TOGASHI MASAHIKO QUARTET Takayanagi Japan Free Jazz 69

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TOGASHI MASAHIKO QUARTET: “We Now Create”

Label: Victor

Label Number: SMJX-10065

Original 1st Japanese issue of 1969

GRADING:

Record: VG++ has some visible hairlines

Gatefold Jacket: VG++, has a taped upper seam

In all a nice starter copy, 1st original pressing

Some words on this issue: TOGASHI MASAHIKO QUARTET (with TAKAYANAGI MASAYUKI, TAKAGI MOTOTERU & YOSHIZAWA MOTOHARU): “We Now Create” (Victor Records – SMJX-10065) First original pressing out of 1969. The first free jazz record to be released upon Japan 's shores by a domestic free-blowing combo was “We Now Create” by a group spearheaded by Togashi Masahiko. Their groundbreaking album was recorded within the span of a single day on May 23rd, 1968 and obtained in that same year a grand prize awarded as “best record of the year”, administered by the rather conservative mainstream jazz magazine Swing Journal. Masahiki Togashi released as a bandleader, under his name, the first domestic free jazz document to hit the epicenter of Tokyo. Assisted by the crème of the crème of the that day pioneering and adventurous musicians, the line up counted amongst its members Takagi Mototeru (ts, cornpipe), Takayanagi Masayuki (g) and Motoharu Yoshizawa (b). Their glorious and only output (in this particular line-up) was released in 1969 under the title “We Now Create” by Victor. A staggering document. Originally the quartet had been active as a quintet with trumpeter Oki Itaru in their ranks. Free howling assault on the senses, scorching interplay, vicious feedback outbursts and soaring saxophone blasts howling against tumbling-down percussive rattles. A killer all round. One of the defining moments of Japanese free jazz.

Our grading scale: Mint/ Near Mint/ Excellent/ VG++/. We don’t sell anything below VG++. VG++ grade is basically that the record has some scuffs and has wear. Excellent: record has hardly no visible defects and is preserved with care and attention, the condition most collectors take pride in to file away. Near Mint: a dash below mint, just perfect. Mint: like new.

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