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Motoharu Yoshizawa

Motoharu Yoshizawa has been played on NTS in shows including We Are Not Alone, featured first on 7 January 2017. Songs played include Correspondance, The Man From S.L.A.P.P.Y. and Administratio.

Motoharu Yoshizawa (吉沢元治) (1931-1998) was an influential Japanese bassist, known for playing in a distinctive free jazz and free improvisation style, sometimes deploying electronics and using the unusual self-designed five-string bass he referred to as the 'Tiritack'. Yoshizawa collaborated with innumerable musicians over his long career, some of the better known include Masayuki Takayanagi, Masahiko Togashi, Takehisa Kosugi, Mototeru Takagi, Kaoru Abe, Steve Lacy, Dave Burrell, Derek Bailey, Evan Parker, Barre Phillips, Butch Morris, Elliot Sharp,…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Correspondance
吉沢元治
PJL2003
Correspondance
吉沢元治PJL2003
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The Man From S.L.A.P.P.Y.
Kaoru Abe, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Toshinori Kondo, Derek Bailey
Starlight Furniture Co.1999
The Man From S.L.A.P.P.Y.
Kaoru Abe, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Toshinori Kondo, Derek BaileyStarlight Furniture Co.1999
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Administratio
Kaoru Abe, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Toshinori Kondo, Derek Bailey
Starlight Furniture Co.1999
Administratio
Kaoru Abe, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Toshinori Kondo, Derek BaileyStarlight Furniture Co.1999
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