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Suzuki, Hiromasa
Rock Joint Biwa - Kumikyoku Fulukotofumi
The Fulukotofumi is the most important and ancient historical chronicle of Japan. The content of this work becomes an
inspiration for the creation of a sound transposition of the legends and myths that most marked the spirit and
inspiration of Hiromasa Suzuki, as a musician and as a high-level composer. The music that is concentrated between these
grooves is a representation of the best that moved in the early seventies in the jazz-rock orbit at an international
level; in addition, very strong infiltrations of tradition, characterized above all by the extremely calibrated and
perfectly ad hoc interventions of the Biwa (lute of the Japanese tradition once used by blind monks to recite poems) and
the Wadaiko drum. From its entirety, a highly evocative and magical sketch in nine suites emerges, a viaticum towards
the most ancestral past of Japan, but at the same time also immersed in the modernity and expressive relevance of the
land of the rising sun. A masterpiece that, buried for too long in the archives, is finally back reissued on vinyl with
original graphics on its gatefold cover and enriched by an insert with the translations of the precious introductory
essay contained in its original edition. Accompanying Suzuki's acoustic and electric piano is the crème of Japanese jazz
that gives free rein to one's primordial instincts. Some passages come close to progressive, especially thanks to
Kiyoshi Sugimoto's Allan Holdsworth style guitar.
Originally released in 1972.
Price
€ 31.95
Genre
Format
LP - 1 disk
Release
25-11-2022
Label
Item-nr
527310
EAN
8055323521390
Availability
In stock