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This masterful performance was born of the meeting of two master improvisers, Kazuo Imai of Japan and Roger Turner of the UK.
Imai, who studied with Masayuki Takayanagi and Takehisa Kosugi, is one of Japan’s leading improvisers and guitarists.
Turner is a drummer and percussionist who has been actively performing throughout the world since the beginning of the 1970s.
His Japan tour in October 2017 included concerts with Japanese musicians in various locations, including his performance with Kazuo Imai at Bar Isshee in Tokyo on October 11. In this duo concert, Imai played one nylon string guitar, while Turner used only snare drum, tom tom, cymbals, metal and wood instead of setting up a complete drum set; and the sound was acoustic, without electric amplification. The overall sound is somewhat controlled, in keeping with the nylon string guitar volume; and within that context the musicians’ interacting sounds are remarkably diverse, dynamic, and beautiful. The concert’s first and second set are documented in their entirety on this album.
Le batteur Roger Turner en tournée japonaise en octobre 2017 rencontrait le guitariste Kazuo Imai à Tokyo.
Le premier se limite à une caisse claire, un tom, des cymbales et du métal tandis que l’autre joue de la guitare classique. Le tout sans amplification.
Un concert en deux parties reproduites chacune sur un CD pour mieux en apprécier les différences de subtilité, d’énergie, de timbres et de dynamiques.
Une première rencontre entre ces deux figures historique de l’improvisation qui en laisse espérer de nombreuses autres !