16 December 2010

AKIRA SAKATA TRIO "DANCE" (ENJA,1981)



Here is a trio from Japan...



Akira Sakata, alto clarinet, alto saxophone, vocals
Hiroshi Yoshino, bass
Nobuo Fujii, drums

1. Right Frankenstein in Saigne-Legier 13:45
2. Strange Island 07:49
3. Comme A La Radio 11:02
4. Inanaki,2nd 09:48

Recorded: "Live" at the Vielharmonie, Munich on 11th June, 1981.

ENJA 4002 (vinyl rip)

18 comments:

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  2. Merci Onxidlib.
    It's good and groovy, dancing indeed. I don't know what Akira Sakata talks about on the first track, but it's fun.

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  3. yes , wonderful record ,infectious!
    thank you

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  4. I hope there's a possibility to find a new link for it :)

    Igor

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  5. I also would love to see a new link for this, looks fantastic. Thanks!
    - Jeff

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  6. Any chance for re-up? Would love to hear this.

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  8. Thank you for the re-up, onxidlib!

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  9. Missed this the first time around. Many thanks for another chance.

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  10. great stuff! hey is that Tom Waits sings Japanese at the second part of A1?))
    thanks much, onxidlib!

    Igor

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  11. Hi Igor,

    it's Akira Sakata himself.

    He has recently recorded a CD where he recites the Heike > here

    He needs such a voice for this Japanese epos - that's were his voice's coming from ;-)

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  12. onxidlib,
    hahah, of course i had no doubt that the voice belongs to Sakata himself, as for Japanese epos - that's an interesting detail, i really have to learn more about using it in music! thanks!

    Igor

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  13. Thanks, Ernst!

    Would anyone happen to have Sakata's Counter Clockwise Trip?

    https://www.discogs.com/Sakata-Akira-Trio-Counter-Clockwise-Trip/release/7910096

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  14. HI Mike - here > http://differentperspectivesinmyroom.blogspot.com/2017/07/akira-sakata-trio-counter-clockwise.html

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  15. Thanks, Ernst, I've boycotted that blog, as he who runs it always posts FLAC files that are in actuality 192 kbps (or even lower, 128!), as run through a spectrum analyzer. A very shady, deceptive practice, in my opinion.

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