Masabumi Kikuchi

Masabumi Kikuchi - Black Orpheus (2016) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Masabumi Kikuchi - Black Orpheus: In Concert (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 70:53 minutes | 1,24 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

"Black Orpheus" documents a 2012 solo recital, not only the last in his homeland but the last anywhere, by idiosyncratic Japanese improviser Masabumi Kikuchi, who died in 2015. One of the uncategorizable greats, Kikuchi occupied his own musical universe and in his final years was quietly and systematically severing his ties to jazz, drifting instead towards what he called "floating sound and harmonies", introspective and poetic improvisations.
Great 3 (Masabumi Kikuchi, Gary Peacock, Masahiko Togashi) - Complete Sessions 1994 (2020)

Great 3 (Masabumi Kikuchi, Gary Peacock, Masahiko Togashi) - Complete Sessions 1994 (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 902 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 480 Mb | 03:29:44
Jazz, Post-Bop | Label: King Records

Disc 1 recorded on April 1 and 2, 1994 at Onkio Haus, Tokyo. Disc 2 to 4 recorded on March 29, 1994 at Pit-Inn, Tokyo.
Masabumi Kikuchi Trio - Sunrise (2012) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

Masabumi Kikuchi Trio - Sunrise (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 51:01 minutes | 951 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Masabumi Kikuchi makes his ECM debut with "Sunrise". The album bursting with riveting spontaneity and free-form improvisation finds the well-versed musician joined by a star-studded lineup which includes double bassist Thomas Morgan and legendary drummer Paul Motian. The serene ten track work, comprised of mostly ballads, is executed flawlessly as each harmonic movement is handled with precision and clarity. The trio, all masters in the jazz world, deliver an album that is breathtaking.

Hino-Kikuchi Duo - Edges (2007) PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC  Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at Dec. 26, 2023
Hino-Kikuchi Duo - Edges (2007) PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC

Hino / Kikuchi Duo - Edges (2007) [Japanese Release]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 51:58 minutes | Scans included | 1,56 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 1,46 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 1,1 GB

Collaboration album of two Japanese Jazz musicians - trumpeter Terumasa Hino and pianist Masabumi Kikuchi. The album received the Silver Award of the Japan Jazz Disc Awards.
Masabumi Kikuchi - East Wind (1974) {DSD Japan East Wind Masters Collection 1000 UCCJ-9131 rel 2015}

Masabumi Kikuchi - East Wind (1974) {DSD Japan East Wind Masters Collection 1000 UCCJ-9131 rel 2015}
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© 1974, 2015 East Wind Music / Universal Japan | UCCJ-9131
Jazz / Post Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Piano

A brilliant set from Japanese pianist Masabumi Kikuchi – two long, leaping, loping tracks that almost feel like some of McCoy Tyner's best work! Kikuchi plays acoustic piano, and the group's a quartet with Terumasu Hino on trumpet, Koshuke Mine on tenor, Eric Gravatt on drums, and Juni Booth playing some really wonderful bass. Booth's bass leads the tracks with a soulful quality that you don't always hear on Kikuchi's other work – really giving the record a strongly-rooted vibe, while the musicians are still free to really open up and explore. The album's tracks, "East Wind" and "Green Dance", are both excellent examples of the soulful freedoms allowed in the Japanese scene of the 70s – side-long numbers that are different both from contemporary performances on both the US and European scenes of the period.
Masabumi Kikuchi - Black Orpheus (2016) {ECM-Universal Music Japan UCCE-1160}

Masabumi Kikuchi - Black Orpheus (2016) {ECM-Universal Music Japan UCCE-1160}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 236 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 164 Mb
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© 2016 ECM Records / Universal Music Japan | UCCE-1160
Jazz / Modern Creative / Modern Jazz / Piano

A document of a 2012 Japanese solo recital – not only the last in his homeland but the last anywhere – by idiosyncratic improviser Masabumi Kikuchi (1939-2015). One of the uncategorisable greats, Kikuchi occupied his own musical universe and in his final years was quietly and systematically severing his ties to jazz, drifting instead towards what he called ‘floating sound and harmonies’, introspective and poetic improvisations. Song forms still sometimes materialized. Kikuchi revisits “Little Abi”, a ballad for his daughter, which the pianist once recorded with Elvin Jones. And there is a surprising and very touching version of the wistfully yearning theme from the 1959 Brazilian film Black Orpheus.
Masabumi Kikuchi - Wishes/Kochi (1976) {2015 DSD Japan East Wind Masters Collection 1000}

