SXL Live in Japan

SXL Live in Japan
Live album by
SXL
Released1987
RecordedJuly 27, 1987 (1987-07-27)
VenueInkstick Shibaura Factory, Tokyo, Japan
GenreJazz fusion
Length53:41
LabelCBS/Sony Japan
ProducerSXL, Tom Suzuki
SXL chronology
SXL Live in Japan
(1987) 		Into the Outlands
(1988)

SXL Live in Japan is a live performance album by world music and jazz fusion ensemble SXL, released in 1987 by CBS/Sony Japan.[1] For the first half of the album, the group performs separately from one another. Musicians Aïyb Dieng, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell and L. Shankar perform on "Arambam", a variation on the processional pattern on SamulNori's debut piece "Uttari kut". "Clouds, Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning" was played by SamulNori and included an extended sequence taken from their piece "Samdo nongak".[2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Arambam"Aïyb Dieng, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Bill Laswell, L. Shankar10:19
2."Clouds, Wind, Rain, Thunder and Lightning"SamulNori17:47
3."SXL Exorcism" (Kut Kua Ri/Taung Tauk K'ung (including Juice))SXL21:36
4."Madivu"SXL3:59

Personnel

SXL

Technical

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Japan 1987 CBS/Sony Japan CD 32DH 824

References

  1. ^ Hesselink, Nathan (March 29, 2012). SamulNori. University of Chicago Press. p. 110. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  2. ^ Howard, Keith (2006). Perspectives on Korean Music. Ashgate Publishing. p. 65. Retrieved October 17, 2014.