Chiasma (Remastered) Yosuke Yamashita Trio

• 1 Double Helix 04:42
• 2 Nita 05:26
• 3 Chiasma 07:59
• 4 Horsetrip 03:52
• 5 Introhach 04:05
• 6 Hachi 13:50
• Total Runtime 39:54

Info for Chiasma (Remastered)

Possessing extraordinary technique and imagination, pianist Yosuke Yamashita is a pioneer of the Japanese avant-garde. He has performed at NYC’s Carnegie Hall, and was awarded the Imperial Medal of Honor by the Japanese government for his artistic work. This live festival recording of Yamashita’s trio was made during a highly successful European tour. The trio’s dynamic energy and exploratory spirit are in full force, as evidenced by the audience’s ecstatic reaction. Double Helix projects an intense duo, intertwining drums & piano, while on Nita Yosuke plays an astounding solo, dispersing phrases in energetic bursts, and even takes a bow to tradition with a walking bass line. On Chiasma all hell breaks loose, with frenzied drums and inspired parallel dialogs between piano and sax. Horse Trip produces another frenetically intense piano-drum duet, whereas on Introhach Takeo Moriyama executes a pyrotechnical drum solo. Hachi has the trio in free form – Pollack in sound – transcendence. If you dig free jazz you’ll treasure this album; if you don’t, this music could change your mind.

Yosuke Yamashita, piano
Akira Sakata, alto saxophone
Takeo Moriyama, drums

Recorded live June 6, 1975 at the Heidelberger Jazztage, Germany
Recorded by Carlos Albrecht
Produced by Horst Weber

Digitally remastered

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