Terumasa Hino - 1981 - Double Rainbow

Terumasa Hino

1981

Double Rainbow

01. Merry-Go-Round 14:58

02. Cherry Hill Angel 8:03

03. Yellow Jacket 4:40

04. Miwa Yama 6:18

05. Aboriginal 12:22

Bass – Anthony Jackson, Hassan Jenkins,Herb Bushler

Congas – Don Alias

Cornet – Terumasa Hino

Drums – Harvey Mason, Lenny White, Billy Hart

Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Herbie Hancock, Kenny Kirkland, Mark Gray

Guitar – Butch Campbell, Lou Volpe,James Mason,Barry Finnerty, David Spinozza

Keyboards,Piano – Masabumi Kikuchi

Percussion – Airto Moreira, Don Alias, Manolo Badrena,Terumasa Hino

Soprano Saxophone – Steve Grossman

Lyricon – Sam Morrison

Harp – Emily Mitchell

Didgeridoo, Conch [Shell Horn] – Steve Turre

Double Bass – Eddie Gomez, George Mraz, Reggie Workman

Synthesizer – Kenny Kirkland

1st thing. Don't let your son design your record sleeve. Especially if he can't focus a camera. The music is excellent if you're in the mood, but that cover comes back to haunt. I covered mine with creosote. Now I can enjoy the music. This is not Jazz Fusion, don't be scared. It's almost slowcore .... find the right time.

An early 1980s recording with an assortment of former Miles Davis sidemen playing music in the style of early-1970s Miles, but with Terumasa Hino in the role of Miles, and without most of the tension that Miles was able to generate. It's not really bad, but remarkably uninvolving, and the music feels a bit like an anachronism (although I guess one has to be thankful that they didn't do a 1980s-style record à la Decoy or Tutu). Still, while this can serve as a nice reminder of things past, everyone involved here, including Hino, is capable of doing better.

Altogether interesting set. arranged by gil evans, players include miles-alumini airto, steve grossmann, don ailias and herbie hancock. sounds a lot like a straighter, more dancefloor-oriented take on miles mid-seventies works. not quite the masterpiece it might have been with this kind of cast, but a rewarding listen nevertheless.

Beautiful work from trumpeter Terumasa Hino -- an early 80s date that was issued in the US, but one that's got as much bold power and freewheeling soul as his Japanese releases from a decade before! The album's surprisingly open for the time -- not in the slicker mode that Columbia was hitting as they crossed over some of their 70s fusion players, but in spacious territory that has Hino blowing cornet, in larger arrangements from keyboardist Masabumi Kikuchi and Gil Evans -- the latter of whom seems to contribute a strong sense of color and tone to the album!