One
by Maki Asakawa
- Type: Album
- Released: 5 April 1980
- Label: Express
- Country: Japan
- Community rating: 3.86/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Operating firmly outside the boundaries of conventional Japanese pop, Maki Asakawa collaborated with free jazz pioneer Yosuke Yamashita for the astonishingly bleak 'One'. The album pairs her low, spoken-word poetry and smoky vocals with profoundly dissonant, avant-garde piano improvisations. It is a harrowing, claustrophobic masterpiece of existential free jazz and experimental vocal music.
Genres
Descriptors: dissonant, improvisation, avant-garde
Tracklist
Credits
- Maki Asakawa - primary artist, music by, vocals, lyrics by
- Tamio Kawabata - bass
- Tetsu Yamauchi - electric guitar
- Yosuke Yamashita - music by, piano
- Toshinori Kondo - trumpet, toy [small toys], electronics [pignose amp]