MORIYAMA, Takeo - Smile (reissue) - GATEFOLD CLEAR VINYL LP
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Takeo MORIYAMA
Smile (reissue)
Nippon Columbia Japan
gatefold clear vinyl LP with obi-strip + insert Cat: COJY 9554Rel: 17 Nov 25
Jazz Side 1 - Track 1. Exchange Side 1 - Track 2. Watarase Side 2 - Track 1. Step Side 2 - Track 2. Smile Side 2 - Track 3. Good Bye
1980 was the year of Watarase, and bore witness to jazz drummer Takeo Moriyama as he reached an orogenous peak, leading a fierce, intuitive quartet with pianist Fumio Itabashi, bassist Hideaki Mochizuki, and saxophonists Yoshio Kuniyasu and Koichi Matsukaze. Moriyama had already carved a place in Japan's avant-garde through his work with the Yosuke Yamashita Trio in the late 60s and 70s, but here he pivots from explosive freeform to lyrical measurement, with no loss of intensity between each moment of peripety. The title track marks the first recording of Itabashi's revered composition 'Watarase', forever since covered widely in Japan, and remains a touchstone for emotional resonance in Japanese jazz.
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