Toshinori Kondo Collaborations

Go to my Kondo collection Starlight Furniture Company - Aida's call   

1978, Starlight Furniture Company - STAR 9

1.    Administratio 23.41
2.    The man from S.L.A.P.P.Y. 09.47
3.    Spear-core 06.27

Kaoru Abe: alto saxophone
Motoharu Yoshizawa: bass
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet
Derek Bailey: guitar

Available from different on-line stores.

Toshinori Kondo, Henry Kaiser & John Oswald - Moose & Salmon
1978, Music Gallery - MGE 30

Very hard to find.

Centazzo, Cora, Kondo, Zorn - Environment for sextet

1979, Ictus (Italy) - Ictus 0017 (LP) 
1996, New Tone (Italy), rdc 5026 2 (CD) 

1.    first environment for sextet 11.30
2.    solo improvisations 6.00
3.    second environment for sextet 17.15
4.    solo improvisation #2 8.03

Note: the CD reissue also contains a fifth track, taken from USA CONCERTS (1979).
5.    improvviso III (duet)

Polly Bradfield: violin
Andrea Centazzo: percussions
Eugene Chadbourne: guitar
Tom Cora: cello
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet
John Zorn: sax

It is offered by the some on-line record stores but I guess none can deliver.

Russell, Turner, Kondo - Artless sky

1979 - CAW 001

1.    Artless sky 23.25
2.    Dear listeners 03.30
3.    When crime becomes an option 02.28
4.    Pies 06.10
5.    Mounting on the wind 05.02
6.    Marcel waves 02.59

John Russell: plectrum guitar
Roger Turner: drums and percussion
Toshinori Kondo, trumpet, alto horn, small amp & mutes

Not located in any store.

Kondo, Chadbourne, Zorn, Bradfield, Cora, Centazzo - USA Concerts
1979, Ictus (Italy) - Ictus 0018 (LP) 1999, Robi Droli (Italy) - RDC 5044 (CD)

1.    Sextet Improvisation 
2.    Duet Improvisation #1 
3.    Duet Improvisation #2 
4.    Duet Improvisation #3 
5.    Trio Improvisation 
6.    Duet Improvisation #4 
7.    Duet Improvisation #5 
8.    Duet Improvisation #6 

Toshinori Kondo (1,6): trumpet
Eugene Chadbourne (1,2): acoustic and electric guitars
John Zorn (1,3): reeds
Polly Bradfield (1): violin
Tom Cora (1): cello
Andrea Centazzo: percussion
Alex Cline (4): percussion
LaDonna Smith (5,8): violin, viola, voice
Davey Williams (5,7): electric guitar, banjo

Note: the CD reissue lacks the third track of the LP pressing.

Peter Brötzmann Group - Alarm

1981, FMP - FMP 1030

1.    Alarm part 1 19.42
2.    Alarm part 2 17.32
3.    Jerry Sacem 3.38

Toshinori Kondo: trumpet
Frank Wright: saxophone
Peter Brötzmann: saxophone
Willem Breuker: saxophone
Hannes Bauer: trombone
Alan Tomlinson: trombone
Alex von Schlippenbach: piano
Harry Miller: bass
Louis Moholo: drums

Not located in any store.

Tristan Honsinger, Steve Beresford, Toshinori Kondo, David Toop - Imitation of life

1981, Y Records - Y13

1.    Side -er one: Whoosshh
2.    Side -er two: please - thanks that's alright

Tristan Honsinger: cello, voice, whistling, violin
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, voice, mutes, rattles, small instruments
David Toop: electric guitar, bass guitar, flute, alto flute, wooden flutes, small instruments
Steve Beresford: euphonium, flugelhorn, siren, metal violin, winfield organ, toy electric guitar, bass guitar, automatic instruments, small instruments

Not located in any store.

Kondo / Lovens / Lytton - Death is our eternal friend

1982, IMA 002

1.    Osaka 1982 9 27  23:30
2.    Morioka 1982 9 22  25:17

Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, mutes, cheap horn-speaker
Paul Lovens: drums, cymbals
Paul Lytton: percussion, live electronics

Not located in any store.

The Globe Unity Orchestra - Intergalactic Blow

1982, JAPO 60039 D

1.    Quasar (coll. improvisation) (9'31")
2.    Phase A (coll. improvisation) (8'44")
3.    Phase B (coll. improvisation) (3'54")
4.    Mond Im Skorpion (coll. improvisation) (18'41")

Alex Von Schlippenbach : Piano
Albert Mangelsdorff : Trombone
George Lewis : Trombone, Effects
Kenny Wheeler : Trumpet
Bob Stewart : Tuba
Toshinori Kondo : Trumpet
Gunter Christmann : Trombone
Gerd Dudek : Soprano & Tenor Sax, Flute
Evan Parker : Soprano & Tenor Sax
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky : Alto & Baritone Sax, Flute
Alan Silva : Bass
Paul Lovens : Drums

Not located in any store.

