YOSUKE YAMASHITA TRIO, ITARU OKI TRIO, YUJI ONO TRIO, KIMIKO KASAI - TRIO BY TRIO + 1 (VICTOR WORLD GROUP, 1970)

Yosuke Yamashita Trio

1A1. Dore
1A2. Mokurin-Gugan

Yosuke Yamashita, piano
Takeo Moriyama, drums
Seichi Nakamura, soprano and tenor saxophone


Itaru Oki Trio

1B1. Flying Into The Space
1B2. Conversation With Water

Itaru Oki, trumpet
Keiki Midorikawa, bass
Hozumi Tanaka, drums


Yuji Ono Trio

2A1. Autumn Leaves
2A2. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
2A3. Get Out Of Town
2A4. Kenny's Moods


Yuji Ono, piano
Takashi Mizuhashi, bass
Kazuyoshi Okayama, drums
Kasai Kimiko, vocals (2A2-3)


Yuji Ono Trio, Itaru Oki Trio, Kimiko Kasai

2B1. Black Shadow Woman
2B2. Theme Of The Unknown People


Victor World Group - SMJX-10101~2

LP Rip

Masahiko Sato & Yosuke Yamashita - Piano Duo 1973

Piano Duo Part 1& 2

Masahiko Sato: Piano Right Channel

Yosuke Yamashita: Piano Left Channel

Recorded live at Asahi Seimei Hall, Tokyo on  December 25, 1973

Super Fuji Discs cd fjsp36

Originally released in 1974 by Nippon Columbia lp YP-7033-N

YUKIHIRO ISSO "IT'S SO ISSO" (RAIJIN, 1990)

No Free Jazz but some improvised music. No Jazz but it's so Isso...?


Yukihiro Isso, nohkan (2,5,7) & shinobue (1,3,4,5,6)
Natsuki Kido, guitar (1,2,3,5,6,7)
Masahiro Uemura, percussion (1,2,3,5,6,7)
Kiyoshi Yoshitani, shimedaiko (japanese drum) (2,5,7)

guests :

Yosuke Yamashita, piano (2)
Akira Sakata, alto saxophone (7)
Kazumi Watanabe, guitar (1)
Kiyohiko Semba, percussion (1,2,5,7)


1. Toh Hyo Hyo     8:44
2. Bi-Byohnn     7:39
3. Scarecrow And The Red Dragonfly     9:44
4. The Fable Of The Elementary School For Minnows     5:26
5. Just For Fantasia     6:48
6. The Pastoral Village     4:15
7. Soku-Ryu-Teki-Ha (Life Is So Hard)     10:50


Recorded: December 6, 10, 15, 21, 1990 at King Records Studio.


Raijin - KICP 101  (1991)

YOSUKE YAMASHITA TRIO + 1 "KOBE, 1983"

Yosuke Yamashita, piano
Kazunori Takeda, tenor saxophone
Shota Koyama, drums
&
Eiichi Hayashi, alto saxophone


01. part 1 (30:15)
02. part 2a-drums solo (11:43)
03. part 2b (18:42)

Recorded live in Kobe on December 19, 1982.

(scheduled/planned for ENJA Records but never surfaced - cassette rip)

VARIOUS ‎– SUMMER JAZZ IN TOKYO (CANYON RECORDS, 1970)

A burst of summer for mid-winter. Happy 2016.

A.  Stella By Starlight
Terumasa Hino Quintet + 1

B1. Dark Horse
Nobuo Hara and His Sharps & Flats

B2. Isotope
Kosuke Mine Quintet

C1. The Wind
Masahiko Sato Trio + 1

C2. One Finger Snap
Shungo Sawada Quintet

D1. Freedom Jazz Dance
George Otsuka Trio + 1

D2. Mokujiki
Yosuke Yamashita Trio

Terumasa Hino Quintet +1

Terumasa Hino, trumpet
Motohiko Hino, drums
Kunimitsu Inaba, bass
Hiromasa Suzuki, electric piano
Takeru Muraoka, saxophone
Albert Mangelsdorff, trombone


