Japanese Jazz

[Rabshakeh]

12 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Rab,

I'm partial to A Path Through Haze, a collaboration with Attila Zoller from 1972:

Thanks!

[mjazzg]

@Rabshakeh Sorry, yes the Yamamoto I referenced is Hozan

Ginkai was my first I think, I now have 10+.  I'd recommend these two as the next to try

https://www.discogs.com/%E5%B1%B1%E6%9C%AC%E9%82%A6%E5%B1%B1-Hozan-Yamamoto-%E7%AB%B9%E3%81%AE%E7%B5%84%E6%9B%B2-The-Suite-For-Shakuhachi/master/545777

https://www.discogs.com/%E5%B1%B1%E6%9C%AC%E9%82%A6%E5%B1%B1-%E7%84%A1%E9%99%90%E3%81%AE%E8%AD%9C-Eternal-Echoes/master/1030900

You'll recognise some of the other players.  For want of a better term these are on the more Jazz end of his spectrum of recordings, or possibly better described as less traditional. Oh, I don't know really, they're just great music

53 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

Rab,

I'm partial to A Path Through Haze, a collaboration with Attila Zoller from 1972:

Me too!

Edited May 7, 2021 by mjazzg

[Teasing the Korean]

2 hours ago, Late said:

But what cocktail do you drink when you watch them? 

I typically enjoy Old Fashioneds with crime/Mafia/Yakuza films. 

[Late]

1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

I typically enjoy Old Fashioneds with crime/Mafia/Yakuza films. 

This recipe? (Dig the cheesy trumpet music in the video.)

[JSngry]

Isn't that Bert Kaempfert?

[Late]

10 hours ago, Late said:

Yoshisaburo "Sabu" Toyozumi's Message To Chicago:

, b

The tracklist is:

1. Roscoe's Tune
2. Malachi's Tune
3. People In Sorrow

Re-listening now. This album is as good as I initially thought it was. I have to imagine that Roscoe & Co. smiled upon hearing it. Well-recorded (live) and thoughtful.

[David Ayers]

Re. Abe, a little drollerie from Haino - I’m guessing some of you guys know this

 

 

 

Warning: may contain Fushitsusha

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, David Ayers said:

Re. Abe, a little drollerie from Haino - I’m guessing some of you guys know this

 

 

Warning: may contain Fushitsusha

Ha! I did not know this at all. 

[David Ayers]

24 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Ha! I did not know this at all. 

It’s extracted from Endless Waltz, the movie about Abe directed by Koji Wakamatsu. 

 

[Teasing the Korean]

5 hours ago, David Ayers said:

Re. Abe, a little drollerie from Haino

 

[Rabshakeh]

15 hours ago, mjazzg said:

@Rabshakeh Sorry, yes the Yamamoto I referenced is Hozan

Ginkai was my first I think, I now have 10+.  I'd recommend these two as the next to try

https://www.discogs.com/%E5%B1%B1%E6%9C%AC%E9%82%A6%E5%B1%B1-Hozan-Yamamoto-%E7%AB%B9%E3%81%AE%E7%B5%84%E6%9B%B2-The-Suite-For-Shakuhachi/master/545777

 

Is this one how it looks? Full on jazz shakuhachi?

[mjazzg]

36 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Is this one how it looks? Full on jazz shakuhachi?

Yes, that's about it, shakuhachi all the way. It is an energetic live recording. Great band.

"Full on" might be overstating it a bit it's not Brotzmann-esque 

this should give you an idea

 

[Rabshakeh]

38 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Yes, that's about it, shakuhachi all the way. It is an energetic live recording. Great band.

"Full on" might be overstating it a bit it's not Brotzmann-esque 

this should give you an idea

 

As long as Yamamoto is better at keeping his top on than Herbie Mann, I am in.

[mjazzg]

22 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

As long as Yamamoto is better at keeping his top on than Herbie Mann, I am in.

I've no evidence to suggest otherwise but you never know these days... 

[David Ayers]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

As long as Yamamoto is better at keeping his top on than Herbie Mann, I am in.

 

This needs a footnote...

Oh wait, I get it. Ha ha. 

[Rabshakeh]

28 minutes ago, David Ayers said:

This needs a footnote...

Oh wait, I get it. Ha ha. 

Don't make me post the album cover.

Please.

[mjazzg]

[Teasing the Korean]

16 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Is that your place?  TTK approves of the Barcelona chair!

[mjazzg]

15 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

Is that your place?  TTK approves of the Barcelona chair!

Sadly not. I'd approve of the chair if it were mine too

[Rabshakeh]

36 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

The flute and double entendre album title seem to have been cropped. 

[Teasing the Korean]

5 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Sadly not. I'd approve of the chair if it were mine too

We have a very faithful knockoff of a Barcelona, loveseat length.  The knockoffs are affordable, but make sure you get one that has the correct leg design.  

[Mori]

Masahiko Satoh is still going strong. I've seen him several times this year, in a quartet with Kosuke Mine, in a duo with Masuo (who played with Sonny Rollins in the 70s) and playing standards with a bassist. His catalogue is enormous, including collaborations with singers ranging from Helen Merrill to Lauren Newton.

This 3- page section is just from 1969 to 1996.  Discography (mmjp.or.jp)

One more recent platter uses Japanese songs in an accessible way.

 

[clifford_thornton]

On 5/7/2021 at 1:51 PM, Late said:

The bank can always freeze your account if necessary. 

Another album (non-Aketagawa) on Aketa's Disk is Masayuki Takayanagi's Angry Waves (the actual title is 850113):

To me, this is Takayanagi's masterpiece. Granted, I haven't heard everything, but this record is beautiful in the most brooding, dark-energy sort of way. Never has a noise record (and I wouldn't actually identify this as a "noise record") sounded so musical. I'd give it a crown if I were contributing to the Penguin Guide. Certainly not for all listeners, and it can be an exhausting listen, but the depth of focus (at least to me) is amazing.

 

yeah, I actually have that one on vinyl -- great album indeed.

[Late]

How to quickly wrap up an awkward Sunday brunch get-together:

 

[Teasing the Korean]

Story of a Prostitute - Naozumi Yamamoto