大友良英 Otomo Yoshihide

大友良英是当代最重要的实验音乐家之一。作为吉他手、唱盘音乐家、作曲家，他的创作跨越了噪音/实验音乐、即兴音乐、电影配乐、爵士乐和装置艺术。在1990年代，他是大音量、大信息量的日本地下音乐场景的重要人物，最近10年，他是“音响派”（onkyo）代表人物和日式新即兴音乐的领袖之一，他领导的“大友良英新爵士乐团”开拓了新爵士乐的方向。同时他也是多本音乐著作的作者。他曾经发表超过100张个人、合作唱片，常年不断演出，不断合作，不断探索新的声音可能性。

这张《深圳现场》是2014年4月大友良英在B10现场演出的录音。

Otomo Yoshihide（大友良英） is Japan’s most prominent experimental musician and composer.

Over the years, Otomo’s music has spanned across Free Jazz, Noise, Free Improvisation, Sound Art, popular music, film scores, and compositions for large amateur ensembles. Carrying the lineage of the Japanese Free Jazz movement that developed in the 1960’s, Otomo has exploited the sonic possibilities of both the electric guitar and turntable. He is one of the key figures who defined a now internationally recognized genre of Japanoise. His band Ground Zero, which as active throughout the 1990’s, has become legendary for their extreme stylistic collages and hyper energetic live performances. In the late 1990’s, Otomo lead Tokyo’s Onkyo (音響) movement, which crossed between minimalistic improvisations and Sound Art. Parallel to these, he also lead his jazz big band Otomo New Jazz Quartet (ONJQ) and scored award winning sound tracks for independent films and documentaries.

After the tragic earthquake and tsunami that hit North-Eastern Japan in 2011, he initiated Project Fukushima, an outdoor festival and community art project in areas of Fukushima where he grew up during his youth. Together with local residents and artists, every year they host events that aim to remind people that life still goes on there, even after such severe calamity and environmental destruction caused by the nuclear reactor meltdown.

In 2013, Otomo won national recognition for his soundtrack for TV drama “Ama-chan” which aired every morning on the national public broadcasting network, NHK. Combining many musical styles from Jazz, Pop, Big Band, and hints of experimental music, the soundtrack became a household hit.

Interestingly, during the early 90’s, Otomo spent much of his time in Hong Kong before extensively touring Europe and the U.S. On each visits to Hong Kong, he actively collaborated with local experimental musicians.

This album is a live recording from 2014 when he performed in B10 Live.

曲目 track list
1. Song for Che (by Charlie Haden) 8’44
2. Lonely Woman (by Ornette Coleman) 12’54
3. The Blue Kite (by Otomo Yoshihide) 19’26
4. Kyokun No.1 (教训1番）(by Ryo Kagawa) 5’22
5. Misty (by Erroll Garner) 4’09

视频 Video www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKHSjwuZcPM