Masayuki Takayanagi
Masayuki Takayanagi | |
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Background information | |
Also known as | Jojo |
Born | December 22, 1932 |
Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Died | May 23, 1991 | (aged 58)
Genres | Jazz Free improv Noise |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Guitar |
Years active | 1951–91 |
Masayuki "Jojo" Takayanagi (
New Direction (a trio with Motoharu Yoshizawa and Yoshisaburo Toyozumi) started to perform in 1969.[1] The absence of melody and rhythm in their playing, together with their volume, meant that their early performance opportunities were largely limited to the jazz coffee shop Nagisa in Tokyo.[2] One attendee wrote: "The sound was so loud that the paint on the ceiling, shaken by the vibration, would flake off and fall like snow on the heads of the audience."[3] Takayanagi sometimes dragged a metal chain over the guitar strings and hit them with a stick.[3] His instructions to the rest of the trio were: "Play forte at all times. Don't repeat any phrases. Listening to what the others are playing and trying to play along is strictly forbidden."[4]
For most of his career, Takayanagi played a 1963 Gibson ES-175.[5]
Discography[edit]
As leader/co-leader
- Ginparis Session (
銀 巴里 セッション) (TBM, 1972) - live recorded 1963 - Flower Girl (Jinya Disc, 1968)
- Independence: Tread On Sure Ground (Tiliqua, 1970)
- Call In Question (PSF, 1994) - recorded 1970
- Live Independence (PSF, 1970)
- A Jazzy Profile of Jojo (Victor,I1970)
- Kaitai Teki Kohkan with Kaoru Abe (Sound Creators, 1970)
- Mass Projection with Kaoru Abe (DIW, 1970)
- Gradually Projection with Kaoru Abe (DIW, 1970)
- Complete "La Grima" (1971) – live
- Free Form Suite (TBM, 1972)
- Eclipse (Iskra, 1975)
- Mass Hysterism: In Another Situation (Jinya Disc, 1983)
- Dislocation (
断層 ) (Jinya Disc, 1983) - Action Direct: Live At Zojoji Hall (ALM, 1985)
- El Pulso (Jinya Disc, 1990)
- Reason For Being (Jinya Disc, 1990) with Nobuyoshi Ino
- Inanimate Nature: Action Direct/Live At Jean Jean (Jinya Disc, 1990)
- Three Improvised Variations On A Theme Of Qadhafi (Jinya Disc, 1990)
- April Is The Cruellest Month (Jinya Disc, 1991) - recorded 1975
- Axis: Another Revolvable Thing Part 1 (Offbeat, 2006) - recorded in 1975
- Axis: Another Revolvable Thing Part 2 (Offbeat, 2006) - recorded in 1975
- Live at Jazz inn Lovely 1990 (NoBusiness, 2020) with Masabumi Kikuchi, Nobuyoshi Ino - live recorded in 1990
References[edit]
- ^ Soejima 2018, p. 68.
- ^ Soejima 2018, pp. 68–69.
- ^ a b Soejima 2018, p. 69.
- ^ Soejima 2018, p. 70.
- ^ Soejima 2018, p. Introduction.
Bibliography
- Soejima, Teruto (2018) [2002]. Free Jazz in Japan: A Personal History. Translated by Kato, David Hopkins. Public Bath Press. ISBN 978-4-9908636-5-4.