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a r t i s t : yosuke yamashita
t i t l e : spider
d a t e : 1996
l a b e l : Verve
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : May-2003
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 67,9 MB
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26 February 1942, Tokyo, Japan. Although he had played
professionally at the age of 17, pianist Yamashita went on to
study at the Kunitachi College of Music (1962-67). He
established himself playing in the quartets of Masahiko Togashi
and Sadao Watanabe. The earliest influence of Bill Evans soon
gave way to the influence of Cecil Taylor. When Yamashita
formed his own trio with Akira Sakata (alto saxophone) and
Takeo Moriyama (drums) and toured Europe (1974) the music was
so wild the group was known as the Kamikaze Trio. For
inspiration Yamashita looked back to "the beginning of jazz -
Europe had the system but Africa had all the feeling. All the
material I use belongs to the system, but as long as I can
stand on the outside and approach things from the outside, I
will never be suffocated". He kept a trio going throughout the
70s and continued to play as a sideman with the bands of Kazumi
Takeda (tenor saxophone) and Seuchi Nakamura (tenor saxophone).
From 1974 he made regular trips to Europe with the trio in
Germany as well as playing with Manfred Schoof (1975), then as
a soloist and in 1977 in a duo with bassist Adellard Roidinger.
He disbanded the trio in 1983 when he felt that he had achieved
as much as he could in that format. Yamashita formed a big band
with an eclectic style and performed in many varied situations
including solo performances of his own versions of classical
pieces, playing with Kodo, a Japanese drum choir, and having
pieces performed by the Ozaka Philharmonic Orchestra. In the
early 90s he was again playing with a trio and touring Europe.
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01-cats dance [04:12]
02-revenge of picasso [09:28]
03-one for m [04:18]
04-quiet days [04:27]
05-fourth step [06:05]
06-kids in memory [04:44]
07-doubles [05:59]
08-stream [04:04]
09-spider [06:06]
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49:23 min
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