On 9/30/03 9:46 PM, "Efrén del Valle" <efrendv@yahoo.es> wrote:
Taku Sugimoto? If so, I've only heard him with Gunter Schuller and Keith Rowe in some Erstwhile album I've got at home. Although not a daily play, it's certainly a fantastic recording for anyone interested in slow-paced, minimal improvisation. Anything else by Sugimoto that I shouldn't miss?
The one you mention is my favorite, though it's Muller and not Schuller, who clearly wouldn't work for this context. Sugimoto these days has gotten so spare, that I'm not as much as interested in his work, but his two releases with Kevin Drumm are pretty good, as well as his work with Annette Krebs. You might want to check out "Foldings" with Akiyama, Nakamura and Wastell on the Confront label. He's also on the Off-Site recordings in varied combinations on the IMJ label as well as on the IMJ box set, which is now out of print. Erstwhile will be releasing a box set of the Amplify festival in Tokyo that I attended last October, and Sugimoto is featured quite prominently--in the Muller/Rowe combination as well as one with Kurzmann/Stangl. I like the former one better. The box is schedule to have seven CDs and a DVD and will be available for around $150 in November if purchased from Jon Abbey directly. Check out http://www.erstwhilerecords.com for more details. I've heard much of the music on the box (except for the non-festival recordings) and I can heartily recommend it.