Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd - Gallery (1979/2021)

The New Herd group of Toshiyuki Miyama was one of the most creative larger ensembles in Japan during the 70s – a group that was neither slavish to the sort of older modes you might guess from the "herd" reference to Woody Herman's band, nor tied up in some of the more commercial directions that some of the other big bands were taking at the time! Instead, they had an ear for the new developments in color, tone, and phrasing that opened up in groups like this in the post-Kenton generation – but managed to swing a bit more too – never too bogged down in their own sense of perfection to loosen up at all the right times. You'll hear the group at their best here on this late 70s album – on titles that include "Grand Guignol", "Fancy Ball", "A Falling Star", "Art Gallery", "Flower Arrangement", and "Blue Sail".

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Kazumi Oguro, Shinji Nakayama
Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet – Haruomi Ishimatsu
Bass – Yasuhiko Tachibana
Composed By, Arranged By – Kozaburo Yamaki
Drums – Yoshio Nakamura
Electric Piano, Piano – Kiyoshi Takano
Guest, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Katsumi Odagiri
Guest, Trumpet – Hideo Kamimura
Guitar – Kozaburo Yamaki
Leader, Conductor – Toshiyuki Miyama
Orchestra – Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd
Supervised By[Reissue Supervision] – 塙耕記*
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Junichi Kameoka, Norio Moriguchi
Trombone – Kenichi Tsunoda, Ryohei Imai, Takeo Arai, Teruhiko Kataoka
Trumpet – Koichi Ono, Masanobu Takei, Natsuki Tamura, Shigeru Kamimori

Recorded June 18 to 20, 1979.

Tracklist
01. Flower Arrangement
02. Art Gallery
03. A Falling Star
04. Blue Sail
05. Yaah!
06. Grand Guignol
07. Fancy Ball