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高柳昌行 (Takayanagi Masayuki )
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Pioneering Japanese free improvisation guitarist. Born 22 December 1932 in Tokyo, turned professional in 1951, and formed the first of many groups with the New Direction moniker in 1954. Was a leading member of every avant-garde movement in Japanese jazz from the fifties onwards.
Towards the end of his life Takayanagi moved into complex 'Action Direct' works for tabletop guitar, tapes and electronics that verge on pure noise in their intent.
Peter Kowald / bass
Keiki Midorikawa / 翠川敬基 , K. Midorikawa, Midorikawa Keiki / Japanese free jazz bassist and cellist. Born May 10, 1949.
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