Takeo Moriyama, Arashi - Tokuzo (Live) (2024)

Free jazz sax whirlwinds by Akira Sakata fuelled on Andreas Berthling darting double bass and thrash of Paal Nilssen-Love’s and Takeo Moriyama’s twin drum turbine - most distinctive in ‘Man Came From Strange Kishiwara’, when Akita’s possessed holler takes central stage.

“The trio of Japanese Saxophone legend Akira Sakata with the scandinavian rhythm section presents already his fifth album! While the trio was on a Japan tour in 2019, Sakata arranged for a handful of special collaborations, with some of Japan’s most important artistic figures. Featuring the avantgarde dancer Min Tanaka, the pianist Yuji Takahashi and a heavyweight veteran of Japanese experimental music - drummer Takeo Moriyama. Moriyama was playing with Sakata in the Yosuke Yamashita Trio and is his unflinching sparring partner on the explosive 2022 Trost duo recording Mitochondria.”Free jazz sax whirlwinds by Akira Sakata fuelled on Andreas Berthling darting double bass and thrash of Paal Nilssen-Love’s and Takeo Moriyama’s twin drum turbine - most distinctive in ‘Man Came From Strange Kishiwara’, when Akita’s possessed holler takes central stage.

“The trio of Japanese Saxophone legend Akira Sakata with the scandinavian rhythm section presents already his fifth album! While the trio was on a Japan tour in 2019, Sakata arranged for a handful of special collaborations, with some of Japan’s most important artistic figures. Featuring the avantgarde dancer Min Tanaka, the pianist Yuji Takahashi and a heavyweight veteran of Japanese experimental music - drummer Takeo Moriyama. Moriyama was playing with Sakata in the Yosuke Yamashita Trio and is his unflinching sparring partner on the explosive 2022 Trost duo recording Mitochondria.”

Akira Sakata - vocals, Bb clarinet and alto saxophone
Johan Berthling - double bass
Paal Nilssen-Love - drums and percussion

Takeo Moriyama - drums

Tracklist:
1-1. Takeo Moriyama, Arashi - Colour Flames (Live) (09:56)
1-2. Takeo Moriyama, Arashi - Man Came from Strange Kiswahiri (Live) (10:56)
1-3. Takeo Moriyama, Arashi - Clay (Live) (15:40)
1-4. Takeo Moriyama, Arashi - Rakuda (Live) (15:09)
1-5. Takeo Moriyama, Arashi - Ondo No Hunauta (Live) (11:44)
1-6. Takeo Moriyama, Arashi - Hamabe No Uta (Live) (05:58)