TAKEO MORIYAMA - Smile (Clear Sky Blue Vinyl)

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: COJY-9518
Barcode: 4549767322261
Release Date: 21 Nov 2024
Genre: Jazz

Side A
1. Exchange
2. Watarase
Side B
1. Step
2. Smile
3. Goodbye

The famous song “Watarase,” full of Japanese flavor, is recorded for the first time on this album.
Takeo Moriyama, a renowned jazz drummer, has been a prominent figure in the free jazz scene since the late 1960s, first with the Yosuke Yamashita Trio and more recently with the KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET. Moriyama's music has garnered a devoted following among both old and new fans. This album, recorded in 1980 with a quartet featuring his close friend Fumio Itabashi, is one of the most famous works in the history of Japanese jazz music.
It features a large-scale performance in which stillness and movement are organically intertwined.