'Mangelsdorf-esque' King LP from 1964, but it's **Charlie Mariano** + 5 Japanese musicians -- and it's the closest thing to Mangelsdorf's 1963-64 era writing & sound that I've EVER heard -- discuss!!
I picked this super-recent Japanese SHM-CD reissue from The Bastards about a month ago, and I have to say that it's turned out to be one of THE most quirky, fascinating, and lively albums I've heard since specifically those two fantastic Albert Mangelsdorf Quintet albums from around the same year: "Tension" (aka "One Tension") from 1963, and "Now Jazz Ramwong" from 1964. In fact, there's a sort of odd similarity in the overall sound between this (probably little-known?) Mariano date, and the tw
I picked this super-recent Japanese SHM-CD reissue from The Bastards about a month ago, and I have to say that it's turned out to be one of THE most quirky, fascinating, and lively albums I've heard since specifically those two fantastic Albert Mangelsdorf Quintet albums from around the same year: "Tension" (aka "One Tension") from 1963, and "Now Jazz Ramwong" from 1964. In fact, there's a sort of odd similarity in the overall sound between this (probably little-known?) Mariano date, and the tw