The Seasons Ill, by Kazuo Imai

The Seasons Ill

by Kazuo Imai

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Guitarist Kazuo Imai (born in 1955) studied with Masayuki Takayanagi and Takehisa Kosugi, and has been performing in Japan and overseas since the 1970s. While focusing on improvised music, his performance activity ranges widely, from free jazz to contemporary classical to noise music. On an irregular basis, he continues to perform super-high-volume improvised guitar solos. This CD consists of two superb pieces, performed in concerts in April and September 2016, which could be called definitive performances in this genre. (Each is over 25 minutes long.) Dazzling whirlpools of multilayered sound surge in raging streams in this truly overwhelming music. But this is no mere barrage of roaring sound. The transformations and variations in these well-structured 25-minute-plus performances truly demonstrate Imai's greatness as an improviser.

今井和雄（1955年生まれ）は高柳昌行と小杉武久に師事し、1970年代から国内外で活動するギター奏者。即興音楽を中心に、フリージャズ、現代音楽、ノイズに至る多様な演奏をおこなっている。今井はエレクトリック・ギターを使ったソロによる大音量即興演奏を不定期ながら続けていて、本作には、その決定的名演とも言える2016年4月と9月のライヴ演奏2曲（どちらも25分を超える）を収録。めくるめく多層な音の渦が激流となって押し寄せる、まさに圧巻の演奏。しかも、単なる爆音の垂れ流しにはならず、25分超の演奏の中に変化とメリハリを利かせた構成力は、今井の即興演奏家としての素晴らしさをも如実に示している。

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released April 16, 2017

Kazuo Imai: electric guitar

Recorded live at Soup, Tokyo, September 25, 2016 (1); and at Earthdom, Tokyo, April 7, 2016 (2)
Recorded by Shingo Matsuoka
Mastered by Takeshi Yoshida
Design by Kazuo Imai
Produced by Kazuo Imai and Shingo Matsuoka

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