AFTER THE RAIN

Independent shop in BallardDirections

Available from Light in the Attic Records when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

At a time when the Japanese jazz scene was rapidly maturing and one accomplished musician after another was emerging, another saxophonist worthy of new attention joined the scene: Masafumi Yamaguchi. This work, his memorable first album as a leader, now makes its long-awaited first appearance as part of the seventh installment of "Spin This Now!" Masafumi Yamaguchi (ts, ss) Kazumi Watanabe (g) Fumio Karashima (p) Nobuyoshi Ino (b) George Otsuka (ds) Pressed on black vinyl Mabumi Yamaguchi's memo