Takeo Moriyama - East Plants (1983) {2018 Remastered Reissue BBE Records BBE473ACD}

Really amazing sounds from Japanese drummer Takeo Moriyama – a record that's sometimes spiritual and organic, sometimes very unusually put-together – and which makes as much use of inventive percussion as it does the leaders drums! The group's got this very cool twin-sax approach – both tenor and soprano, each played by Toshihiko Inoue and Shuichi Enomoto – alternating between the instruments, and creating these textures that are sometimes sharp-edged, but always very striking – especially when the album's percussion from Yoji Sadanari really takes off! The whole thing almost feels a bit out of time, especially for its early 80s recording date – almost like one of those unusual Japanese spiritual sessions from a decade before, which also might not be what you're expecting from the 80s cover image too.

Personnel
Bass – Hideaki Mochizuki
Drums, Arranged By – Takeo Moriyama
Percussion – Yoji Sadanari
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Shuichi Enomoto
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Toshihiko Inoue

Track Listing
01 - East Plants
02 - Take
03 - Kagelou
04 - Kaze
05 - Fields
06 - Tooku