Masabumi Kikuchi - Wishes/Kochi (1976) {2015 DSD Japan East Wind Masters Collection 1000}
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© 1976, 2015 East Wind Music / Universal Japan | UCCJ-9173
Jazz / Post Bop / Fusion

An excellent mid 70s Japanese fusion set, led by the Gil Evans protege Masabumi Kikuchi – with a very similar group to the one on his awesome Susto LP! The vibe isn't quite as funky on this outing – in fact it's a bit more reminiscent of Miles' spacey electric explorations – though there are some pretty hard groovin' moments should definitely appeal to fans of funky fusion. Steve Grossman and Dave Liebman play some nice coloristic lines on reeds, and Terumasa Hino is in fine form on trumpet. The rest of the group is rounded out by Reggie Lucas on guitar playing some hard choppy accompaniment to Kikuchi's synths and electric piano, Mtume on percussion, Al Foster on drums and Anthony Jackson on bass. We're especially keen on the dark and heavy "Auroral Flare", the spacious "Pacific Hushes" which opens with a beautiful line played by Hino and the set's closer "Alone".
Masahiko Togashi + Masabumi Kikuchi - Concerto (1991) {Japan Studio Songs Remaster YZSO Series rel 2016}

Masahiko Togashi + Masabumi Kikuchi - Concerto (1991) {Japan Studio Songs Remaster YZSO Series rel 2016}
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© 1991, 2016 Studio Songs Japan / Nippon Crown | YZSO-10064
Jazz / Post Bop / Chamber Music / Avant-Garde Jazz / Piano / Percussions

Two Japanese jazz greats pianist Masabumi Kikuchi and percussionist Masahiko Togashi recorded “Concerto” in 1991 – quite prolific period for both (especially for Kikuchi who founded one of his most successful project Tethered Moon with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian right at that time). Released soon after, this duo album hasn't been noticed and became an obscurity. Many Kikuchi fans even don't know such release exists. In 2016 it has been re-issued in Japan so it is much more accessible now. Being mostly known as an object of discussions between collectors (as rule no-one of them ever heard its content) – is this album really all that good?
Masabumi Kikuchi, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian - Tethered Moon - Triangle (1991) {2015 Japan King Super Jazz Collection KICJ-2487}

Masabumi Kikuchi, Gary Peacock, Paul Motian - Tethered Moon - Triangle (1991) {2015 Japan King Super Jazz Collection KICJ-2487}
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© 1991, 2015 King Record Japan | KICJ-2487
Jazz / Post Bop / Avant-Garde Jazz / Piano Trio

Reissue with the latest remastering. A stunning follow-up to the first Tethered Moon album from the trio of Masabumu Kikuchi on piano, Gary Peacock on bass, and Paul Motian on drums – material recorded at the same time as the first record, but with a vibe that's sometimes slightly different! As before, the acoustic tones of Kikuchi ring out strongly – with those sharper, modern edges that he first brought to play on his key albums of the 70s – but there's also almost a looser quality to some tracks, as Peacock's bass works as a strongly subtle force, as does Motian's drums – both with those special sound-shaping qualities that have made them such unique musicians. Titles include a take on Ornette Coleman's "Turnaround", plus "Little Abi", "Gaia", "True You", and "Conception Vessel".
Masabumi Kikuchi - Hanamichi - The Final Studio Recording (2021) {Red Hook Japan, KKJ 9010 rec 2013}

Masabumi Kikuchi - Hanamichi - The Final Studio Recording (2021) {Red Hook Japan, KKJ 9010 rec 2013}
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© 2021 King International / Red Hook Japan | KKJ 9010
Jazz / Modal Music / Post Bop / Piano Solo

Masabumi Kikuchi is not the kind of jazz pianist who just strikes the keys to produce a sound. He has a Zen-like approach to the instrument by making it an extension of himself, and thus both constructs and hears the music produced as a different form factor. There are and were other contemporary pianists such as Bill Evans, Denny Zeitlin and the late Canadian classical pianist Glenn Gould, musicians who perhaps may fit into this category, but Kikuchi was a one of a kind artist.