Saturday, July 1, 2017

SABU TOYOZUMI/MOTOTERU TAKAGI – If Ocean Is Broken (Rec.1971/2LP-2009)





Label: Qbico – Qbico 95
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition / Country: Italy / Released: 2009
Style: Free Jazz, Free Improvisation
Recorded live in April 1971 at Yasuda Seimei Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Cover Design – Qbico
Mastered By – Harumi Hayashi
Recorded By – Tanso Watazumi
Matrix / Runout (Runouts A): blue QBICO 95 A
Matrix / Runout (Runouts B): blue QBICO 95 B
Matrix / Runout (Runouts C): red 2 QBICO 95 C
Matrix / Runout (Runouts D): red 2 QBICO 95 D

A - Song For Yoo-Ki Lee ................................................................................. 20:05
B - If Ocean Is Broken .................................................................................... 25:27
C - The Alilan Pass ......................................................................................... 24:10
D - Nostalgia For Che-ju Island ...................................................................... 24:30

Sabu Toyozumi – drums, percussion
Mototeru Takagi – tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet

Limited edition of 200 copies, somewhat modified design, pressed on blue and red vinyl (very rare). Recorded live in April 1971 at Yasuda Seimei Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
In the front cover is photo of Kubira (Shōtora) a Kamakura period sculpture, on the back cover is an image polychromed wood statue of En no Gyoja, also from the Kamakura Period (1185-1333).






Unreleased free jazz from Japan in its prime, recorded live in Tokyo in 1971. Mototeru Takagi already released two beautiful duo LPs back then with master Japanese drummers like Masahiko Togashi (Isolation) and Toshi Tsuchitori (Origination), so this last DLP is complete in a sense the set of duo recorded with the best, 1st generation, free music drummers from Japan. On the other side it's complete also, the duo recorded by Sabu with the greatest reeds player from Japan (still of the 1st generation); being, his various duos with legendary Kaoru Abe, already documented on Qbico (Senzei) and elsewhere. About the music: raw and passionate = primitive beauty; both musicians are in top form and surely in their most creative period. Mr. Takagi plays tenor, soprano sax and bass clarinet, while Sabu is on drums and percussion. Original recordings were very well preserved (fortunately) and the pressing came out wonderful! Cover by qbico which Sabu can really dig, saying that En no Gyoja is deeply respected by him, he opened the way... AND that was his master's guru... (strange coincidences ?!...)
_ Qbico

Shockingly well performed gig. Enjoy!


If you find it, buy this album!

17 comments:

  1. SABU TOYOZUMI / MOTOTERU TAKAGI – If Ocean Is Broken (2LP-2009)
    Vinyl Rip/FLAC-96kHz+Artwork (835 MB)

    LP-1 - Sabu Toyozumi - Mototeru Takagi (425 MB)
    1fichier:
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    LP-2 - Sabu Toyozumi - Mototeru Takagi (410 MB)
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  2. Thanks Vitko. I have the LP - thanks for your work!!

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  3. Outstanding! Thank you very much!

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  4. Many thanks, Vitko! Excellent music!

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  5. Thank you very much

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  6. Amazing site. Just found it randomly.
    Not sure if you take requests, but I'd love to see Dharma Quintet - End Starting.

    Thanks for all your contributions

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  7. I think Dharma Quintet can be found on the Inconstant Sol blog. Check on!

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    1. Hey, thanks for the fast reply.
      Unfortunately, the links for both Dharma Quintet albums have expired.

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  8. thank you

    much better than your usual record store here !

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  9. the links don't seem to be working anymore

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  10. any chance you could reseed this gem please ?
    thanks in advance !

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  11. any chance to have a reseed of this gem, please ?
    thanks in advance !

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  12. "free Jazz" in Japan ..... The 'free' style was created, and was an expression of, by Black Jazz musicians in America reacting to the frustrations of racist policies and economic straight-jacketing most of them experienced in the Fifties/Sixties. How this applies in Japan is anyone's guess - it's an imitation - whether out of admiration, or maybe applying the philosophy on how the older musicians or their parents were hoodwinked by the military fascists of the WW II era that resulted in so much destruction on the Japanese home islands in the end ... if this is inspired ONLY by academic appreciation, then we have a music which can only be appreciated along those lines, as there is no underlying spirit to it - if you see what I am getting across . . . many Whites in America also adapted the 'free' style - writers such as LeRoi Jones would have none of it . . .

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  13. I recommend reading the book "Free Jazz In Japan: A Personal History" by Teruto Soejima, you will find out a lot, so some things will be a little clearer to you.

    https://www.thewire.co.uk/shop/books/free-jazz-in-japan-a-personal-history-by-soejima-teruto

    Regards


    PS: New download links are coming soon.

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