Aquirax Aida

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Aquirax Aida (real name: Akira Aida ( Japanese 間 章 , Aida Akira ); born August 18, 1946 in Niigata , Niigata Prefecture , † December 12, 1978 ) was a Japanese music critic, promoter and producer.

Aida, who first made short films, became known for his collaboration with Japanese free jazz musicians such as Kaoru Abe ( Mort à Crédit 1975), Masayuki Takayanagi and Motoharu Yoshizawa ( Inland Fish 1974) as well as with Steve Lacy ( Solo at Mandara , 1975) and Dave Burrell . He promoted the Japan tours of western artists such as Lacy, Milford Graves and Derek Bailey , whose album New Sights, Old Sounds he produced in 1978 on his label Morgue ; he also produced Bailey's album Duo & Trio Improvisation (1978 with Kaoru Abe, Motoharu Yoshizawa, Toshi Tsuchitori , Mototeru Takagi and Toshinori Kondo ). Steve Lacy dedicated his composition Free Point to Aida , Barre Phillips dedicated track V of his album Journal Violone II (1980), Derek Bailey the track Aida recorded in 1980 and Henry Kaiser dedicated the track Aquirax Aida recorded in 1992 . He also wrote the Liner Notess for numerous albums ; drawings by him were also used for some LP titles.

Shinji Aoyama made the seven-hour documentary AA Signature (2006) about him .

literature

  • Aida Aquirax Chronicle / 間 章 ク ロ ニ ク ル ( Aida Akira kuronikuru ). Aiikusha, Tōkyō 2006, ISBN 4-7500-0288-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aida, whom Lacy compared to the Russian impresario Djagilew , traveled to Paris to invite him to tour Japan with Motoharu Yoshizawa and Masahiko Togashi . See Steve Lacy: Conversations Duke University Press 2006, p. 260. One result of the stay in Japan was the Nippon LP Stalks (1975), which the trio recorded under Lacy's name.
  2. ^ The Wire, Volumes 263-268
  3. ^ Coda magazine 1985, Issues 200-205
  4. ↑ Journal Violone II (Discogs)
  5. ↑ Aida by Derek Bailey at WorthPoint
  6. ↑ Lemon Fish Tweezer (Cuneiform Records)
  7. ^ Yvonne Tasker Fifty Contemporary Film Directors London, New York 2002, pp. 33, 38
personal data
SURNAME Aida, Aquirax
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 間 章 (Japanese, real name); Akira, Aida (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz writer and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Niigata
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1978