The line between mainstream and underground is merely a pinstripe for Otomo Yoshihide, a composer and multi-instrumentalist with over 100 releases under his belt. Otomo became known to the world in the ’90s as the leader of improvisational noise band Ground Zero. Now, though, he’s nearing household name status for his compositions of a different…
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Otomo Yoshihide 2005 year. Performance and interview #video on #neuguitars #blog
Musicians: OTOMO YOSHIHIDE – guitare, turntable KENTA TSUGAMI – saxophone alto ALFRED HARTH – saxophone tenor SACHIKO M – electronique KUMIKO TAKARA – vibraphone HIROAKI MIZUTANI – contrebasse YASUHIRO YOSHIGAKI – batterie Track List: 1. Orange Was The Color Of Her Dress* (C. Mingus) 2. Turntable Improvisation*** (Otomo Yoshihide) 3. Hat & Beard* (E. Dolphy)…
Current and first issue of my new Neuguitars Compendium magazineon #neuguitars #blog
The current and first issue of my new Neuguitars Compendium magazine features: cds reviews Robbie Basho Book of Heads Otomo Yoshihide Vitor Garbelotto Pablo Marquez Yasushi Takemura Joe Morris Adam Rudolph and more… Click here to read the full issue.
Otomo Yoshihide, Guitar Solo 2015 RIGHT, DoubtMusic Records, 2015
Recensione di Otomo Yoshihide, Guitar Solo 2015 RIGHT, DoubtMusic Records, 2015 L’anno scorso Otomo Yoshihide ha prodotto il cd Guitar Solo 2015 LEFT, in cui ha reso omaggio al suo ex insegnante Masayuki Takayanagi, una delle figure più importanti della scena musicale libera giapponese degli anni Sessanta in poi. Ora sembra aver completato l’opera con…
Otomo Yoshihide in solo concert
Otomo Yoshihide(大友 良英 Ōtomo Yoshihide, born August 1, 1959) is a Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist. He first came to international prominence in the 1990s as the leader of the experimental rock group Ground Zero, and has since worked in a variety of contexts, ranging from free improvisation to noise, jazz, avant-garde and contemporary classical. He…
I Guitar solos di Otomo Yoshihide
Ho visto Otomo Yoshihide e il suo New Jazz Quintet suonare in una tranquilla serata primaverile a Venezia al Teatro Fondamenta Nuove nel maggio 2005. Fu una bella serata, molto intensa, molto carica, ricordo una band affiatata che si muoveva con disinvoltura tra standards, folate di free jazz, rumori e melodie. Mai banali. Quella sera…
Otomo Yoshihide’s Guitar Solos
I saw Otomo Yoshihide and his New Jazz Quintet playing on a quiet spring evening in Venice at the Teatro Fondamenta Nuove in May 2005. It was a nice evening, very intense, highly charged, I remember a close-knit band that moved effortlessly their sound waves between standards, flurries free jazz, noise and melodies. Never…
