Label: NoBusiness Records

韓国のフリー・サクソフィニスト"姜泰煥"、過去作品の再評価及び新作のリリース等精力的な活動が続いている"高田みどり"、百戦錬磨のジャズピアニスト佐藤允彦、3者によるトリオユニット"Ton-Klami"が1995年5月に山口県にて披露したコンサート録音。90分間の長尺パフォーマンスからセレクトされた3テイクが収録されており、パーカッションとピアノが織りなすシネマティックなサウンド上で、高音域の驚異的なコントロールを響かせるサックス。徐々に高密度及び予測不可能な展開へと発展する超名演です。





Midori Takada - marimba, percussion
Kang Tae Hwan - alto saxophone
Masahiko Satoh - piano

Recorded live on the 27th May, 1995 at Design Plaza Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan by Takeo Suetomi / Concert produced by Takeo Suetomi

The three lengthy improvisations are selections from a 90-minute performance and present the trio in a variety of guises. At the heart of the collaboration lies the contrast between the percussive sensibilities of Satoh and Takada versus the continuous outpourings of Hwan. The Korean demonstrates his mindboggling control of the overblown upper register in the first few minutes of the title track, as his other worldly alto whistle skates above an icy landscape of cymbal splashes and piano droplets. Bolstered by circular breathing his siren cry takes on an electronic quality, even as the accompaniment moves from processional to martial.

Some of the most exciting passages come as the intensity increases. Towards the end of the opener, Satoh and Hwan intermingle their twin unfurling lines, only for the pressure to grow yet further as Takada throws fuel on the fire. They conjure yet more high energy on "Incantation" through an exuberant combination of staccato yelping alto, flailing piano and taiko-like drum bursts.

Takada asserts her grace and elegance with a prancing marimba dance during "Manifestation," while Satoh ramps up the tension with one of those repeated figures which begs the questions: When will it stop? What happens then? The answer is an unexpected return to a delicate and mournful atmosphere of isolated sounds. That unpredictability sums up the attraction of this disc.

John Sharpe