KKJ9016
CD3「Love Dance 3」1989.5.10
1 ストーン・ブルース 19.56
2 Love Dance 1989.5.10 P1M2* 11.49
3 Love Dance 1989.5.10 P1M3* 11.15
4アリラン 15.55
5 Love Dance 1989.5.10 P2M2* 5.25
6 家路 9.36
高木元輝 (ts:TR1,2,&3, ss:TR4,5,&6)
KKJ9017
CD4 「Love Dance 4」1989.9.06
1 Love Dance 1989.9.06 P1M1 44.26
2 Love Dance 1989.9.06 P2M1 14.17
高木元輝 (ts)
KKJ9018
CD5 「Love Dance 5」1997.4.08
1 MC (桑原敏郎) 1.17
2 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat 16.46
3 ストーン・ブルース 7.04
4 Love Dance 1989.4.08 M3. 16.21
5 Love Dance 1989.4.08 M4 8.35
6 不屈の民 5.56
高木元輝 (ts except Tr4:ss)
杉本 拓 (g, Tr4)
Concerts produced by Toshio Kuwabara 桑原敏郎
Recorded & mastered by Tsutomu Suto 須藤 力
A&R: Satoshi Hirano 平野聡
Album produced by Kenny Inaoka & Toshio Kuwabara for Nadja21
CD1「Duo」 1987.7.08
1 ストーン・ブルース 35.05
Stone Blues
(Mototeru Takagi)
高木元輝 (tenor-sax)
吉沢元治 (contrabass, effectors)
CD2「Duo」 1987.7.08
1 アリラン変奏曲 26.08
Arirang Variations
(Trad. arranged by Mototeru Takagi & Motoharu Yoshizawa)
2 バレリーナ~家路 19.03
Ballerina~Going Home
(Motoharu Yoshizawa-Antonín Dvořák)
3 バラ色の人生(ラ・ヴィ・アン・ローズ) 14.27
La Vie En Rose
(Édith Piaf-Pierre Louiguy)
高木元輝 (tenor-& soprano-sax)
吉沢元治 (contrabass, effectors)
CD3「Solo」 1989.8.23
1 Solo 1989.8.23 Part1 M1 19.31
2 Solo 1989.8.23 Part1 M2 19.03
3 Solo 1989.8.23 Part2 M1 21.00
4 Solo 1989.8.23 Part2 M2 14.36
(Motoharu Yoshizawa)
吉沢元治 (contrabass, effectors)
CD1:1987年7月08日
CD2:1987年7月08日
CD3:1989年8月23日
Concerts produced by Toshio Kuwabara 桑原敏郎
Recorded at Galerie de Café 伝, Tokyo
Recording & mastering engineer: Tsutomu Suto 須藤力
Album produced by Kenny Inaoka & Toshio Kuwabara
1987年5月27日の第1回目をスタートに世田谷区経堂にあった「Galerie de Café 伝」を舞台に、写真家の桑原敏郎の主催による高木元輝のソロを基本にしたライヴが第1期、2期に分けられて1999年7月まで行われた。
2018年9月4日 私は、1996年1月2日以来の久しぶりの沖至さんのライヴを防府で開催した。96年のライヴは当時経営していたcafé
Amores/カフェ・アモレスで行った、沖さん、井野信義さん、そしてスペシャル・ゲストでわざわざこの日の為だけに来日してもらった崔善培さんとのトリオ・ライヴだった。この日の録音は、No Business Chap Chap Seriesから『紙ふうせん』としてCD&LPでリリースされ、なかなかの好評を得ることになる。
このライヴの後に、東京では沖さんと佐藤允彦さんとの久しぶりの共演があると知り、胸が躍ったのだった。沖さんと佐藤さんは、富樫さん、高木さんを含めた日本のフリージャズ史の最初期を飾る伝説の(幻のと言ってもいいかも。なにしろ音源が残っていないのだ。あるいは発掘されていないのか?)Experimental sound
space group (ESSG)
のメンバーだった。だが、それ以降は、1985年と1993年の佐藤さんの欧州ツアーでの共演くらいという数少ないもので、2018年10月7日公園通りクラシックスでのライヴは実に25年ぶりというものだった。これは、沖さんからの「是非トーサとDUOをやりたいんです。」と、たっての願いが実現したライヴ。我々ファンとしても是非是非聞きたいDuo
Liveではないか。これを知った時は、東京まで飛んで行きたかったが、残念ながらそれは叶わなかった。
Tne New York Jazz City Records review 2020 by Andrey Henkin
The New York Jazz City Records
The Aiki Masahiko Satoh/Sabu Toyozumi (NoBusiness) Future of Change Sabu Toyozumi (Chap Chap) ReAbstraction Sabu Toyozumi (FMR)
by Andrey Henkin
Drummer Yoshisaburoh “Sabu” Toyozumi is Japanese free jazz royalty, a lifer in a range of situations since the late ‘60s, when
he was in his early 20s, through to the current day and elder status, both with countrymen like Mototeru Takagi, Masayuki Takayanagi, Kaoru Abe, Toshinori Kondo,
Masahiko Togashi, Tetsu Saitoh and Masahiko Satoh and international improvisers such as Bob Reid, Peter Kowald, Wadada Leo Smith, Peter Brötzmann, Paul Rutherford,
Kenny Millions, Arthur Doyle, Barre Phillips and more. The Aiki is another entry in Lithuania’s NoBusiness’ partnership with Japan’s Chap Chap, co-produced by the
former’s Danas Mikailonis and the latter’s Takeo Suetomo, from whose archive of concert recordings the series derives. Toyozumi is found in duo with pianist
Satoh—a couple of years older and as seminal in their country’s avant garde world—in Yamaguchi City in 1997 for two improvisations, just over 30 minutes and a hair
under 20, respectively. In this equal partnership, the roles of each player are pliable, Satoh at points emphasizing the piano’s foundation as a percussion
instrument and Toyozumi light and airy around his kit, creating whirls of melody and texture. The titles, “The Move for The Quiet” and “The Quiet for The Move”,
are descriptive as the first is expansive and stays at a reasonable volume while the second is much more explosive. Drummers, perhaps more than any other
instrumentalist, can shape free improvised encounters to their liking. While every player is capable of dynamics and density, those behind the kit can prod their
partners into shambolic overdrive or egg them on into near-silence. Collaborators of more recent vintage for Toyozumi are alto saxophonist Rick Countryman (14
years younger), expatriate in Manila, Malaysian tenor saxophonist Yong Yandsen (33 years younger) and Filipino bassist Simon Tan (27 years younger), the four men
working in various combinations since 2016. Two concert recordings from the Philippines made three days apart in early 2020, one as a trio sans Tan, the other as a
full quartet, show how much free improvisation is of the moment, sounding completely different even with the same principals. Future of Change comes first and,
although being a trio date, feels more like a duo, as the dueling saxophones of Countryman and Yandsen become a wall of sorts against which Toyozumi can volley his
rolls, cracks and crashes. The three pieces are of descending length, 35:53, 24:34 and 12:46, respectively, and maintain a certain energetic focus typical of such
performances. Despite disparities in their age and origin, Countryman and Yandsen come at the music similarly, even often occupying one another’s range. Toyozumi
doesn’t prod so much as he corrals. Surprisingly, the addition of Tan for ReAbstraction, rather than making the proceedings more dense, opens up the five pieces,
creating a more balanced ensemble and one that takes increased chances by varying the volume and layering. That the improvisations are shorter also displays more
attention to detail, knowing when to finish up rather than missing cues as to good conclusions. Also of note is a long stretch of Toyozumi playing erhu (Chinese
spike fiddle), sawing away with the fury of Nero waiting for the fire department.