Favoriting Observations of Deviance with David Mittleman: Playlist from December 16, 2023 Favoriting

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Observations of Deviance is a vinyl focused, free form program that harkens back to early days of underground FM radio. Your host, David Mittleman, hunts down the most exotic, unusual and off-the-beaten-track music from around the world in a number of genres: Spiritual Jazz, Free Improvisation, Experimental Electronics, Ethnographic Oddities and World-Wide Psychedelic Funk. You are guaranteed to hear sounds you’ve never heard before.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
 
The Monks Of The Eiheiji  Morning at Eiheiji Temple   Favoriting Zen Shikantaza  Philips  1971  November - December 1970 Recording in Fukui Prefecture of Sotoshu Daihonzan Eiheiji  0:02:15 (Pop-up)
Sadao Watanabe  Jua Song   Favoriting Open Road  CBS/Sony  1973  recorded in May 2, 1973 at Hibiya Kohkaido, Tokyo  0:15:25 (Pop-up)
 
Takahashi Chikuzan  Shamisen Yosare (old version)   Favoriting Tsugaru Shamisen  CBS/Sony  1974  recorded December 11-12, 1973 at Jean-Jean, Shibuya, Tokyo  0:30:21 (Pop-up)
Masahiko Togashi  Fourth Expression   Favoriting Guild For Human Music  Denon Jazz  1976  feat. Masahiko Satoh ; recorded May 23, 24, 26, & 27, 1976 at Nippon Columbia's 1st studio, Tokyo  0:35:37 (Pop-up)
Ike Reiko  When The Rain Stops   Favoriting World Of Ecstasy  Bamboo  2012  reissue of a 1971 album  0:42:12 (Pop-up)
Motohiko Hino  Overhang Blues   Favoriting Toko Flash  Trio  1977  composed by & featuring Masahiko Satoh  0:45:12 (Pop-up)
Masayuki Takayanagi Quintet  Night Flight   Favoriting Flower Girl  Craftman  2019  reissue of a 1969 album  0:52:24 (Pop-up)
 
Modern Jazz All Stars  Freedom Jazz Dance   Favoriting All Japan Jazz Festival '71  Philips  1971  Terumasa Hino (tp), Takeru Muraoka (ts), Poo Masabumi Kikuchi (ep), Sadao Watanabe (as), Kousuke Mine (ss), Yoshiaki Masuo (g), Kunimitsu Inaba (b), Motohiko Hino (ds)  1:00:54 (Pop-up)
Masahiko Satoh's Garandoh  Phase 13   Favoriting Inspiration & Power 14 Free Jazz Festival 1  Trio  1973  recorded June 30-July 12, 1973 at Shinjuku Art Theater, Tokyo  1:14:17 (Pop-up)
 
Itaru Oki - Michel Pilz - Ralf R. Hübner  Nasu No Hana   Favoriting One Year - Afternoon & Evening  FMP  1980  recorded in Berlin on October 13th, 1978  1:30:55 (Pop-up)
Yuzuru Katagiri  Dear Mr. Isozaki, Vice President of Japan National Railway   Favoriting 3 Japanese Poets Recorded Live At The Guggenheim Museum, N.Y.C. March 16, 1971  None  1971  translated & read by Gary Snyder  1:38:01 (Pop-up)
Yamabushi of the Shuken Sect at Shogoin Palace  Chanting Of Morning Services   Favoriting Buddhist Chant - A Recorded Survey Of Actual Temple Rituals  Lyrichord  1963  recordings were made by Kat-sumasa Takasago, assisted by Kojiro Kishi and Norimichi Kimura, during actual services at Japanese Buddhist shrines  1:42:17 (Pop-up)
Meiko Kaji  Urami Bushi   Favoriting Hajiki Uta  WeWantSounds  2023  reissue of a 1973 album ; https://wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch/meiko-kaji-hajiki-uta-deluxe-gatefold-lp-edition-with-2p-insert-and-obi-black-vinyl  1:53:49 (Pop-up)
 
Yosuke Yamashita Trio  One-Upmanship   Favoriting A Tribute To Mal Waldron  Enja  1980  recorded 17 &18 June 1980  2:01:15 (Pop-up)
Takeo Moriyama  Ta-Ke   Favoriting Green River  Enja  1985  recorded July 6th, 1984  2:13:21 (Pop-up)
Motoharu Yoshizawa  Fragment 1   Favoriting Inland Fish  Trio  1974  recorded live at Yasuda Seimei Hall, Shinjuku, Tokyo, September 13, 1974  2:20:24 (Pop-up)
Chisato Yamada  Tsugaru Sankudari   Favoriting Chisato Yamada's Tsugaru Shamisen: Tsugaru Love Song  Columbia  1975    2:24:09 (Pop-up)
 
