Masahiko Togashi
Spiritual Nature
East Wind (Japan) 1975
EW-8013 (LP) Promotional copy. White label. w/obi, insert.
sleeve : EX(light collapse on one corner. one very small and slightly dirts. still good condition.)
media : EX+/EX-(side B has some light surface noises.)
This album was released in 1975 by Masahiko Togashi, one of Japan's greatest drummers and percussionists, who developed his own unique playing style despite a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed. This album is an edited version of a live recording of a concert held at the Kosei Nenkin Kaikan in Tokyo that year. A total of ten jazz musicians including Sadao Watanabe, Shigeo Suzuki, Shozo Nakagawa and Masahiko Sato perform this earthy free improvisation. This is a masterpiece of ethnic jazz from Japan, expressing the organic spirituality of Masahiko Togashi, who learned through his encounter with Don Cherry to sing about the unity of man and nature through the gestures of life. It's as if Don Cherry were on stage with him.
A1: The Beginning
B1: Spiritual Nature