Label: Room40

素晴らしい演奏内容、2024年重要作!!タージ・マハル旅行団のオリジナルメンバーとして知られる長谷川時夫氏。氏を中心とした即興プロジェクト"Stone Music"が行った、タージ・マハル旅行団の1st LP[July 15, 1972]の50周年を記念したコンサート[July 15, 2022]の記録が音盤化!!オリジナルメンバーは長谷川氏と永井清治氏のみ、その他 池田謙氏を含む総勢12名の演奏家が集った激シブな集団即興が収録されています。未発表の資料とテキストを掲載したブックレット付き、美しいエンボス加工スリーブ。



Matte laminate and embossed CD with insert and 8 panel fold out booklet which includes previously unpublished documentation and texts from Tokio Hasegawa.

The first LP by the Taj Mahal Travellers was recorded at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo on July 15, 1972, which became the title of the work and was released the same year by CBS Sony Records.

A live performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of this album was held on July 15, 2022. The only original members of the Taj Mahal Travellers who attended were myself and Seiji Nagai. This is because two of the six members passed away, two are religiously active and they can not play music according to their belief, and the last one has lost touch with us. Therefore, young musicians were recruited to perform with us. This performance was a spark of improvisation that broke 50 years of my silence.

Let me recall a little about the day of the concert. The venue was a live house called Forestlimit Hatagaya, about 20 minutes by car from Shibuya. In the pouring rain, we ended up entering a narrow alley from where it was impossible to reach the place by car, so after unloading my instruments, we had to head back to a wider road and find another route. The venue was small and located on the basement floor. Among performers and stuff members we were more than 10 people, and including the audience, in total about 60 people gathered on that day. Indeed, the place felt packed like a crowded train in Tokyo. Many of the performers were meeting each other for the first time, and not only the audience but the participating musicians themselves could not imagine what the performance would be like.