Album artwork for Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai by Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai

A rare meeting between the NYC free jazz scene and the Japanese free music scene. Old-style Gatefold LP, with rare photographs & liner notes by Alan Cummings. Following hot on the heels of the first, mid-sixties generation of Japanese free jazz players like Kaoru Abe, Masayuki Takayanagi, Yōsuke Yamashita, Motoharu Yoshizawa, etc., an exciting second wave of younger players began to emerge in the seventies. Two of its leading members were the saxophonist Kazutoki Umezu and multi-instrumentalist Yoriyuki Harada. Both were post-war babies and immigrants to the city, Umezu from Sendai in the north and Harada from Shimane in the west.

Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai

Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai

Aguirre Records
Album artwork for Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai by Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai
LP

$37.99

Black
Released 05/20/2022Catalog Number

ZORN 083LP

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Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai

Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai

Aguirre Records
Album artwork for Seikatsu Kojyo Iinkai by Seikatsu Kōjyō Iinkai
LP

$37.99

Black
Released 05/20/2022Catalog Number

ZORN 083LP

Learn more

A rare meeting between the NYC free jazz scene and the Japanese free music scene. Old-style Gatefold LP, with rare photographs & liner notes by Alan Cummings. Following hot on the heels of the first, mid-sixties generation of Japanese free jazz players like Kaoru Abe, Masayuki Takayanagi, Yōsuke Yamashita, Motoharu Yoshizawa, etc., an exciting second wave of younger players began to emerge in the seventies. Two of its leading members were the saxophonist Kazutoki Umezu and multi-instrumentalist Yoriyuki Harada. Both were post-war babies and immigrants to the city, Umezu from Sendai in the north and Harada from Shimane in the west.