Results for "Toshiyuki Miyama"

Toshiyuki Miyama

Born: October 31, 1921

New Herd / Take the "A" Train

By Toshiyuki Miyama

Label: Three Blind Mice
Released: 1999

Toshiyuki Miyama and the New Herd: New Herd / Take the "A" Train

by Jack Bowers
August 1, 1999

In case one harbors any doubt about the kind of big–band Jazz championed by Toshiyuki Miyama’s Tokyo–based ensemble, the phrase “New Herd” should be a dead giveaway. The band is forged in the swaggering image of Woody Herman’s legendary Thundering Herds, an imprint that is quickly borne out on these two discs, recorded in 1974 and ...