Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Masayuki Takayanagi

Archive I

(Jinya Disc, NDU-A101) (Japan) (5-CD set)

Disc 1 (B-14)

  1. Improvisation 1 (23:52)
  2. Improvisation 2 (16:52)
  3. Improvisation 3 (15:35)
  4. Improvisation 4 (19:07)

New Direction Unit
Masayuki Takayanagi: gut guitar (2, 3), electric guitar (1, 4)
Yoshiaki Fujikawa: flute (3), clarinet (2), alto saxophone (4), soprano saxophone (1)
Hiroshi Yamazaki: percussion (2-4)
Akira Ijima: gut guitar (2, 3), electric guitar (1, 4)

Recorded live at Another Situation first concert, Pulcinella, Shibuya, Tokyo, September 4, 1977

Disc 2 (B-15)

  1. Improvisation 1 (16:19)
  2. Improvisation 2 (13:16)
  3. Improvisation 3 (9:31)
  4. Improvisation 4 (14:13)
  5. Improvisation 5 [Mass Projection] (23:53)

New Direction Unit
Masayuki Takayanagi: gut guitar (1), electric guitar (2, 4, 5)
Yoshiaki Fujikawa: flute (1), clarinet (4), alto saxophone (3, 5), soprano saxophone (2)
Akira Ijima: gut guitar (1), electric guitar (2, 4, 5)

Recorded live at New Direction Unit Regular Concert No. 35, Jean Jean, Shibuya, Tokyo, June 2, 1977

Disc 3 (B-16)

  1. Improvisaiton 1 (13:47)
  2. Improvisation 2 (11:43)
  3. Improvisation 3 (11:40)
  4. Improvisation 4 (9:59)
  5. Improvisaiton 5 [Mass Projection] (27:21)

New Direction Unit
Masayuki Takayanagi: gut guitar (2), electric guitar (1, 3, 5)
Yoshiaki Fujikawa: flute (2), clarinet (3), alto saxophone (4, 5), soprano saxophone (1)
Hiroshi Yamazaki: percussion (1-3, 5)
Akira Ijima: gut guitar (2), electric guitar (1, 3, 5)

Recorded live at New Direction Unit Regular Concert No. 36, Jean Jean, Shibuya, Tokyo, August 4, 1977

Disc 4 (B-17)

  1. Improvisaiton 1 [Gradually Projection] (39:02)
  2. Improvisation 2 [Mass Projection] (38:38)

New Direction Unit
Masayuki Takayanagi: gut guitar, electric guitar
Yoshiaki Fujikawa: flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Hiroshi Yamazaki: percussion
Akira Ijima: gut guitar, electric guitar
Kenji Seyama: percussion

Recorded live at New Direction Unit Regular Concert No. 39, Jean Jean, Shibuya, Tokyo, February 10, 1978

Disc 5 (B-18)

  1. Improvisation 1 (19:40)
  2. Improvisation 2 (14:46)
  3. Improvisation 3 (12:36)
  4. Improvisation 4 [Mass Projection] (22:20)

New Direction Unit
Masayuki Takayanagi: gut guitar (2), electric guitar (1, 4)
Kenji Mori: flute (1), bass clarinet (2), alto saxophone (4)
Nobuyoshi Ino: bass (1, 2, 4)
Hiroshi Yamazaki: percussion (1, 2, 4), drums (3)
Akira Ijima: gut guitar (2), electric guitar (1, 4)
Kenji Seyama: percussion (1, 2, 4)

Recorded live at New Direction Unit Regular Concert No. 43, Jean Jean, Shibuya, Tokyo, October 6, 1978

Recorded by Kojiro Tanaka
Mastered by Yukio Kojima at Kojima Recordings
Artwork by Yoko Hase
Design by Akira Sasaki
Includes an insert with a chronology of New Direction Unit (in Japanese) by Saburo Sugitani
Includes an 8-page booklet with liner notes in Japanese by Michiko Takayanagi, photos of memos written by Masayuki Takayanagi, and a photo of Masayuki Takayanagi by Tatsuo Minami

Released in June 2009
Limited edition of 500