Sakata / Yermenoglou / Di Domenico / Damianidis

Horyu-ji

Label: Mr. Nakayashi / El Negocito / S7

Genre: Jazz / Avant Garde

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Hōryū-ji or else Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law is one of the powerful Seven Great Buddhist Temples in Japan. Horyu-ji has entasis, in architecture, the application of a convex curve to a surface for aesthetic purposes. It also serves an engineering function regarding strength, the key word of this collaboration that brought together Sakata, Yermenoglou, Di Domenico and Damianidis in a two days live concert meeting in Duende jazz club at Thessaloniki in May 2018. The record is theoutcome of the second day, 50 minutes of pure improvisation exactly as it happened, capturing the magic of the moment, the essence of free improvisation. A great memory of intense, free, open, deeply spiritual music without boundaries.
Recorded live by Minas Vasiliou at Duende Jazz Club in Thessaloniki, Greece. Mixed by Giovanni Di Domenico. Artwork and design by IoannisKoukotzilas. All music improvised by Akira Sakata (alto saxophone, clarinet, vocals, bells), Christos Yermenoglou (drums, percussion), Giovanni Di Domenico (piano), GiotisDamianidis (guitar).