Kosuke Mine Quintet

Kosuke Mine, saxophone
Hideo Ichikawa, piano
Hiroshi Murakami, drums
Takashi Mizuhashi, bass
Takashi Imai, trombone


Masahiko Sato Trio +1

Masahiko Sato, piano
Yasuo Arakawa, bass
Masahiko Ozu, drums
Hisahide Kato, soprano saxophone


Shungo Sawada Quintet

Shungo Sawada, guitar
Hideyuki Kikuchi, saxophone
Yoū Tokyuma, piano
Hironori Takitani, bass
Takahiro Suzuki, drums


George Otsuka Trio +1

George Otsuka, drums
Masaoki Terakawa, bass
Hideo Ichikawa, piano
Kiyoshi Sugimoto, guitar


Yosuke Yamashita Trio

Yosuke Yamashita, piano
Seiichi Nakamura, saxophone
Takeo Moriyama, drums


Recorded live on 28-29 August 1970 at Hibiya Park, Tokyo. Released November 1970.

Canyon Records ‎– CAJ-1002, 1003

LP Rip

KIM DAE HWAN "LIKE A DEW ALSO LIKE A THUNDER" (BIGTORY, 1988-2001)

Kang Tae Hwan, alto saxophone (5 + 6)
Choi Sun Bae, trumpet (5 + 6)
Kazumi Watanabe, guitar (4)
Yoriyuki Harada, piano (2)
Yosuke Yamashita, piano (4)
Kang Eun Il, haegum (3)
Kim Dae Hwan, puk (1 + 7), drums & percussion (2 - 6)

1. Solo     07:49
2. Duo             16:35
3. Duo             08:31
4. Trio     20:20
5. Trio     09:03
6. Trio     04:34
7. Solo     03:21


Track 1 and 7 recorded at FM Tokyo, September 1993; track 2 recorded May 10, 2001; track 3 recorded in Kangnung, South Korea, May 27, 2000; track 4 recorded at Shinjuku Quest Hall, Tokyo, October 20, 1999; tracks 5 and 6 recorded at Shinjuku Pit Inn, Tokyo, July 5, 1988.

BIGTORY BIGD-001 (2004)

MASAHIKO TOGASHI & FRIENDS ‎– GOLDEN CIRCLE "6" (TRIAL RECORDS, 1999)

1.1. 2.5 Cycle
1.2. Rumba De Funk
1.3. Nostalgia
1.4. The Air
1.5. Flying Riceman

2.1. Valencia
2.2. Faces
2.3. From Tchaikovsky Sym. #5 2nd Movement
2.4. Action
2.5. Waltz Step


Nobuyoshi Ino, bass
Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Masahiko Sato, piano
Yosuke Yamashita, piano
Kosuke Mine, tenor saxophone
Terumasa Hino, trumpet


Recorded on 11 December 1998 at Hammamatsu Act Hall

Trial Records ‎– ETR-004-5


CD Rip

HARUNA MIYAKE / YOSUKE YAMASHITA - EXCHANGE (VICTOR, 1979)

A1. Lullaby
A2. Exchange

B1. Beethoven's 9th Symphony
B2. Schoenberg


Haruna Miyake, piano
Yosuke Yamashita, piano

Recorded at Jean Jean on 5 March 1979

Victor - KVX-1054

Vinyl Rip

MAL WALDRON & YOSUKE YAMASHITA - PIANO DUO LIVE AT PIT INN (CBS, 1986)

1. Duo Improvisation Part I
2. Duo Improvisation Part II
3. My Old Flame

Mal Waldron, piano
Yosuke Yamashita, piano

Recorded at Pit Inn, Shinjuku, 17 September 1985

CBS - 32DH 360

CD Rip

Yosuke Yamashita & Hozan Yamamoto: Bolero (1986)

Tracks        total:  77:35

A1         Round About Midnight (Monk)     5:03   
A2         Senba Yama (YY)     16:42    

B1         Bolero (Ravel)       9:04    
B2         Seijaku (HY)     7:18
    
C1         Space Unknown (HY)     4:38   
C2         Farewell Jo Härting (YY,HY)     7:37    
C3         Passing Rain  (Karl Berger)     6:06

D1         The Tragedy Of A Grotesque Funeral (YY,HY)     6:28   
D2         Again (Karl Berger)     6:07
D3         We Are (Karl Berger)     4:52    
D4         Scarborough Fair (trad, arr YY,HY)     3:32
   
Credits

    Shakuhachi – Hozan Yamamoto (tracks: B2,C1,C2,C3,D1,D2,D3,D4)
    Piano – Yosuke Yamashita (tracks: A1,A2,B1,C2,C3,D1,D2,D3,D4)

Notes

Recording date: July 4th, 1985
Location: Amerikahaus Munich



this beautiful double LP was never reissued since, which is a shame. back then, i was in the audience :-)
enjoy!
O

Yosuke Yamashita-Joseph Jarman, First Time 1979

"No sky

                                                                    no earth - but still
                                                                      snowflakes fall"


                                                                     Kajiwara Hashin

This one goes out to Kinabalu , thanks for the COTW love!!

YOSUKE YAMASHITA / "FIRST TIME"
label(cat#)year: FRASCO (FS-7029) 1979

 YOSUKE YAMASHITA(p)/ JOSEPH JARMAN(as,fl,sopranino)/
 MALACHI FAVORS MAGHOSTUS(b)/ FAMOUDOU DON MOYE(ds)
tracklisting:
side a:
1. FOR D
 2. FOR M
 3. FOR J
side b:
1. THUS WE MET
 2. SYMBAL BIRD

Enjoy S!!

YOSUKE YAMASHITA TRIO with Brass 12 "GUGAN" (EMI, 1971)

YOSUKE YAMASHITA TRIO with Brass 12 "GUGAN"
(Introducing Takeo Moriyama)


Seiichi Nakamura, tenor & soprano saxophone
Yosuke Yamashita, piano
Takeo Moriyama, drums
Hisahide Katoh, tenor saxophone
Mabumi Yamaguchi, alto saxophone
Kunio Fukisaki, Susumi Kazuhara, Toru Ogoshi, Kenji Yoshida, trumpet
Masao Suzuki, baritone horn
Naoki Takahashi, Hisashi Nishimura, Hisashi Imai, trombone
Kyosuke Aikawa, tuba

1. Hachi (T.Moriyama) 11:10
2. Ballad for Y.Y. (T.Moriyama) 09:04
3. Take One (T.Moriyama) 10:24
4. Gugan (Y.Yamashita) 07:18

Recorded on September 25, 1971 at Toshiba EMI Studio.

EMI ETJ-9091 (first release)
EXPRESS FAR EAST Jazz Series ETJ-60005 (this version)

(lp rip)

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JAM RICE SEXTET "JAM RICE RELAXIN'" (FRASCO, 1976)

I've hunted for this recording a long time.
It is virtually an japanese all-star group - different in approach than the known recordings by their respective members.





Toshinori Kondo, trumpet, percussion
Akira Sakata, alto saxophone, clarinet, vocals, percussion
Gerald Oshita, tenor & soprano saxophone, alto flute, piccolo, marimba, percussion
Yosuke Yamashita, piano, mar, marimba, percussion
Hideaki Mochizuki, bass, percussion
Shota Koyama, drums & percussion

1. Jam Rice Relaxin' (part 1) 19:57
2. Jam Rice Relaxin' (part 2) 23:06


Live at "Aketa no mise", Tokyo on April 5,6,7 & 13, 1976.

FRASCO FS-7012

HOZAN YAMAMOTO - MASAHIKO TOGASHI - YOSUKE YAMASHITA "BREATH" (DENON, 1984)

A meeting between traditional and modern musicians.
Hozan Yamamoto became famous in the world of Jazz through his collaboration with Tony Scott.
Together they recorded "Music for Zen Meditation". He has worked among others with Ravi Shankar, Gary Peacock and Karl Berger.



