MASAHIKO TOGASHI QUARTET "SPEED & SPACE" UNION/TEICHIKU (1969)

Here is one of the first Free Jazz recordings from Japan. This album is one of three recordings Masahiko Togashi made in 1969 - the first in May '69 was "We Now Create" and in November he recorded "Speed and Space" - about one month later in December the duo"Isolation" with Mototeru Takagi. All three LPs are seminal works in japanese (Free) Jazz.
In 1970 he had a car accident (or he was stabbed with a knife as some sources say) and had to quit music. But already in January 1971 he renewed his drumming with a special drum-set. It was costume-made to meet his paraplegia.
In his music he used complicated structures and ostinatos as well. But his main feature is his extraordinary sense for "space" - will say intervals charged with tension.



MASAHIKO TOGASHI QUARTET "SPEED & SPACE"

Mototeru Takagi,ts,bcl,cornpipe
Masahiko Sato,p,gong
Yoshio Ikeda,b,eb
Masahiko Togashi,dr,vib,bells,gong,perc

1. Presage 02:27
2. Panorama 14:26
3. Expectation 02:14
4. Speed & Space #1 11:44
5. Speed & Space #2 07:55

Teichiku Kaikan Studio, Tokyo, November 22, 1969

UNION/TEICHIKU UPS-2014-J

Enjoy!

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