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Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul - Japan Suite (1977)
Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul - Japan Suite (1992)
Label: Improvising Artists Inc. [123849-2] | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, scans) / MP3 320 kbps | 00:31:51 | 218 MB / 75 MB | 2 tracks
Genre: Jazz, Free Jazz
Label: Improvising Artists Inc. [123849-2] | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, scans) / MP3 320 kbps | 00:31:51 | 218 MB / 75 MB | 2 tracks
Genre: Jazz, Free Jazz
Japan Suite is a spectacularly explosive, telepathic, and historically monumental avant-garde masterpiece documenting a legendary July 1976 live performance at the Yamaha Music Festival in Tokyo, released on compact disc in 1992 by the visionary label Improvising Artists Inc. Spanning nearly 32 minutes across two monumental, uninterrupted collective improvisations, this high-fidelity document captures one of the most important piano trios in modern jazz history operating at the absolute peak of their creative power. Spearheaded by the radical Canadian keyboard pioneer Paul Bley, who brilliant contrasts the woody resonance of a Yamaha acoustic grand with the sleek, metallic textures of an electric grand piano, the trio completely rewrites the rules of acoustic interaction. Bley is flanked by his definitive rhythm vanguard: double bass icon Gary Peacock and the masterfully inventive, polyrhythmic drumming master Barry Altschul. Moving entirely outside the constraints of fixed chord changes or steady meters, the three masters communicate with profound structural empathy, shifting instantly from quiet, microtonal silence to thunderous, interlocking free-jazz currents. The tracklist comprises the monumental 19-minute Japan Suite I and its fiery, 12-minute counterpart Japan Suite II, delivering a masterclass in spontaneous architecture. Exceptionally preserved in pristine dual-format lossless and high-bitrate audio with full booklet artwork scans, this definitive historical archive stands as an absolute mandatory cornerstone and a prized collector's holy grail for global purists of advanced avant-garde piano trios, Japanese concert history, and elite creative music evolution.
Tracklist
1. Japan Suite I (19:25)
2. Japan Suite II (12:26)
Personnel:
Paul Bley – Yamaha acoustic & electric grand pianos
Gary Peacock – bass
Barry Altschul – drums, percussion
Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Barry Altschul - Japan Suite (1977)
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