Takehisa Kosugi - Violin Solo 1980 N.Y.C. (1998)

This CD presents rare and previously unreleased solo violin improvisation by the Japanese avant-garde composer. A vital figure in the experimental music movement of the '60s, Kosugi was a member of the pinoeering improvisational groups Group Ongaku and Taj Mahal Travellers, and is a contemporary of composers Toshi Ichiyanagi and Yuji Takahashi. Making vital music in the Tokyo avant-garde idiom, he is here recorded in New York performing a compelling solo violin improvisation that employs techniques of free jazz mixed with the abstract sensibilities of the classical avant-garde. A stunning historical work, this requires a degree of attention to find reward in its details, but is a solid and compelling piece of avant-garde music.

Tracks:

01. Untitled (15:36)
02. Untitled (8:11)
03. Untitled (1:52)
04. Untitled (3:42)
05. Untitled (11:55)
06. Untitled (2:08)
07. Untitled (2:49)

Personnel:

Takehisa Kosugi - violin

Recorded at 214 East 11th Street #13A, New York on June 22, 1980.