and Tsuyoshi Yamamoto's piano frame Suzuki's arco bass and cello on a Bossa-rooted title track, cut for Three Blind Mice with the label's characteristically close, warm sound. A trio comfortable stretching Brazilian material into something looser.

Session personnel

Isao Suzuki — bass, cello
Donald Bailey — drums
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto — piano, electric piano

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 17 pressings on file.

1976	Three Blind Mice · TBM-63 — Vinyl, LP, Album earliest on file
1976	Three Blind Mice · TBM-63 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
1976	Three Blind Mice · UL 38 0063 — Reel-To-Reel, 15 ips, ¼", 2-Track Stereo, 10.5" NAB Reel, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered
1977	Three Blind Mice · TBM-2563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1977	Three Blind Mice · TBM-2563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo
1979	Three Blind Mice · TBM(P)-2563 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
1982	Three Blind Mice · PAP-20010 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
1982	Trio Records · PAP-20010 — Vinyl, LP, Promo, Reissue
1988	Three Blind Mice · TBM CD 2563 — CD, Album, Reissue
1997	Three Blind Mice · TBM XR 0063 — CD, XRCD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digibook
2005	Three Blind Mice (3) · TBM-XR-0063 — CD, XRCD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Unofficial Release
2007	Three Blind Mice · MHCP 10046 — SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Paper Sleeve
2013	Think! Records · THCD-266 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Paper Sleeve, Blu-Spec CD
2019	Craftman Records · CMRS-0064 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo