MASAYUKI TAKAYANAGI-INDEPENDENCE-TREAD ON SURE GROUND-'69 JAPANESE FREE JAZZ-CD

MASAYUKI TAKAYANAGI-

INDEPENDENCE-

TREAD ON SURE GROUND

new cd

New release in Tiliqua Records' ongoing Archival Series is this quintessential album by Takayanagi Masayuki. It was his debut recording as a leader with his newly erected unit The New Directions, a trio consisting out of bassist Yoshizawa and drummer Toyozumi Sabu' Yoshisabur¿.

 Recorded at the Teichiku Kaikan studios on 18 September 1969 (released in 1970), Independence - Tread on Sure Ground, is largely regarded as the first true classic of Japanese free jazz. The group thrashes out an entirely new Japanese methodology for improvisation based on Takayanagi's theories about progressive art. The CD reissue includes also the bonus track "Mass Projection" which was originally issued on the compilation album Guitar Workshop (Teichiku, 1970).

This CD is housed in a high quality mini-LP styled gatefold sleeve, completed with obi and extensive 4-paged illuminating liner notes by Alan Cummings. Original artwork is faithfully reproduced. One time only limited pressing.