On September 27, 1974, Toshiyuki Miyama's New Herd, a big band he had led under that name since 1958, walked into Aoi Studio in Tokyo to record a concert they had already given. The previous weekend, at the 17th Monterey Jazz Festival, they had become, by the band's own account, the first Japanese group invited to play it; that set was taped live, in mono, and issued by Trio as a double LP. Three Blind Mice wanted its own souvenir, so the band ran the program back for engineer Yoshihiko Kannari: Kozaburo Yamaki's opening theme, Norio Maeda's chart of "Donna Lee," Masahiko Satoh's "Sniper's Snooze," ten and a half minutes of Yamaki's "Kappa Shijo," and Chick Corea's "La Fiesta." The Dizzy Gillespie encore did not make the trip. The result, TBM-32, printed the session date right on its obi, beside a line saying Leonard Feather had praised the band.
Cover and obi of “New Herd” (Three Blind Mice, TBM-32), the studio re-recording of the band's 1974 Monterey program. Used as a stand-in because no free-licensed photograph of Toshiyuki Miyama or the New Herd could be found on Wikimedia Commons. Album cover art, copyright the rights holder (Three Blind Mice), all rights reserved — this is not a Creative Commons or public-domain image.
Sources: Toshiyuki Miyama & The New Herd – New Herd (Three Blind Mice, TBM-32, 1974) — Discogs (recorded 27 September 1974 at Aoi Studio, Tokyo; “commemorative reproduction of the performance at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1974”; track list and writers) , ニューハード discography — 『ニューハード物語』出版企画 (Japanese; Monterey live LP recorded September 20 and 22, 1974, mono, Trio PA-3088–9, with guests including Dizzy Gillespie on the encore; TBM studio album recorded September 27, 1974, “帰国後のスタジオ録音”, arrangers Yamaki, Maeda, Satoh) , Toshiyuki Miyama & New Herd (1974) Three Blind Mice — LondonJazzCollector (recording date, Aoi Studio, engineer Yoshihiko Kannari, producer Takeshi Fujii, Monterey context) , バンド紹介（歴史・実績） — 宮間利之ニューハード official site (Japanese; Jive Aces formed 1950, renamed New Herd 1958; 1974 Monterey was the first appearance by a band from Japan) , Masahiko Satoh — jazzprofiles.com
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