HAINO - REICHEL - YOSHIZAWA "GOSPEL 1991"

 

Keiji Haino, guitar, drums
Hans Reichel, guitar, daxophone
Motoharu Yoshizawa, bass

1. unknown title 47:40
2. unknown title 48:12

Recorded at Gospel, Tokio, Japan on January 10, 1991.
(sbd)

STEVE LACY "STALKS" (COLUMBIA, 1975)

 Heres something that has been requested repeatedly in the comments on Lacy posts ( especially by brent/ 1001)
One of Lacy’s finest from the period, with masters like Togashi and Yoshizawa on board it couldn’t be otherwise.
This is unaccountably rare , ive only ever seen the one copy.

(Update)
This was posted for the first time in January 2008 by Sotise from a cassette he got from a friend.
I've hitchhiked the post - here's a reup in flac from another rip...






1. Stalks (Lacy) 10:35
2. Moon (Lacy) 9:24
3. Japanese Duck (Lacy) 6:40
4. The Wane (Lacy) 6:46
5- Bone (Lacy) 4:47

Recorded at Nippon Columbia 1st Studio, Tokyo, June 7, 1975

Steve Lacy: soprano saxophone
Masahiko Togashi: percussion
Motoharu Yoshizawa: bass

1975 - Columbia (Japan), YQ-7507-N (LP)

KAORU ABE, TOSHINORI KONDO, MOTOTERU TAKAGI, DEREK BAILEY, TOSHI TSUCHITORI, MOTOHARU YOSHIZAWA ‎– THE MUSIC ... HARDCORE JAZZ (KITTY RECORDS, 2003)

1. Trio Improvisation 1
2. Trio Improvisation 2
3. Duo Improvisation
4. Trio Improvisation 3



Kaoru Abe, alto saxophone, harmonica (1, 2)
Mototeru Takagi, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (1-3)
Toshinori Kondo, trumpet (1-3)
Derek Bailey, guitar (4)
Motoharu Yoshizawa, bass (4)
Toshi Tsuchitori, drums (4)


Recorded at Polydor 1st Studio, Tokyo, 19th April, '78.

Out-takes from the Derek Bailey - Duo and Trio Improvisations sessions. Promo, not for sale.

Kitty Records ‎– BCC-1018

CD Rip

MOTOHARU YOSHIZAWA, TAKAO HAGA ‎– OOPS! (T.H.I.S., 1980)

A.  R-1

B1. G-1
B2. G-2

Motoharu Yoshizawa, cello, bass, voice, whistle, buzzer, paper, dead tree, organ

Takao Haga, soprano and alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, voice, piano, harmonica, recorder, percussion, hosephone, radio

Recorded live on 23 March 1980 at √-R and on 3 May 1980 at Goodman

T.H.I.S. - 0200

LP Rip

HIROKAZU YAMADA “KOZAN” (TIARA COMPANY, 1985)

 

I've no informations about Hirokazu Yamada. But Motoharu Yoshizawa and Mototeru Takagi are founding-fathers of japanese Free Music. My thanks goes to Nick for this and the music from the post below (Kosugi solo).

HIROKAZU YAMADA  “KOZAN”

Hirokazu Yamada, guitar
Motoharu Yoshizawa, double bass
Mototeru Takagi, tenor saxophone



A1. Dedicated To Michio Miyagi            09:02
A2. Titan                                 08:41
A3. A Dialectic Apple In The Existence    03:51

B1. Stoic Monument                        06:44
B2. Solitary Promenade                    07:44
B3. Fin De Siecle                         03:15


Recorded on October 31, 1985.

TIARA COMPANY - Tiara 001, 1986.

STEVE LACY SEXTET "THE WIRE" (DENON , 1977)

Lacy's ,Greatest Japanese lp (IMO, not that i've heard them all), and a very strong Contender for Best Lacy record period !

this was without a doubt one of his very best bands, the searing ecstatic almost unbearable intensity of most of this set ,is unusual and not often found in Lacys ouevre
Even on 'Free'classics like forrest and the zoo,and Roba, lacy is often restrained ,dry analytical , and sounding slightly detached.

Here we have some of his most violently expressionistic gestural playing on record, all while maintaining the spacious and uncluttered character of this sequence of Japanese records...

This definitive version of Deadline ,  is incredibly haunting ,Ikeda, Yoshizawa and Midorikawa hazily shimmering beneath some opiated distant glimpse of a slowly submerging dissapearing floating world ..

Unique and very beautiful....

S


"This album has a very dark mood, especially with the arco basses and the dissonant piano. The percussion too adds to the mood.
Every one plays well and interprets Lacy's composistions in a way that works exclusively with the selected sideman. If the album was recorded with his regular group at the time (Abei, Potts, Few, Carter, Johnson) it would have been completely different."
'prospectus', (from the comments to our initial mp3 post)


Steve Lacy Sextet-THE WIRE,
1/ The Twain (Lacy) 6:31
2/ Esteem (Lacy) 8:40
3/ The Owl (Lacy) 4:17
4/ The Wire (Lacy) 4:58
5/ Cloudy (Lacy) 6:12
6/ Dead Line (Lacy) 8:06

Recorded at Nippon Columbia's 1st Studio, Tokyo, June 18, 1975
Steve Lacy: soprano saxophone
Masahiko Satoh: piano
Masahiko Togashi: percussion
Keiki Midorikawa: cello, bass
Yoshio Ikeda: bass
Motoharu Yoshizawa: bass

1977 - Denon Jazz (Japan), YX 7553 (LP) 
Note: (3) is a duo with Steve Lacy and Masahiko Togashi.

Steve Lacy Trio-Stalks, (Yoshizawa, Togashi),Nippon Columbia – YQ-7507-N -(1975)Flac upgrade from Vinyl Source

Here's a Flac Upgrade of something posted here from a tape source in mp3's a few years ago,this is ripped straight from a vinyl source .. of Stalks , one of Lacys most challenging 70's lp, and also apparently one of the rarest..


Yoshizawa and Togashi truly are Lacy's masterful peers here,matching his most provocative textural explorations in an astonishing counterpoint ,the three floating together as they sculpt the void..with an elasticity that seems unique to Lacy's Japanese Collaborations!
VERY BEAUTIFUL
 Much thanks ..and more than a little love to Dave 'the Wane'from Tasmania for this fresh.... rip!!!

to which i've done absolutely nothing.. no pretending even for a moment that this is from a Digital source
so..SWEETEN TO TASTE!


Steve Lacy – Stalks


Label:Nippon Columbia – YQ-7507-N Japan :1975
Tracklist .

A1 Stalks 10:35
A2 Moon 9:24
B1 Japanese Duck 6:40
B2 The Wane 6:46
B3 Bone 4:47
Credits
Soprano Saxophone, Written-By – Steve Lacy

Bass – Motoharu Yoshizawa
Percussion – Masahiko Togashi

Coordinator [Artist Co-ordination] – Aquirax Aida
Producer – Tsutomu Ueno


Recorded at Nippon Columbia 1st Studio, Tokyo, June 7, 1975.


Enjoy ...

 i'll be posting a few more Lacy rarities over the next few weeks

as i said all credit to Dave 'the Wane'.. for trading this with me.

pps
Lp Covers, courtesy of Nick added Here

MASAHIKO TOGASHI QUARTET "WE NOW CREATE" (VICTOR, 1969)

MASAHIKO TOGASHI QUARTET "WE NOW CREATE"


Mototeru Takagi, tenor saxophone, cornpipe[1]
Masayuki Takayanagi, guitar[2]
Motoharu Yoshizawa, bass, cello
Masahiko Togashi, drums, percussion

1. Variations On A Theme Of "Feed-Back"[1,2] 11:57
2. Invitation To "Corn-Pipe" Dance [1] 07:12
3. Artistry In Percussions 09:24
4. Fantasy For Strings [2] 08:55


Recorded May 23, 1969, Tokyo Studio Center, Tokyo.


Victor World Group SMJX-10065

(see also > http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2010/11/masahiko-togashi-quartet-speed-space.html & http://inconstantsol.blogspot.com/2010/11/masahiko-togashi-mototeru-takagi.html )

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ABE/YOSHIZAWA/KONDO/BAILEY "AIDA'S CALL" (STARLIGHT FURNITURE, 1978)

ABE/YOSHIZAWA/KONDO/BAILEY "AIDA'S CALL"


Kaoru Abe, alto saxophone
Toshinori Kondo, trumpet
Derek Bailey, guitar
Motoharu Yoshizawa, bass


1. Administratio 23:41
2. The Man From S.L.A.P.P.Y. 09:47
3. Spear-Core 06:27


Recorded live at Michada-Kavalinka, Japan on 3rd May, 1978.


STARLIGHT FURNITURE CO. *9

(released 1999)

DEREK BAILEY "DUO & TRIO IMPROVISATION" (KITTY, 1978)

Here is an extension to Riccardo's Company post. Off course this is also Company - in Japan.

This version has almost thirty minutes more music than the original LP.



DEREK BAILEY "DUO & TRIO IMPROVISATION"


Derek Bailey, electric & acoustic guitar (except 5 & 6)
Toshinori Kondo, trumpet, alto horn (2,5,6,9)
Kaoru Abe, alto saxophone, harmonica (3,8)
Mototeru Takagi, tenor, alto & soprano saxophone (3,5,6,8)
Motoharu Yoshizawa, double bass (1,7)
Toshi Tsuchitori, drums, percussion (1,4,7)


01. Improvisation 21 (09:28)
02. Improvisation 22 (02:36)
03. Improvisation 23 (12:13)
04. Improvisation 24 (08:03)
05. Improvisation 25 (02:02)
06. Improvisation 26 (05:47)
07. Improvisation 27 (06:27)

08. Improvisation 28 (03:36)
09. Improvisation 29 (05:50)
10. Collective Improvisation 1 (07:07)
11. Collective Improvisation 2 (13:11)


Recorded in Tokyo on April 19, 1978.

KITTY MKF 1034 (LP) 1978
DIW 358 (CD) 1992
Universal UCCU 9021 (CD) 2003