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Masayuki Takayanagi

Lonely Woman

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2026 Repress. Guitarist Masayuki "Jojo" Takayanagi (1932-1991) was a towering leader in the Japanese jazz world. His first influence was Lennie Tristano, but through the 1960s and 1970s he explored and pushed the boundaries in free form jazz, leading a group called New Direction, among others. Ever a fighting spirit, in 1982, shortly after recovering from a life-threatening medical condition and surgery, Takayanagi decided to take on a challenging task for any guitarist: To record an entire solo album. Using several electric guitars and effectors including an octave box but no overdubs, he pursues his thoughtful and spontaneous improvisations on tunes written by giants of the free jazz movement (the title track by Ornette Coleman and "Song For Che" by Charlie Haden) and a couple of tunes that belong to the Tristano School ("Lennie's Pennies" and & Kary's Trance" by Lee Konitz).

Details
Cat. number: PAP-25030
Year: 2019

Format

Recorded August 21 and 22, 1982.

In jewel case with black tray and obi.

Release notes

Recorded August 21 and 22, 1982. In jewel case with black tray and obi.

Tracklist
1Lonely Woman
2Kary's Trance
3Sketches
4Song For Che
5Lennie's Pennies
6Black Is The Color Of My True Loves Hair
Credits
悠雅彦
Liner Notes