Akira Sakata

Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi with Masahiko Satoh - Proton Pump (2018)

Akira Sakata & Chikamorachi with Masahiko Satoh - Proton Pump (2018)
Jazz | WEB FLAC (tracks) & front cover | 266 MB
Label: Family Vineyard | Tracks: 04 | Time: 40:37 min

“The chance to see Masahiko Satoh with The Akira Sakata Trio (with Chris Corsano and Darin Gray) was truly the most lightning fast processing of information I have had the honor to witness in years. NUTS.” — Jim O’Rourke

Akira Sakata Trio - Pochi (1980/2015)  Music

Posted by Domestos at July 9, 2019
Akira Sakata Trio - Pochi (1980/2015)

Akira Sakata Trio - Pochi (1980/2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 296.77 Mb | 45:52 | Cover
Free Jazz | Country: Japan | Label: Columbia - COCB-54137

Reissue of the Akira Sakata trio, a jazz of that debuted in the 1980's. After the disbanding of the Yosuke Yamashita Trio, this live album of full of angry waves of jazz came from the newly formed Akira Sakata Trio that challenged their former leader, forming their own trio. Young Hiroshi Yoshino time (b), and led the Fujii Nobuo (ds), surging united with the energy of the three fully open, created this heroic feat of free jazz music live. First time on CD, recorded between August 17 - 30, 1980, in the AKIRA SAKATA TRIO FIRST APPEARANCE TOUR. Japanese pressing. Columbia Japan. 2015.

Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke - Tetrodotoxin (2005)  Music

Posted by ikaqo at Dec. 22, 2010
Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke - Tetrodotoxin (2005)

Akira Sakata & Jim O'Rourke - Tetrodotoxin (2005)
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC+CUE+LOG | No Scan | 290MB (+5%)
Genre: Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde | Label: PJL MTCJ-3026 | Releases: 2005

Free improvisation session performed by Japanese free saxophonist, Akira Sakata and American post-classical composer/guitarist Jim O'Rourke. Recorded live at Shinjuku Pit-inn, Japan in April, 2005.

Bonjintan - Dental Kafka (2020)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Dec. 1, 2020
Bonjintan - Dental Kafka (2020)

Bonjintan - Dental Kafka (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) ~ 328.85 Mb | 55:55 | Cover
Free Jazz | Label: Trost Records (Austria) - TR 917

The sophomore effort by Akira Sakata's quartet Bonjintan, which translates into "ordinary person" might actually be better interpreted as "egalitarian." Notice that neither the quartet's name nor the album cover mention the saxophonist's name. Like the initial, self-titled 2017 release on Sakata's Daphnia Records, Dental Kafka focuses on a quartet sound and four equal musicians improvising.

Isach Skeidsvoll - Hidden River (2025) [Official Digital Download]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at May 24, 2025
Isach Skeidsvoll - Hidden River (2025) [Official Digital Download]

Isach Skeidsvoll - Hidden River (2025) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 32:57 minutes | 369 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

A new duo sees the light of the world! Isach Skeidsvoll (piano) and Akira Sakata (saxophone, vocals) release the album “Hidden River” on Nice Things Records 23. mai!

Isach Skeidsvoll - Hidden River (2025) [Official Digital Download]  Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at May 24, 2025
Isach Skeidsvoll - Hidden River (2025) [Official Digital Download]

Isach Skeidsvoll - Hidden River (2025) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 32:57 minutes | 369 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

A new duo sees the light of the world! Isach Skeidsvoll (piano) and Akira Sakata (saxophone, vocals) release the album “Hidden River” on Nice Things Records 23. mai!

Arashi - Jikan (2019)  Music

Posted by delpotro at June 19, 2019
Arashi - Jikan (2019)

Arashi - Jikan (2019)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 230 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 102 Mb | 00:44:22
Free Jazz | Label: PNL Records

The trio of Scandinavian rhythm section Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) and Johan Berthling (double bass) hooking up with Japanese free jazz legend Akira Sakata (saxophone/clarinet) started in 2013 at the Molde Jazz Festival in Norway. The trio took their name from the legendary 1977 collaborative album by Yosuke Yamashita Trio and dance group Dairakudakan – an album that Sakata was a central part of, that even 40 years later stand solid as a radical and bold musical statement. And this piece of history gives us a clue to where the trio of Nilssen-Love, Berthling and Sakata is aiming for, not by looking back and rethreading what has been done before, but adopting its attitude of kicking the often stale sax/drums/bass-format forward with such force that it feels completely fresh.
Yosuke Yamashita Trio - Chiasma (1975) {MPS Japan POCJ-2552 rel 1998}

Yosuke Yamashita Trio - Chiasma (1975) {MPS Japan POCJ-2552 rel 1998}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 267 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 97 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 102 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1975, 1998 MPS Records / Polygram Japan | POCJ-2552
Jazz / Avant-Garde Jazz / Piano

Leader & founded by pianist Yosuke Yamashita, most references encountered refer to him as “The Japanese Cecil Taylor”! Taylor has clearly been a tremendous inspiration for Yosuke who has frequently eulogized him & lavished his idol with the highest of adulation as well as sharing at least one performance together. But Yosuke & indeed his trio are no epigone or second-rate plagiarists.

Keizo Inoue - Intimate (Japan Edition) (1979/1999)  Music

Posted by Domestos at Oct. 23, 2017
Keizo Inoue - Intimate (Japan Edition) (1979/1999)

Keizo Inoue - Intimate (Japan Edition) (1979/1999)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 228.37 Mb + 47.47 Mb (Scans) | 37:10
Free Jazz, Free Improvisation | Country: Japan | Label: P-Vine Records (PCD-1442)

Keizō Inoue, auch Keizou Inoue war ein japanischer Jazz- und Improvisationsmusiker (Alt- und Sopransaxophon, Klarinette). Keizō Inoue spielte in der Schulband Klarinette und war während des Zweiten Weltkriegs auch Mitglied der Militärkapelle Toyama. Nach Kriegsende trat er in amerikanischen Truppenkasinos in Hiroshima auf; ab 1945 war er auch Mitglied des Chugoku Hoso Orchester. Er studierte an der Universität Hiroshima und am Elizabeth-Musikkolleg. Nachdem er sich mit Free Jazz beschäftigt hatte, begann er sich ab 1974 als professioneller Musiker zu betätigen. 1975 legte er sein Debütalbum Intimate (Columbia) vor, das mit Kazumi Watanabe, Ryūichi Sakamoto, Shūichi Murakami und Akira Sakata entstanden war. 1977 nahm er mit Kaoru Abe und Tatsuya Nakamura ein Livealbum auf (Live at 八王子アローン, DIW).
VA - Long Story Short: Curated by Peter Brötzmann 5CD (2013) [Box Set]

VA - Long Story Short: Curated by Peter Brötzmann 5CD (2013) [Box Set]
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 371:48 min | 822 MB
Genre: Jazz, Anant-Garde, Free Jazz | Label: Trost Records

Whether you have no experience with the Godfather of free jazz or you measure your Peter Brötzmann CD and LP collection in linear feet, this 5CD box curated by the German saxophonist is either a great introduction to or an affirmation of his music and influence.