Masahiko Togashi "Spiritual Nature"

富樫雅彦
スピリチュアル・ネイチャー
East Wind (Japan) 1975
EW-8013 (LP) w/insert (some small spots.)
sleeve : VG+(light dirts.)
media : EX/EX(A3/B1 has very small and slightly hairline that does not affect to sounds. plays fine.)

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.