4 June 2011

MASAHIKO TOGASHI & IMPROVISATION JAZZ ORCHESTRA "AL-ALAPH" (PADDLE WHEEL, 1980)







MASAHIKO TOGASHI & IMPROVISATION JAZZ ORCHESTRA "AL-ALAPH"


Masahiko Sato, piano, electric piano, conductor
Masahiko Togashi, drums, percussion, arrangement
Katsuji Hattori, Kazuo Komiya, Jiro Shoda, trumpet, fluegelhorn
Tadanori Konakawa, Haruki Sato, trombone
Masami Nakagawa, flute, piccolo, soprano & alto saxophone
Shuya Sato, soprano & alto saxophone
Hisahide Kato, soprano & tenor saxophone
Kazutoki Umezu, soprano & alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Shunzo Sunahara, baritone saxophone
Hiroshi Ito, electric violin
Isao Suzuki, Nobuyoshi Ino, bass
Toshiro Miyauchi, Mikiharu Takagi, drums, percussion


LP 1

1. Al-Alaph (opening) 07:50
2. Wind 11:18
3. Street 20:02

LP 2

4. Lonely 20:02
5. Hole 09:23
6. Al-Alaph (closing) 09:46


Recorded on April 30, 1980 , live at Yubin Chokin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo.

PADDLE WHEEL/KING K22P-6021/2

(lp rip)

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13 comments:

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  2. Everytime I see Togashi's name in a new post I always hope to see his Pulsation LP (Masahiko Togashi & Masayuki Takayanagi duo) that seems to rest forgotten somewhere, someplace. But I know that you guys can do miracles and I am patiently waiting... and many thanks for this, a real wonder!

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  3. This was wonderful. Really enjoyed the whole thing. Many thanks again, onxidlib.

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  4. I do have "Pulsation", albeit the rip has a continous buzzing.
    And if one turns up the sound there is a kind of crackling (not from the vinyl)in the quieter parts.
    I've tried to remove it but to no avail.
    But it is still a good listen and the music is really special.
    Something Takayanagi nor Togashi had done before or after!
    If this is no problem for you I would post it...

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  5. x onxidlib. If you want my approval of course it is yes, and what you have written makes the music more desirable, perfection doesn't belong to this world...

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  6. Brilliant action! Togashi was one of a kind, and he did a whole lot of great albums. Looking forward to the Pulsation LP, when that reaches inconstantsol it will be a BLAST!

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  7. Thank you Onxidlib for this lenghty excursion!

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