Good stuff, dollarhyde!! I hadn't heard either of those Japanese records.
This is an awesome post-bop session featuring Franco D'Andrea on piano, keyboard and also soprano saxophone, Franco Tonani on drums and trumpet, and Bruno Tommaso on contrabasso. It is more straightforward at times and more free jazz & borderline avant-garde in others. It was recorded in 1970 at Piero Umiliani's Sound Work Shop studio and released in small numbers on the Vedette label. All are original compositions except one Gershwin cover.
I had a nice chat with a serious jazz collector at the Austin Record show who knew Franco D'Andrea and jammed with him a couple of times.