Artist: Masayuki Takayanagi ("Jojo" Takayanagi Second Concept)
Album: Cool Jojo
Genre: Cool Jazz
Label: Three Blind Mice
Released: 1980/2000
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Froggy Day (Ball) - 5:35
- These Things (Takayanagi) - 4:58
- Hi Beck (Konitz) - 4:19
- Palo Alto (Konitz) - 4:04
- 317 East 32nd (Tristano) - 4:45
- Subconscious Lee (Konitz) - 5:30
- My New Flame (Takayanagi) - 5:06
- Lennie's Pennies (Tristano) - 3:16
- Froggy Day (alternate take) (Ball) - 5:37
- Hi Beck (alternate take) (Konitz) - 4:17
- 317 East 32nd (alternate take) (Tristano) - 4:39
- Subconscious Lee (alternate take) (Konitz) - 5:13
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- Personnel:
- Masayuki "Jojo" Takayanagi - guitar
- Kenji Kosei - piano, electric piano
- Nobuyoshi Ino - bass
- Yasuhiro Yamazaki - drums
Guitarist Masayuki "Jojo" Takayanagi takes things back to basics with his Second Concept here – playing in a style that's straighter and more swinging than some of his avant work of the 70s – yet at a level that's equally compelling too! Given that he went outside a heck of a lot on previous records, Takayanagi definitely has a touch here that's informed by the farther reaches of the electric guitar in jazz – yet he applies his inventive tones and phrasings to a more conventional setting with help from Kenji Kohsei on piano, Nobuyoshi Ino on bass, and Yasuhiro Yamazaki on drums – in a mode that almost recalls some of the more inventive mix of tones and rhythms from the Lee Konitz generation of the 50s, yet served up in a more contemporary mode overall. No surprise, the set features versions of Konitz-school classics like "Palo Alto", "Lennie's Pennies", and "317 East 32nd" – plus original material that includes "Froggy Day", "These Things", and "My New Flame". CD features four bonus alternate takes too!