℗ 1977 Planets
| Released | November 18, 2022 |
| Duration | 56m 01s |
| Record Label | BBE Music |
| Catalogue No. | BBE664ADG |
| Genre | Jazz |
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1.1
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Planets
Masaru Imada Trio + 1 |
5:39 | |||
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1.2
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Blue Road
Masaru Imada Trio + 1 |
7:36 | |||
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1.3
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A Marionette
Masaru Imada Trio + 1 |
5:34 | |||
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1.4
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Sea's Pasture (Extended Version)
Masaru Imada Trio + 1 |
16:53 | |||
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1.5
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Epilogue
Masaru Imada Trio + 1 |
4:13 | |||
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1.6
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Sea's Pasture
Masaru Imada Trio + 1 |
16:06 |
Originally released in 1977 as a private press album, Planets showcases the refined playing and sophisticated compositions of one of Japan’s leading pianists, Masaru Imada. In a fifty-plus year career he has released over 40 albums, including several that have won awards from some of Japan’s leading music publications and has recorded with leading US jazz artists such as David Sanborn, Brecker Brothers, Steve Gadd, and Grover Washington Jr.
Imada’s Bosendorfer piano is joined by the drums of Tetsujiro Obara and the bass of Kunimitsu Inaba, augmented by Yuji Imamura on percussion. The opening title track on Planets (featured on J Jazz vol 3) is a wafer-thin modal waltz, beginning with gentle bells and shells, followed by Obara’s deft brush work and Inaba’s hypnotically pliant bass that gives a discrete yet steady support to the gossamer melody from Imada-san’s piano. The other standout track is the suite, "Sea’s Pasture", an epic piece that undulates and heaves, like the dark endless ocean, rich with mystery and each side of the album ends with a solo piece on the haunting Bosendorfer.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – BBE Music Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.26 -0.54 to -0.20 | -22.54 -24.35 to -20.83 | -19.20 -20.70 to -17.50 | 14 13 to 15 | |
| 1 | Planets | -0.20 | -24.35 | -20.7 | 15 |
| 2 | Blue Road | -0.20 | -21.33 | -18.8 | 13 |
| 3 | A Marionette | -0.54 | -23.76 | -19.7 | 15 |
| 4 | Sea's Pasture (Extended Version) | -0.20 | -21.42 | -18.4 | 14 |
| 5 | Epilogue | -0.20 | -20.83 | -17.5 | 13 |
| 6 | Sea's Pasture | -0.20 | -23.54 | -20.1 | 15 |