Kan mikami keiji haino and motoharu yoshizawa the sea
History
Yoshizawa began playing in a free style in the mid-1960s, in groups with Yosuke Yamashita and Kazunori Takeda, as well as in a famous jam session with Elvin Jones during John Coltrane's Japan tour of 1966. Yoshizawa's own trio with Mototeru Takagi was said to have been pivotal for Japanese free jazz, though no recordings survive. In 1969, Yoshizawa played with Masahiko Togashi's famous quartet and Masayuki Takayanagi's New Directions group, participating in both groups' landmark recording sessions of that year. Yoshizawa was a pioneer of solo bass performance, his experiments synchronous with those of Barre Phillips. He first played this style in 1969, though nothing was recorded until several years later. In the mid-1970s, Yoshizawa recorded three albums for solo bass. Later in the decade he had a fruitful collaboration with alto saxophonist Kaoru Abe, which led to the recording of one album, Nord. In the 1990s, Yoshizawa began experimenting with an effects-laden, five-string bass of his own design. He spent six months living and playing in New York in 1989-90.
Discography
Solo
V.A., Inspiration and Power 14 (Trio, 1973; CD reissue, PJL, 2003)
Inland Fish (Trio, 1974; CD reissue, PJL, 2003)
The Cracked Mirror and the Fossil Bird (Kojima, 1975; CD reissue, PSF, 1994)
Outfit - Bass solo II (Trio, 1976; CD reissue, PJL, 2004)
From the faraway nearby (PSF, 1992)
Empty Hats (PSF, 1994)
Play unlimited (PSF, 1997)
V.A., Halana No. 3 magazine/CD (Halana, 1997)
V.A., Halana No. 4 magazine/CD (Halana, 1998)
It's a day - Last bass solo live video (Pelmage Records, 1999)
Duos, Trios, Quartets.
We now create, Masahiko Togashi Quartet (Victor, 1969; CD reissue, Bridge, 2006)
Independence, Masayuki Takayanagi and New Directions (Teichiku,1969)
Call in Question, Masayuki Takayanagi & New Directions (PSF, 1993; recorded 1970)
Live Independence, Masayuki Takayanagi & New Directions (PSF, 1994; recorded 1970)
Dreams, w/ Dave Burrell (Trio, 1974; CD reissue, PJL, 2003)
Duo and Trio Improvisation, w/ Derek Bailey et al. (Polydor, 1978; CD reissue, Disk Union, 1992)
