Recording Info
Personnel: Akira Miyazawa (ts, fl); Mal Waldron (p); Isao Suzuki (b); Hironobu Fujisawa (d). Recorded in Tokyo on April 23, 1982. Originally released on the Japanese Baybridge label.
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