A duo between Japanese free improvising drummer Sabu Toyozum and Swedish baritone saxophonist & wind player Mats Gustafsson, also performing on his own fluteophone (a mouthpiece attached to the flute), capturing five live improvisation at their 2018 performance at Jazz Spot Candy, in Chiba, Japan for an extremely inventive set of potent playing.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2020 Country: Lithuania Packaging: Jewel Case Recorded live at Jazz Spot Candy, in Chiba, Japan, on June 11th and 12th, 2018, by Kunimitsu Tsuburai.
"As you can see from Sabu Toyozumi's drumming, he never gets caught up in one form and continues to move to the next form without any hesitation. In improvisation, you may get a rhythm or beat that will give you some pleasure at a certain moment. However, Toyozumi does not give in to it, but immediately abandons it and heads for the next discovery. So Toyozumi seems to be essentially different, as a good jazz player is someone who can play to the fullest under the rules of jazz and share acupoints with others.
About a week before the recording of this album, I watched a duo of Mats Gustafson and Yoshihide Otomo on the turntable at Kichijoji's GOK sound (also released as a CD "Timing" on doubtmusic this year. T). I was a little surprised to see him swaying from side to side like a dance while balancing around the center of his body and blowing a tube. Power play doesn't mean you have to step on both legs. Bass clarinet and flute phone (a self-made musical instrument with a mouthpiece attached to the flute, which was called a metal clarinet at that time) also operated as a physical institution. He also moves his body in response to the situation and connects it directly to the sound.
In other words, neither Toyozumi nor Gustafsson's play is based on their own physical methodologies, and is neither athlete-like nor music craftsman-like. By listening to this album, you can relive the process of two people responding to each other's sounds. Gustafsson emits a sound repellency from the mouthpiece to amplify the hitting sound of Toyosumi. When Gustafsson puts out a long growl that looks like a snake or a muddy stream, Toyosumi tries to build a form that antagonizes it. It's a really exciting duo where they create big swells."-Satoshi Saito (translated by Google)