26 March 2018

GROUPOID "DEBUT" (GROUPOID, 1980)




Again my thanks goes to mvns for this elusive LP.



Tomoaki Itoh, tenor saxophone (center)
Tomotaka Nishitani, soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, tenor & bass saxophone, flute (left)
Etsuo Yamada, alto, soprano, sopranino & baritone saxophone, piccolo, flute, alto flute, oboe, shakuhachi (right)
Akira Kurimoto, cornet, drums, percussion, trumpet, piccolo, flute, whistle (right)
Mitsuru Nakamura, tuba, euphonium, sopranino & tenor recorder
Fumiaki Kurokawa, trombone, handmade-bamboo-flutes, shakuhachi
Emi Inoue, cello
Shinji Nozaki, bass
Toshimichi Kubo, drums, percussion (left)


A. Old Fashioned New Thing (1st Variation) 22:16   
B. Old Fashioned New Thing (2nd Variation) 22:47

Recorded June 1980 at Duck Studio.

Groupoid Records - Groupoid 0001

6 comments:

  1. Another chapter in the Japanese free jazz history and a good one. Thanks to MVNS and Ernst. My favorite is really the b side but the full lp is great and the transfer is superbe.

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  2. Looks good, thanks. Just got the new Nauseef in the mail, also the Schlippenbach/Mahal.

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