Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls: Sakura Sakura, 1965 LP Made in Germany VG+

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(Visually graded) Vinyl looks VG/VG+ and Sleeve looks VG+. See pics.
 
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Hideo Shiraki Quintet + 3 Koto Girls: Sakura Sakura

Label:    SABA – SB 15 064 ST
Series:    Jazz Meets The World
Format:    12", 33rpm, Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Import
Country:    Germany
Released:    1965
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Modal

Tracklist

A1        Sakura, Sakura
8:07
A2        Yosakoi-Bushi
4:04
A3        Yamanaka Bushi
6:43
B1        Matsuri No Genzo
6:11
B2        Alone, Alone And Alone
6:15
B3        Suwa
6:10

Credits

    Bass – Hachiro Kurita
   
    Drums – Hideo Shiraki
    Koto – Keiko Nosaka (tracks: A1, A3, B1, B3), Kinuko Shurane
    Koto [Bass] – Sachiko Miyamoto (tracks: A1, B1, B3)
    Piano – Yuzuru Sera
    Recording Supervisor [Recording Director] – Willi Fruth
    Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Takeru Muraoka
    Trumpet – Terumasa Hino

Notes

-bio - Hideo Shiraki
Real Name:
白木秀雄
Profile:
Hideo Shiraki (白木秀雄; born 1 January 1933 in Tokyo; died 31 August 1972) was a Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, best known for his work in the 1950s and 1960s. Famed earlier on for hard bop, he later explored world jazz.

Shiraki emerged in the new Japanese jazz scene of the 1950s that grew out of the influence of the US occupying forces. He studied percussion at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and, during this period, played with Masashi Nagao’s Blue Coats.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, his quintet was popular in Japan and was associated with the “funky boom” craze for hard bop. Hidehiko “Sleepy” Matsumoto, Terumasa Hino and Yuzuru Sera all passed through his quintet.

Notable albums include 1961’s In Fiesta (Teichiku Japan), which included a version of Benny Golson’s “Five Spot After Dark”. Performers on the album included Hidehiko Matsumoto on tenor and flute and Yuzuru Sera on piano.

1965’s Sakura Sakura united the quintet (including Terumasa Hino on trumpet) with three female koto players as Shiraki moved into a world jazz approach. An invited November 1965 performance at the Berlin Jazz Festival, organised by Joachim-Ernst Berendt, saw the quintet work with a koto quartet and was feted for mixing jazz with traditional Japanese music.

He also played with Toshiko Akiyoshi, including two tracks on her 1961 album Toshiko Meets Her Old Pals. -wiki

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NM-
(NEAR MINT) The vinyl is almost flawless, bright and shiny. A very light minor, barely visible mark or two may be permitted. The disc should play with no audible noise. The label is bright, clean and unmarked. Sleeve looks almost Mint.
VG++/EX
(VERY GOOD ++/ Excellent) Disc plays near perfectly, but may have minor, light scuffs that do not interfere with the sound quality. There can possibly be a light hairline scratch or two but nothing that is obvious or affects play. Vinyl is bright and shiny; label is clean and unmarked. Sleeve is Excellent.
VG+
(VERY GOOD PLUS) Some visible surface wear, very minor scratches and scuffs, but minimal impact on the sound quality. Vinyl will still have good luster; labels may have minor imperfections (small labels or initials, etc.) but otherwise clean. Sleeve may have some shelf wear, or minor writing, no seem splits.
VG
(VERY GOOD) Vinyl will have noticeable scratches and scuffs that cause surface noise There should be no skips. Vinyl may appear somewhat dull and grayish. Labels may have small tears, tape marks, larger writing, etc. but still easily legible.  Sleeve may have moderate wear or writing, tape, price tags etc, seem splits. May have promo corner, hole or notch in sleeve.