Cindy Lee - Cat O' Nine Tails 12" where Japanese pianist Takashi Kako

where Japanese pianist Takashi Kako invokes the ironclad drive of McCoy Tyner

The harmonies

I returned to the record

a heartfelt exchange that is both confrontational and deeply welcoming

Cindy Lee - Cat O' Nine Tails 12" where Japanese pianist Takashi KakoOriginally released as an edition of 50 lathe cut LPs housed in silk screened jackets in 2020 (fast on the heels of What's Tonight To Eternity), Cat O' Nine Tails has long intrigued die hard Cindy Lee fans with its combination of the classic songwriting that would dominate Diamond Jubilee a few years later and an actual suite of classical songs under the title itself. Opening with the gothic soap opera theme of "Our Lady Of Sorrows" into the manic