John Taylor Sextet / Fragment

1975年にカセットテープでのみ発売された、UKジャズの至宝とうたわれるピアニストJohn Taylor(ジョン・テイラー)のリードアルバム、「Fragment」。その後、2022年に限定CDで発売されると即完売となった人気作が、リマスタリングを施し、待望のCD再発＆初の2LPでリリース!!

カセットテープでリリースされたオリジナルの音源は、ジョン・テイラーがデビュー作『Pause, And Think Again』以来、活動を共にしてきたケニー・ホイーラーら精鋭たちとの演奏のハイライトであり、1970年代ブリティッシュ・ジャズの最良の瞬間のドキュメントである。同時代のジャズ・ロック〜フリーの中でも、まるでオーケストラのように重厚に響く、アンサンブルを重視した演奏とアレンジメントは唯一無二のものだ。アジマス結成を想起させるソロ・ピアノも聴ける。この失われていた音源が再び世に放たれることを、一リスナーとして喜びたい。 (原 雅明 ringsプロデューサー)

In 1975, the lead album “Fragment” by the acclaimed UK jazz pianist John Taylor, which waspreviously only released on cassette tape and hailed as a gem of UK jazz, is now being remastered and will reissued on CD and 2LP for the first time!!

The original recordings released on cassette tape serve as highlights of performances by John Taylorand a group of elite musicians, including Kenny Wheeler, with whom Taylor has collaborated since hisdebut album “Pause, And Think Again”. These recordings represent the finest moments of Britishjazz in the 1970s, serving as a documentary of that era’s musical excellence. The performance andarrangement, which emphasizes an ensemble and resonates as profoundly as an orchestra, are sounique compared to others in the jazz rock~free music genre of the same era. John’s solo pianorecalls the formation period of Azimuth. As a listener, I would be happy to see this long-lost soundsource released into the world once again. (Masaaki Hara: rings producer)

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Tracklist :​ 

1. Interfusion
2. Fragment
3. The Other One 1
4. Happy Landing – Easter Eve
5. The Other One 2
6. Room For Improvement
7. For Chris
8. Irene

【ALBUM CREDITS】
All compositions by John Taylor
John Taylor – piano, electric piano
Ken Wheeler – trumpet, flugelhorn
Stan Sulzmann – tenor & soprano saxophone, flute
Chris Pyne – trombone
Chris Laurence – bass
Tony Levin – drums, percussion

Recorded live in London, January 1975
Original recording engineer – Mike Sykes

Once remastered by Jazz In Britain Ltd. 2022
Remastering – Christophe Martyn
Cover design – Richard Moore
Produced by John Thurlow