Masayuki Takayanagi, New Directions Independence: Tread On Sure Ground

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• Independence: Tread On Sure Ground by Masayuki Takayanagi, released in 1970 on the Union (later reissued by Cinedelic in 2022), marks a pivotal moment in Japanese free jazz. Conceived as Takayanagis debut as a leader with his trio New Directionsincluding Motoharu Yoshizawa on bass, cello, percussion and Yoshisaburo Toyozumi on drumsthe album is celebrated for inaugurating a distinctly Japanese methodology in free improvisation. Recorded at Teichiku Kaikan on September 18, 1969, the music unfolds as an intense sonic storm, with Takayanagis jagged, feedback-laced guitar drawing comparisons to the exploratory ethos of European ensembles like AMM or the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, yet driven by a uniquely Japanese avant-garde vision

  Critics and collectors have dubbed the album the Lochnes