Chap chap free improvisation music series
Last updated on 03-Mar, 2017
Chap chap music has organized many improvised music gigs in Yamaguchi PRF, west of Japan since 1990.
The musicians chap chap music invited are Barre Phillips, Butch Morris, Han Bennink, Wadada Leo Smith, Yuji Takahashi, Sabu Toyozumi, Kang Tae Hwan, Kim Dae Hwan, Choi Sun Bae, Masahiko Sato, Misha Mengelberg, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Mototeru Takagi, Otomo Yoshihide, Paul Rutherford, Itaru Oki, Junji Hirose, Gianni Gebbia, Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach, Midori Takada, Ned Rothenberg, Nobuyoshi Ino, Shonosuke Okura.
Thanks to Takeo Suetomi who is the owner of chap chap music, now we can see many videos of those virtuoso improvisers uploaded by Takeo himself.
Chap chap music website: https://www.chapchap-music.com/ *Japanese only
Yuji Takahashi, Sabu Toyozumi improv duo / 高橋悠治・豊住芳三郎デュオ 1998
Kang Tae Hwan, Ned Rothenberg & Otomo Yoshihide / 姜泰煥, ネッド・ローゼンバーグ, 大友良英 Trio ’94
Recording from this session is now available on CD and LP both as “Solo Duo Trio / Kang Tae Hwan”
CD
ASIN: B00VXMULYO
EAN： 4988005897794
LP
ASIN: B00VXMUMPC
EAN： 4988005897848
姜泰煥ソロ1993 / Kang Tae Hwan solo 26 July ’93
Kim Dae Hwan, Choi Sun Bae, Junji Hirose, Shonosuke Okura 1994 / 金大煥, 崔善培, 広瀬淳二, 大倉正之助 ’94
TonKlami(Kang Tae Hwan, Masahiko Sato, Midori Takada) / トン・クラミ（佐藤允彦, 高田みどり, 姜泰煥）’95
Mototeru Takagi, Choi Sun Bae, Kim Dae Hwan 1995 / 高木元輝, 崔善培, 金大煥 ’95
Mototeru Takagi solo / 高木元輝 solo ’96
Recording from this session is now available on CD and LP both as “The People United Will Never Be Defeated! / Mototeru Takagi”
CD
ASIN: B00VXMUPMM
EAN： 4988005897770
LP
ASIN: B00VXMUP2W
EAN： 4988005897824
Paul Rutherford Sabu Toyozumi Duo / ポール・ラザフォード 豊住芳三郎デュオ ’99
Han Bennink and Sabu Toyozumi / ハン・ベニンク 豊住芳三郎 /
Recording from this session is now available on CD and LP both as “DADA DA, DA / Han Bennink and Sabu Toyozumi”
ASIN: B00VXMUOR8
EAN： 4988005897763
Misha Mengelberg & Sabu Toyozumi / ミシャ・メンゲルベルク & 豊住芳三郎 ’95
Gianni Gebbia / 常楽・ジャンニ・ジェビア solo 1 ’96
Footage photos at those gigs can be found at
https://www.chapchap-music.com/cafe-amores-live/
https://www.chapchap-music.com/%E9%87%91%E5%A4%A7%E7%85%A5-kim-dae-hwan%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88-%E6%9B%B8%E3%81%A8%E5%BE%AE%E7%B4%B0%E5%BD%AB%E5%88%BB%E5%B1%95/
The owner of “Chap chap music”, Takeo Suetomi’s interview
The owner of “Chap chap music”, Takeo Suetomi’s interview article can be found below, but only in Japanese.
INTERVIEW 140:JAZZTOKYO
末冨健夫
Suetomi Takeo (Producer/Label Owner)
http://www.jazztokyo.com/interview/interview140.html
