Artist: Mototeru Takagi
Album: Love Dance: Solo Live at Galerie De Cafe Den, Tokyo 1987-1997
Genre: Free Improvisation
Label: Nadja 21
Released: 2021
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
CD 1 - 1987.5.27
01. Stone Blues (Takagi) - 23:43
02. Arirang (Trad.)/Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Benjamin-Caldwell-Marcus) - 12:58
03. Love Dance 1987.5.27 P2M1 (Takagi) - 10:18
04. Petite fleurs (Bechet) - 8:17
05. Going Home (Dvorak) - 7:21
06. La vie en rose (Piaf-Louiguy) - 5:38
07. Il pleut sur la rute (Himmel) - 5:25
CD 2 - 1987.9.02
01. Love Dance 1987.9.02 P1M1 (Takagi) - 30:11
02. Epistrophy (Monk) - 8:49
03. Love Dance 1987.9.02 P2M1 (Takagi) - 25:18
04. Going Home (Dvorak) - 5:42
CD 3 - 1989.5.10
01. Stone Blues (Takagi) - 19:56
02. Love Dance 1989.5.10 P1M2 (Takagi) - 11:50
03. Love Dance 1989.5.10 P1M3 (Takagi) - 11:19
04. Arirang (Trad.) - 15:56
05. Love Dance 1989.5.10 P2M2 (Takagi) - 5:25
06. Going Home (Dvorak) - 9:37
CD 4 - 1989.9.06
01. Love Dance 1989.9.06 P1M1 (Takagi) - 44:31
02. Love Dance 1989.9.06 P2M1 (Takagi) - 14:17
CD 5 - 1997.4.08
01. MC (Toshio Kuwabara) - 1:17
02. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (Mingus) - 16:47
03. Stone Blues (Takagi) - 7:05
04. Love Dance 1997.4.08 M3 (Takagi) - 16:22
05. Love Dance 1997.4.08 M4 (Takagi) - 8:35
06. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (Ortega) - 5:57
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A huge collection – a series of different live performances from Japanese improvising saxophonist Mototeru Takagi, most recorded in the late 80s – plus one more from the following decade too! Takagi is solo throughout most of the set – and he has an amazing ability to rework familiar themes and then explode out on his own – bringing occasional older melodies into the mix to remind us that he is rooted to a tradition in jazz, even though his own longer improvisations are maybe even more incredible. Work is mostly on tenor, with a few soprano sax performances – and in addition to a series of dated "Love Dance" long improvisations, titles also include takes on "Going Home", "Petite Fleur", "Il Pleut Sur La Rute", "Goodbye Porkpie Hat", and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood. On the final disc, one long improvisation has additional work from Taku Sugimoto on guitar – but all other titles are solo.