Roland Young – Isophonic Boogie Woogie LP Japanese Import RE RM Mint
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Roland Young – Isophonic Boogie Woogie LP Japanese Import RE RM Mint
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Isophonic Boogie Woogie was mostly ignored upon its release and, until it was reissued in 2005 by Osaka’s venerable EM Records, went unrecognized as the pioneering and historically important work it is. Though the use of looping electronics is commonplace nowadays, at the time and especially in jazz, it was nearly unheard of. Yet such technologically notable instrumentation, historically interesting as it is, would still be unmemorable without the pure aching emotion that Young pours into every moment and every solo. In the end it’s this beauty and emotion, not the facts of its production, that makes Isophonic Boogie Woogie not only a significant album, but a great one. For many years, Roland Young was a popular DJ on KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California. (He had previously been fired from a station in San Francisco for being “too political.”) He hosted community discussions and talk shows, and had a weekly radio show where he spun basically whatever he wanted. He also played in multiple bands, including the free jazz trio Infinite Sound, but Isophonic Boogie Woogie was Young’s first solo album. Exposed to an incredible variety of music from around the world due to his job on the radio, and playing in jazz bands himself since he was a teenager, Young was eager to create an entirely new sound.
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