6 December 2010

MASAYUKI TAKAYANAGI "FREE FORM SUITE" (THREE BLIND MICE, 1972)




As my reservoir on Masahiko Togashi (deleted ones) comes almost to an end, I'll continue the japanese series with another great master.
As far as I know most recordings of Masayuki Takayanagi are available. I got this CD from a Company in Hamburg which sells tea. Let's have a mouthful.
"Free Form Suite" is a mixed bag insofar as there is a more "traditional" part - the first three tracks - and than a more powerful part called "Free Form Suite".
Not his most ferocious music - but listen for yourself.


MASAYUKI "JOJO" TAKAYANAGI & NEW DIRECTION FOR THE ARTS
"FREE FORM SUITE"


Masayuki Takayanagi,acoustic, electric & gut guitar
Kenji Mori,cl,fl,ss,as,picc,recorder
Hiroshi Yamazaki,dr,perc
Joe Mizuki,dr,perc
Toshio Saito,time conductor (4,5,6)

1. The Blues 06:07
2. You Don't Know What Love Is 09:47
3. Sun In The East 09:58
4. Free Form Suite
1st Movement 06:46
2nd Movement 06:35
3rd Movement 09:47

Recorded "Live" at Aoi Studio, Tokyo on 19th May, 1972


In Germany there is an idiomatic expression which goes roughly ... "on one foot there is no good standing".

I found the second foot some days ago.

http://avaxhome.ws/music/jazz/Masayuki_Takayanagi_and_New_Direction_Unit_Live_at_Moers_Festival.html

Enjoy!
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15 comments:

  1. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth6 December 2010 at 23:39:00 CET

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  2. 10097 December 2010 at 05:26:00 CET

    Thanks much! All Takayanagi greedily consumed!

    I was similarly let down by the first few tracks here. FFS itself, though, is an interesting listen.

    There's not enough scholarship in English on the Japanese improv scene. Too often all "free" stuff gets broken down into "Eurocentric" and "Afrocentric" (to borrow terms from George Lewis, whose scholarship I generally adore) without accounting for the way Japanese work engages with scenes in the US, western (and, hey, eastern!) Europe.

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  3. kinabalu7 December 2010 at 15:08:00 CET

    There's also this one of older vintage:

    http://avaxhome.ws/music/jazz/Masayuki_Takayanagi_Ginparis_Session.html

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  4. matt w7 December 2010 at 15:38:00 CET

    Thanks for this! I actually think the blues is pretty funny.

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  5. Anonymous7 December 2010 at 21:55:00 CET

    AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    fuckin'in love with jojo

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  6. Anonymous7 December 2010 at 21:57:00 CET

    more intresting...

    http://avaxhome.ws/music/jazz/Masayuki_Takayanagi_and_New_Direction_Unit_Live_at_Moers_Festival.html

    but for me the best is "april is the cruelest month" and the lp with abe (my secret dream)

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  7. SOTISE8 December 2010 at 14:18:00 CET

    yeah WOW Onx , enjoyable, exhilarating if vERy tough stuff.

    Takayanagi really goes out on a limb in the noisier free pieces ,formal coherence be damned!

    Timbrally He makes even Sonny Sharrock & Rudolph Grey sound Timid.

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  8. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth9 December 2010 at 14:27:00 CET

    ...and this is a milder version of Takayanagi's music...

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  9. kyonpalm6 July 2012 at 02:13:00 CEST

    Could you please re-upload this? I'm trying to collect the TBM catalogue and it's quite hard to find some of these records...

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  10. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth27 January 2013 at 01:21:00 CET

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  11. Anonymous27 January 2013 at 09:55:00 CET

    love it! thanks much!

    Igor

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  12. Yiu Cho18 July 2013 at 05:24:00 CEST

    Many Many Many Thanks for all the music you've posted. My appreciation is more than words I can say.

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  13. Nick8 September 2013 at 03:39:00 CEST

    Re-released on Think! Records

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  14. musicker12 February 2014 at 00:51:00 CET

    Maybe my fault but can't find the new link... any help? thanks.

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  15. Nick12 February 2014 at 03:47:00 CET

    It is back in print, so no links

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