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Hello all,

I just recently discovered this saxophonist/bass clarinetist/tubes manipulator.

As a saxophonist, I especially appreciate what he is doing.

I acquired Time Service yesterday. What other albums should I check out by him?

he doesn't have a very big discography, you can't go too wrong with any of the ones listed here under 'solo' or 'co-leader':

http://www.japanimprov.com/mokura/disco.html

he's also on a good chunk of the Chamber Music Concerts, Volume 1 box, also recommended:

http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/hibar ... erts1.html

and just as a fyi, I stock quite a few of those titles here:

http://www.erstwhilerecords.com/distro.html

Thanks Jon!

I might have to order from you soon.

Atami is my favorite: http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/hibari/atami.html

i also like the Manfred Werder composition 2006(1): http://www.japanimprov.com/indies/skiti/2006.html

not sure if either of them are very good showcases for Okura playing per se, just good albums in general.

Atami looks good.

Is there anywhere to acquire his CD-R Solo recording?

He plays in Otomo's New Jazz Orchestra, too (at least sometimes? Not sure). Good guy, good player.

faster wrote:He plays in Otomo's New Jazz Orchestra, too (at least sometimes? Not sure). Good guy, good player.

True. He is on all of the ONJO recordings.

FlyingWindows wrote:Atami looks good.

Is there anywhere to acquire his CD-R Solo recording?

Unami (who runs Hibari) stopped selling these (and all the other CD-Rs he released) a few years ago, but ask me about it if you order from me, maybe I can sell you my copy if I can find it.

FlyingWindows wrote:I just recently discovered this saxophonist/bass clarinetist/tubes manipulator.

i saw this and immediately thought vacuum tubes, but i googled and saw him credited as playing 'bass tubes' ... so, what's a bass tube?

p_ano wrote:

FlyingWindows wrote:I just recently discovered this saxophonist/bass clarinetist/tubes manipulator.

i saw this and immediately thought vacuum tubes, but i googled and saw him credited as playing 'bass tubes' ... so, what's a bass tube?

I don't know if this helps but:

jon abbey wrote:but ask me about it if you order from me, maybe I can sell you my copy if I can find it.

Thanks Jon.

p_ano wrote:

FlyingWindows wrote:I just recently discovered this saxophonist/bass clarinetist/tubes manipulator.

i saw this and immediately thought vacuum tubes, but i googled and saw him credited as playing 'bass tubes' ... so, what's a bass tube?

He puts a sax mouthpiece on a plastic tube.

faster wrote:

p_ano wrote:

FlyingWindows wrote:I just recently discovered this saxophonist/bass clarinetist/tubes manipulator.

i saw this and immediately thought vacuum tubes, but i googled and saw him credited as playing 'bass tubes' ... so, what's a bass tube?

He puts a sax mouthpiece on a plastic tube.

Or as the above photographs depict, a bass clarinet neck and mouthpiece attached to a plastic tube.

Ah, right, that's it. It sounds pretty cool. Sometimes he spins the end of the tube around.

Good call on this guy - I was wondering if there had been a thread on here for him but haven't had the chance to stop by for too long lately. I recently got Time Service and his solo Hibari CD-r (can't remember where from but I'm sure glad I did!) and have been rediscovering him on a lot of CD's I own already.

I'm going to suggest this disc:

bject - Object 4 (locust 56)

as I think it's a really interesting listen, and fun! The Hibari bject disc is also very good but this one sits better with me I think.

My first and only exposure was here:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/archive ... okura.html

and failing that, here:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/archive ... c/p11.html


Must say, i was absolutely baffled by the silences at the time (2004) but it made a huge impression.

check out his weird rock-a-billy band GNU!

http://www.myspace.com/gnujapan

I liked Tanker, his record with Gunter Muller and Ami Yoshida.

Seconding Atami & object 4, excellent music in both.

Also the bject too.

Just listened to Rebuses.

I didn't find it all that interesting.

I think a Hautzinger/Okura duo would have been more successful.

Tanker will be my next listen.

(Jon, if you're reading, are you sharing Solo on Soulseek?)

FlyingWindows wrote:(Jon, if you're reading, are you sharing Solo on Soulseek?)

nope.