Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Junji Hirose

Hodgepodge

(Cacoon, CACOON-002) (Japan) (LP)

Side A

  1. Duo 1 (3:10)
  2. Duo 2 (2:30)
  3. Duo 3 (5:15)
  4. Duo 4 (7:45)

Side B

  1. Why-so? (9:53)
  2. Eight Hands (8:45)
  3. Hodgepodge (6:22)

All are free improvisations.

Junji Hirose: tenor and soprano saxophones (Side A: 1-3, Side B: 1 and 2); electric guitar and percussion (Side B: 3)
Akira Iijima: electric guitar (Side A: 1-3, Side B: 1 and 2)
Yasuhiro Yamazaki: drums (Side B: 1 and 2)
Shuichi Nagano: bass (Side B: 1 and 2)

Recorded live at Far-Out, Tokyo, October 17, 1981 (Side A); live at Kid Ailac Art Hall, Tokyo, October 9, 1981 (Side B: 1 and 2); and live at Far-Out, Tokyo, May 2, 1981
Design by Hiroaki Kizuka
Produced by Junji Hirose

Released in 1982