Osawa Shoichi  Nozoki Karakuri   Favoriting Mata Nihon No Horogei  Victor  1973    2:32:40 (Pop-up)
Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kazuhisa Ōtake, Nanae Yoshimura, Chieko Fukunaga  Nagi   Favoriting Gaku - Individuality Of Four Musicians  ALM  1981  recorded on Nov. 3, 4, 1981  2:38:44 (Pop-up)
John Mitchell, The Monks Of The Eiheiji  Morning Ceremony   Favoriting The Way Of Eiheiji - Zen Buddhist Ceremony  Folkways  1959  recorded in Fukui Prefecture, Japan  2:50:15 (Pop-up)
Itaru Oki  You Don't Know What Love Is - October Revolution   Favoriting Shirasagi  Nadja  1974  recorded live on 7 June 1974 at Akasaka Sogetsu Hall  2:58:21 (Pop-up)
 


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Avatar 6:50pm
Observations:

going live in 10 minutes!
Avatar 7:00pm
Observations:

we are LIVE!
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 7:02pm
Listener Gregory:

I am not live, but I hope to get there before the end of the show.
Avatar 7:11pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Morning at Eiheiji Temple" by "The Monks Of The E...
"Eiheiji, "The Temple of Eternal Peace", is one of the two head temples of Soto Zen. It is located deep in the mountains, near the northwest coast of Japan, not far from Fukui City. This temple was founded by Zen Master Dōgen in 1244. He was offered land and other help for this by Yoshishige Hatano, a samurai who was one of his most devoted lay followers. Dōgen thus founded Eiheiji, where he devoted himself to training his followers in the perfection of Zen practice in every action of daily life. Dōgen Zenji's authentic Zen has been scrupulously observed and passed down by his successors. Still today, at Eiheiji over one hundred monks devote themselves wholeheartedly to his practice of shikantaza （"single-minded sitting"）." daihonzan-eiheiji.com...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:14pm
WR:

Hi David and folks. At restaurant so sorta listening along with Thai pop tunes and table talk here.
Avatar 7:17pm
Observations:

👋👋👋👋👋🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😎
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 7:18pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Song: "Morning at Eiheiji Temple" by "The Monks Of The E...
I wonder if the monks at the Eiheiji temple might wake up more easily if the temple played a morning shock-jock at high volume.
Avatar 7:21pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Jua Song" by "Sadao Watanabe"
Later in his career Sadao moved to more slick, mainstream Jazz, but this early Lp SMOKES! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
  7:25pm
bobobobob plasticland milw:

Hey David!!!!!! Wassssssssup
  7:27pm
bobobobob:

yeah ...I had an album by this guy and took it back ...I guess they sold it to a Kenny G fan????
Avatar 7:31pm
Observations:

Yo 👋 hello everyone
Avatar 7:32pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Shamisen Yosare (old version)" by "Takahashi Chik...
"The shamisen is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument sanxian. It is played with a plectrum called a bachi."
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:33pm
WR:

Not until I heard the shamisen did I look to note that this is all Japanese episode.
Avatar 7:35pm
Observations:

🇯🇵🏯👹👺🍜🍱🈲🎏🇯🇵🏯💴🇯🇵
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:36pm
doctorjazz:

Hi observers!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:36pm
WR:

Are most of the vinyls pressed in Japan or a mix?
Avatar 7:37pm
Observations:

↳ WR @7:36
all Japanese music/sounds. Two of the records are from US labels, the rest are on Japanese labels.
Avatar 7:38pm
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↳ Observations @7:37
actually 3 or 4 I think, we'll see how much I can squeeze in
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 7:39pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ doctorjazz @7:36
I'm not observing tonight, just deviating.
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 7:40pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Song: "Fourth Expression" by "Masahiko Togashi"
This sounds a bit like the group heard a Miles Davis LP and then jumped into the studio.
Avatar 7:53pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Night Flight" by "Masayuki Takayanagi Quintet"
🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Avatar 7:55pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Night Flight" by "Masayuki Takayanagi Quintet"
Drums – Motohiko Hino
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 7:57pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Song: "Night Flight" by "Masayuki Takayanagi Quintet"
These guys are playing well.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 7:57pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Night Flight" by "Masayuki Takayanagi Quintet"
Nice 60's jazz sound (as LG said)!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:03pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Freedom Jazz Dance" by "Modern Jazz All Stars"
Talk about coming out of US jazz-cool edge to the sound, though.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:03pm
doctorjazz:

