22 November 2010

KAZUTOKI UMEZU "BAMBOO VILLAGE" (WHAT NEXT , 1980)


Another Trio from Japan. Quite different in its attitude.
I was a bit surprised to hear David Friesen in such a musical enviroment.
More probably than not I'm only biased.



KAZUTOKI "KAPPO" UMEZU "BAMBOO VILLAGE"

Kazutoki Umezu,as,ss,bcl
Masahiko Togashi,perc
David Friesen,b

1. Bamboo Village 10:11
2. Jumpin' Sambo 09:32
3. How Are You 14:33
4. Blue Tree 06:53


Recorded March 21, 22, 1980 at Onkio Haus (sic!), Tokyo


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15 comments:

  1. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth22 November 2010 at 22:54:00 CET

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  2. Zipangu28 November 2010 at 17:16:00 CET

    Great ! Thank you very much for this rare lp ! I love Umezu music & his different projects. I've an almost dedicated blog to him, called "Big in Japan" (http://lostandoutofprint.blogspot.com/).
    And, perhaps have you somewhere this other fine lp "The Masterpiece" by Toyozumi Yoshisaburo Unit with Kazutoki !?
    All the best,Z.

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  3. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth30 November 2010 at 00:55:00 CET

    Unfortunately I don't have "The Masterpiece" - I would like to hear it.

    I saw Kazutoki Umezu once in my life - a wonderful concert!
    It was on 8th June 1984 in Moers.


    This was the complete day:

    Alfred Harth "Gestalt et Jive" (BRD/GB/France)
    Alfred Harth, reeds — Steve Beresford, organ, tp, voc — Ferdinand Richard, eb, voc — Uwe Schmitt, dr


    Dr. Umezu Band (Japan)
    Kazutoki Umezu, reeds — Hiroaki Katayama, reeds — Takeharu Hayakawa, eb — Takashi Kikuchi, dr, perc

    Massacre (USA/Japan)
    Fred Frith, g — Takeharu Hayakawa, eb — Takashi Kikuchi, dr

    Art Ensemble of Chicago (USA)
    Lester Bowie, tp — Joseph Jarman, reeds, fl, perc — Roscoe Mitchell, reeds, fl, perc — Malachi Favors, b, perc — Don Moye, dr, perc

    By the way - do you have "TON KLAMI : In Moers" (Nippon Crown CRCJ-9110)
    Thanks,
    O.

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  4. Anonymous3 February 2012 at 06:30:00 CET

    any chance you could re-up this one ??
    thanks a lot !!!!

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  5. Santiago24 February 2012 at 15:00:00 CET

    A re-upload of this one would indeed be nice. Multiupload is down.

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  6. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth16 March 2012 at 00:12:00 CET

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  7. Anonymous28 February 2013 at 03:44:00 CET

    Thanks! The quieter, atmospheric improvs on this LP are really wonderful; the more free jazz bits are great too!

    regards
    Chris

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  8. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth16 April 2014 at 14:57:00 CEST

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  9. DW29 December 2014 at 01:15:00 CET

    Thanks! This guy is starting to grow on me.

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  10. francisco santos18 May 2018 at 23:34:00 CEST

    BIG THX!...

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  11. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth19 May 2018 at 08:27:00 CEST

    1fichier

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  12. jeff19 May 2018 at 20:51:00 CEST

    Ernst. Great album. This was my introduction to Umezu when you posted it back in 2010.
    I find it interesting on the closing track, Blue Tree, when Umezu comes in multi-tracked on two horns, the one to my ear sounds like a clarinet. I've played alto and have never gotten that woody tone like on my clarinets (which by the, way I play poorly compared to my saxes). But.... there are no clarinet credits listed anywhere that I can find. I know he plays them. Don't think my ear is being tricked...but I could be wrong :) But then again I've never seen the back cover of this. Just going off discogs and other sources. Is the back cover included with the new file?
    Peace brother

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  13. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth19 May 2018 at 22:00:00 CEST

    Hi Jeff, the reposted files are the same as the one I've posted seven years ago.
    But I've re-read the liner notes and the credits are exactly as I've added them above.
    At least the text mentions that Umezu's first instrumet was the (Bb) clarinet.
    So I would say your ears aren't tricked - listening now to 'Blue Tree': I hear a clarinet, too.
    Probably the bass-clarinet played in the upper (chalumeau?) register?
    Or they simply forgot to add the Bb clarinet to the credits. This happens occaisonally. Same as mixing trumpet and/or cornet with the flugelhorn on some releases.
    BTW - the discogs entry was submitted two years ago by myself.

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  14. jeff20 May 2018 at 21:50:00 CEST

    Thanks for checking. I definitely agree. My thought also was bass clarinet.

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  15. JazzHound28 May 2018 at 00:40:00 CEST

    Thanks for posting this. Umezu's Kiki Band work a longtime favorite for me with the great Takeharu Hayakawa on electric bass, and his Klezmer band also does some rather remarkable work. Experiencing a Pavlovian response while downloading this one, as I expect it should display a different side of Kazutoki Umezu's work.

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