Jazz Articles about Yuji Takahashi / Sabu Toyozumi

Yuji Takahashi / Sabu Toyozumi: The Quietly Clouds And A Wild Crane

by John Sharpe
October 1, 2023

Unlike most drum and piano duets, where the keyboard gets all the best lines, Sabu Toyozumi and Yuji Takahashi craft a truly egalitarian meeting of minds on The Quietly Clouds And A Wild Crane. Recorded in 1998, it represents another bulletin from the vital Japanese free scene of the period issued by the Lithuanian NoBusiness imprint in collaboration with Chap Chap Records. Toyozumi may be one of the more recognizable names from this milieu, given his regular excursions ...