Short stay, gotta run, thanks David!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:03pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Freedom Jazz Dance" by "Modern Jazz All Stars"
Liceky version of Eddie Harris stab at Ornette Cokeman style. Interesting.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:05pm
WR:

↳ WR @8:03
Hmmmmm.? Not sure what typo'd into "Liceky"....
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:06pm
WR:

↳ WR @8:05
Oh meant to write "lively".
Avatar 8:09pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Freedom Jazz Dance" by "Modern Jazz All Stars"
www.discogs.com...
Avatar 8:11pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Freedom Jazz Dance" by "Modern Jazz All Stars"
"Poo"
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 8:12pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Song: "Freedom Jazz Dance" by "Modern Jazz All Stars"
Yeah, the Miles sound is very evident here too, with the tenor capturing Wayne Shorter's tone (but impossible to replicate his soloing style).
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 8:13pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ WR @8:05
WR, better stick to more standard words, like "covfefe."
Avatar 8:15pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Phase 13" by "Masahiko Satoh's Garandoh"
What's a "Garandoh?" I have no idea.
Avatar 8:15pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Phase 13" by "Masahiko Satoh's Garandoh"
www.discogs.com...
Avatar 8:31pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Nasu No Hana" by "Itaru Oki - Michel Pilz - Ralf ...
destination-out.bandcamp.com...
Avatar 8:33pm
Observations:

In terms of what counts as "rare" - it's relative. Here in the US, especially in Tucson, you'll rarely see these original records. But in Japan, some may not be all that rare. in the end, it's all about the music and not the rarity.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:35pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Phase 13" by "Masahiko Satoh's Garandoh"
Garandoh, on discogs it lists: がらん堂どう could mean temple.
  8:38pm
Listener Gregory:

A garandoh is a bitter melon used in soups in northern Japan.
I made that up, but I think it’s probably true.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:44pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Dear Mr. Isozaki, Vice President of Japan Nationa...
Gary Snyder but who were the Japanese poets who wrote the original text?
Avatar 8:44pm
Observations:

🍈🍉
Avatar 8:45pm
Observations:

↳ WR @8:44
Here it was Yuzuru Katagiri, who is listed as the Artist
Avatar 8:46pm
Observations:

↳ Observations @8:45
the other two are Ryuichi Tamura & Shuntaro Tanikawa www.discogs.com...
  8:52pm
Listener Gregory:

I would consider chanting for half an hour each morning if I didn’t have to leave the house to do it.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:55pm
WR:

↳ Song: "Urami Bushi" by "Meiko Kaji"
new to me, thank you.
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 9:02pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Song: "One-Upmanship" by "Yosuke Yamashita Trio"
Pretty obscure song, no?
Avatar 9:03pm
Observations:

↳ Listener Gregory @9:02
It's on this LP w Steve Lacy www.discogs.com...
Avatar 🥁 ♥ 9:05pm
Listener Gregory:

↳ Observations @9:03
Mmmm. I don't think it reached the top-10 on the charts.
Avatar 9:06pm
Observations:

↳ Listener Gregory @9:05
depends on the chart, lol, but you are right, not his best known tune
Avatar 9:33pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Nozoki Karakuri" by "Osawa Shoichi"
"In Japan, a peep-show device called “nozoki karakuri” that street performers operated became popular from the late Edo Period (1603-1867). Viewers looked at pictures, drawn with perspective, through a convex lens." www.asahi.com...
  9:35pm
Listener Gregory:

Dammit! My internet radio only has a convex lens. I know I should have sprung for the full set.
Avatar 9:44pm
Observations:

↳ Song: "Nagi" by "Kifu Mitsuhashi, Kazuhisa Ōtake, Nanae ...
Koto [13-string], Koto [Bass] – 大嶽和久
Koto [20-strings] – 吉村七重
Koto [20-strings], Koto [13-strings], Koto [Bass], Shamisen – 福永千恵子
Shakuhachi, Shinobue – 三橋貴風
  9:47pm
Listener Gregory:

I like the pieces that draw on traditional Japanese music.
Avatar 9:50pm
Observations:

↳ Listener Gregory @9:47
ditto
Avatar 9:51pm
Observations:

looks like we'll be going 5 or so minutes longer this week
  9:59pm
Listener Gregory:

Domo arigato gozaimasu, David! Very enjoyable show.
Avatar 10:01pm
Observations:

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:07pm
WR:

Thank you! David!
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