HOZAN YAMAMOTO - MASAHIKO TOGASHI - YOSUKE YAMASHITA "BREATH"


Hozan Yamamoto, shakuhachi
Masahiko Togashi, percussion
Yosuke Yamashita, piano

1. Breath Prologue (Togashi) 05:12
2. Joy (Yamamoto) 09:31
3. Bamboo Holyday (Yamamoto) 04:51
4. Eastern Ceremony (Togashi) 07:53
5. Encounter (Togashi - Yamashita) 09:24
6. Basic Flight (Yamashita) 05:32
7. Rainbow (Yamamoto) 08:17
8. Breath Epilogue (Togashi) 02:32

Recorded at Nippon Columbia Studios No.1, Tokyo on 13th April, 1984.

DENON PCM 38C38-7281

YOSUKE YAMASHITA TRIO "CONCERT IN NEW JAZZ" (UNION, 1969)

This was the third LP of the Yamashita Trio, still with the original sax player Seiichi Nakamura. It was reissued as CD in 1991 with one piece more. Also some pieces were longer than on the LP.
But both are out of print.

Yosuke Yamashita is in Japan much more famous for his movie acting and his books which are bestsellers - as I was told by a japanese friend.
Sometimes he is marked as the japanese Cecil Taylor - but I think it is obvious that he has a voice all his own. However - C.T. was/is his "hero" - and there was a concert in which both played together. It seems it was filmed - something I would like to watch.

Here again one can notice, as Kinabalu remarked, the extraordinary energy and stamina of the group.


YOSUKE YAMASHITA TRIO "CONCERT IN NEW JAZZ"

Yosuke Yamashita,p
Seiichi Nakamura,ts,ss,cl
Takeo Moriyama,dr

1. Sate (Well) (Moriyama) 13:11
2. Mina's Second Theme (Yamashita) 06:44
3. Mokurin (Nakamura) 11:52
4. Gugan (Yamashita) 07:49

Recorded live at "Sankei Hall", Tokyo on 21st September, 1969

UNION UPS-20115

Yamashita Trio - Clay

Life's full of coincidence, isn't it? Yesterday I downloaded this album from the blog and listened through it. Today I dropped by a second-hand store and found it to my great surprise. If that wasn't enough, discovering that there was a scanner at work that could accommodate lp size covers was reason enough to make a post out of it. This was slipped into the comments section of the previous Yamashita trio post by pablo who digitised his own copy of the lp. No point in me replicating those worthy efforts.

Basic facts:

Side 1:
Mina's Second Theme (Yosuke Yamashita) 21:15

Side II
Mina's Second Theme (cont.)(Yosuke Yamashita) 7:35
Clay (Dedicated to Muhammad Ali) (Takeo Moriyama) 15:15

Akira Sakata - Clarinet & Altosax
Yosuke Yamashita - Piano
Takeo Moriyama - drums

Recorded June 2, 1974, live at the open-air III. New Jazz Festival in Moers, Germany

Released as Enja 2052.

Listening to this, I'm amazed at the sheer energy and stamina of these three musicians. Keeping it going at full throttle for well over 40 minutes is no mean feat and there is an intensity and an underlying sense of violence which is scenically captured in this You Tube film excerpt:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD3Q060KI28

Heady stuff in other words and a source of inspiration for a younger generation mixing the in your face attitude of punk and rock with the abandonment of free impro. Perhaps no wonder that Sakata has recently played with the Scandinavian power trio The Thing. Mads Gustafson is a huge admirer, which shouldn't surprise anybody listening to these tracks.

YOSUKE YAMASHITA "GHOSTS" (WEST WIND 1977)

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Here's one for Sunday. The Yosuke Yamashita Trio with Akira Sakata. See also Riccardo's post from 6th November for another fine recording with Akira Sakata!



YOSUKE YAMASHITA TRIO "GHOSTS by Albert Ayler"

Yosuke Yamashita,p
Akira Sakata,as
Shoichi Koyama,dr


1. Chiasma (Yosuke Yamashita) 16:30
2. Ghosts (Albert Ayler) 35:30

Recorded : May 23, 1977 at "Jazz in der Kammer", Deutsches Theater, Berlin, Germany.