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Derek Bailey

Duo & Trio Improvisation

(Kitty Records/Universal Classics & Jazz, UCCU-9021) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Derek Bailey/Toshiyuki Tsuchitori/Motoharu Yoshizawa - Improvisation 21 (9:25)
  2. Derek Bailey/Toshinori Kondo - Improvisation 22 (2:30)
  3. Derek Bailey/Mototeru Takagi/Kaoru Abe - Improvisation 23 (12:08)
  4. Derek Bailey/Toshiyuki Tsuchitori - Improvisation 24 (8:01)
  5. Toshinori Kondo/Mototeru Takagi - Improvisation 25 (2:01)
  6. Toshinori Kondo/Mototeru Takagi - Improvisation 26 (5:43)
  7. Derek Bailey/Toshiyuki Tsuchitori/Motoharu Yoshizawa - Improvisation 27 (6:17)

Bonus tracks

  1. Derek Bailey/Mototeru Takagi/Kaoru Abe - Improvisation 28 (3:32)
  2. Derek Bailey/Toshinori Kondo - Improvisation 29 (5:46)
  3. Derek Bailey/Kaoru Abe/Mototeru Takagi/Toshinori Kondo/Motoharu Yoshizawa/Toshiyuki Tsuchitori - Collective Improvisation 1 (7:03)
  4. Derek Bailey/Kaoru Abe/Mototeru Takagi/Toshinori Kondo/Motoharu Yoshizawa/Toshiyuki Tsuchitori - Collective Improvisation 2 (13:11)

Derek Bailey: guitar (1-4, 7-11)
Toshiyuki Tsuchitori: drums, percussion (1, 4, 7, 10, 11)
Motoharu Yoshizawa: bass (1, 7, 10, 11)
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet (2, 5, 6, 9-11)
Mototeru Takagi: tenor, alto, and soprano saxophones (3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 11)
Kaoru Abe: alto saxophone, harmonica (3, 8, 10, 11)

Recorded by Akio Ito at Polydor No. 1 Studio, Tokyo, April 19, 1978
Mixed by Akio Ito at Polydor No. 2 Studio, May 3, 1978
Photos by Yuji Itsumi and Toshio Kuwahara
Design by Takeshi Shino
Produced by Hideto Isoda
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Aquirax Aida and Hideto Isoda

Released in August 2003
Tracks 1-7 originally released in 1978 as an LP on Kitty Records