Stone Music (Tokio Hasegawa) CD July 15, 2022 – Room 40
The first LP by the Taj Mahal Travellers was recorded at Sogetsu Hall in Tokyo on July 15, 1972, which became the title of the work and was released the same year by CBS Sony Records.
A live performance celebrating the 50th anniversary of this album was held on July 15, 2022. The only original members of the Taj Mahal Travellers who attended were myself and Seiji Nagai. This is because two of the six members passed away, two are religiously active and they can not play music according to their belief, and the last one has lost touch with us. Therefore, young musicians were recruited to perform with us. This performance was a spark of improvisation that broke 50 years of my silence.
Let me recall a little about the day of the concert. The venue was a live house called Forestlimit Hatagaya, about 20 minutes by car from Shibuya. In the pouring rain, we ended up entering a narrow alley from where it was impossible to reach the place by car, so after unloading my instruments, we had to head back to a wider road and find another route. The venue was small and located on the basement floor. Among performers and stuff members we were more than 10 people, and including the audience, in total about 60 people.
Performers:
Tokio Hasegawa (Voice, Rubab, Stone)
Seiji Nagai (Electronics)
Ken Ikeda (Electronics)
Tatsuro Murakami (Guitar)
Hikaru Yamada (Saxophone, electronics, percussion)
Tyler Eaton (Double Bass)
Munna (Electric Percussion)
Hiromi Yamada (Keyboard)
Hitomi Nishimura (Stone)
Ruka Fujiwara (Gorrilla Voice)
Shuichi Yamada (Bamboo)
Kyou Matsumoto (Shadow)
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