Naosuke was born in 1936 and was already a veteran bassist by the time he released this album as a leader. He had been a member of George Kawaguchi’s Big Four Plus One group in 1960 and was playing with Sadao Watanabe, et al. His decision to return to Kansai, his hometown in the Mid-Western region of Japan after leaving Tokyo meant that his recording had not been made. He assembled a group of musicians around his age, as well as younger musicians with fresher sensibilities to record the first album that he had waited over 15 years for. Their fiery playing style is a reflection of their influence from post-bop movements such as Wayne Shorter and John Coltrane. from www.eastwindimport.com
