Columbia · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Finger Popping
| Recorded | Jul 29-30, 1968 |
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| Label | Columbia |
| Released | 1968 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 545111 |
The record
A late-'60s trio date from Japan's Columbia stable, cut over two summer sessions with Ikeda and Yamazaki locked in behind Sugano's crisp, hard-bop-schooled touch. Tight, swinging piano-trio fare in the Peterson-Garner lineage, a solid document of Tokyo's homegrown jazz scene of the era.
Session personnel
- Yoshio Ikeda — bass
- Hiroshi Yamazaki — drums
- Kunihiko Sugano — piano
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1968 | Columbia · XMS-10007-CT — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Sleeve earliest on file · gatefold |
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| 1968 | Columbia · X MS 10007 — Vinyl, LP, Album, White Label, Stamped |
| 1974 | Columbia — STEREO |
| 1978 | Columbia · YS-7514-CT — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1996 | Columbia · COCY-80427 — CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 2014 | Columbia · COCB-54092 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Paper Sleeve, Blu-Spec CD |
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