Derek Bailey - Duo & Trio Improvisation

1978 LP of the man whose name is synonymous with free improv guitar, Derek Bailey, recorded in a Tokyo studio with local heavyweights including monumental bassist Motoharu Yoshizawa, trumpet player Toshinori Kondo (a collaborator with Steve Beresford, Peter Brotzmann, Peter Kowald, and many more), percussionist Toshi Tsuchitori, tenor sax player Mototeru Tagaki, and sax player Kaoru Abe. This version is the 1992 CD reissue on DIW.

Outtakes from these sessions were eventually released as a CD called "The Music.... Hardcore Jazz", which is yet unheard by me. Less than a month later, a quartet of Abe, Bailey, Yoshizawa and Kondo would take the stage at Machida-Kavalika and record a blistering set that found daylight as the "Aida's Call" CD. I might post that one later if anyone's interested.

Derek Bailey - Duo & Trio Improvisation