Kondo, Chadbourne, Zorn, Bradfield, Cora, Centazzo, Smith, Williams, Wright - USA Concerts East

1985, Ictus - Ictus Rdc 5044

1.    sextet improvisation 4.07
2.    duet improvisation # 1 5.42
3.    clangs 6.56
4.    obsession one 5.33
5.    obsession two 4.45
6.    trio improvisation 9.11
7.    duet improvisation # 4 5.04
8.    duet improvisation # 5 4.15
9.    duet improvisation # 6 4.28

Polly Bradfield: violin (1)
Andrea Centazzo: percussion (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
Eugene Chadbourne: guitars (1, 2, 3)
Tom Cora: cello (1, 4)
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet (1, 3, 7)
LaDonna Smith: violin, viola, voice (6, 9)
Davey Williams: electric guitars, banjo (6, 8)
Jack Wright: alto saxophone (5)
John Zorn : reeds (1)

It is offered by the some on-line record stores but I guess none can deliver.

Go to my Kondo collection The Globe Unity Orchestra - '86-20th Anniversary

1986, FMP -  FMP CD45

1.    20th anniversary 66.41

Toshinori Kondo: trumpet
Kenny Wheeler: trumpet, flugelhorn
Gerd Dudek: soprano and tenor saxophones, flute
Evan Parker: soprano and tenor saxophones
Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky: clarinet, altosax, flute
Günter Christmann: trombone
George Lewis: trombone
Albert Mangelsdorff: trombone
Bob Stewart: tuba
Alexander von Schlippenbach: piano
Alan Silva: doublebass
Paul Lovens: drums

It can be ordered at the FMP website. (www.free-music-production.de)

Peter Brötzmann Clarinet Project - Berlin Djungle

1987, FMP (Germany), FMP 1120 (LP)

1.    What A Day (first part) (Brötzmann) 24:37
2.    What A Day (second part) (Brötzmann) 23:15
Recorded live during the 'Jazzfest Berlin' on November 4th, 1984 at 'Delphi Theater'

Toshinori Kondo: trumpet
Hannes Bauer: trombone
Alan Tomlinson: trombone
Peter Brötzmann: clarinet, tenor, tarogato
Tony Coe: clarinet
J.D. Parran: clarinet
E.L. Petrowski: clarinet
Louis Sclavis: clarinet, bass clarinet
John Zorn: clarinet, mouthpieces
William Parker: double bass
Tony Oxley: drums.

Not located in any store.

Go to my Kondo collection Autonomous Zone : The Map is not the Territory (produced by Laswell + Kondo)

1991, Meldac, MECA-30012 (CD)

1.    Invoke 6.26
2.    Lost Dimension 6.03
3.    The Grey Room 5.34
4.    Black Light 6.57
5.    The Hollow Earth 5.47
6.    Chaos Field 6.57

Ginger Baker (1,4): drums
Anton Fier: drums, drum machine, percussion
Hideo Yamaki: drum machine, drums, balaphone, percussion
Foday Musa Suso: kora, talking drum, vocals
Bill Laswell: bass
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, synthesizer
Akira Sakata: alto saxophone, clarinet, soprano saxophone, shanai
Yukihiro Isso: Japanese flute
Peter Brötzmann: tenor saxophone, clarinet, taragato, bass clarinet
Haruo Togashi: synthesizer

Not located in any store.

Go to my Kondo collection Tristan Honsinger - From the Broken World

1991, Toshiba (EMI Japan)

1.    Green yellow blue (3'39")
2.    Oh!!! K……sssss (9'41")
3.    I want "TOKYOing" instead (5'04")
4.    Travels with Priscilla and Tish (14'20")
5.    The sneeze cloud (3'33")
6.    China, snakes, wind, and ghosts (18'12")

Tristan Honsinger: Cello
Takeshi Shibuya: Piano
Toshinori Kondo: Trumpet

Go to my Kondo collection The Peter Brötzmann Tentet - The Marz Combo Live In Wuppertal

1992, FMP - FMP CD47

1.    März combo part 1 30.44
2.    März combo part 2 05.58
3.    März combo part 3 37.17

Toshinori Kondo: trumpet
Werner Lüdi: saxophone
Larry Stabbins: saxophone
Peter Brötzmann: saxophone
Hannes Bauer: trombone
Paul Rutherford: trombone
Nicky Scopelitis: guitar
Casper Brötzmann: guitar
William Parker: bass
Anton Fier: drums

It can be ordered at the FMP website. (www.free-music-production.de)

Go to my Kondo collection Peter Brötzmann + Toshinori Kondo + William Parker + Hamid Drake - Die Like a Dog
(Fragments of music, life, and death of Albert Ayler)

1994, FMP - FMP CD64

1.    Fragments of music, life and death of Albert Ayler no. 1: 21.47
2.    Fragments of music, life and death of Albert Ayler no. 2: 15.59
       A: Saint James Infirmary 04.07
       B: 10.37
       C: Saint James Infirmary 01.15
3.    Fragments of music, life and death of Albert Ayler no. 3: 18.51
       A: Two birds in a feather 01.23
       B: 17.28
4.    Fragments of music, life and death of Albert Ayler no. 4: 16.05

Peter Brötzmann: alto-,  tenor-sax, tarogato
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, electronics
William Parker: double-bass
Hamid Drake: drums, frame-drum.

It can be ordered at the FMP website. (www.free-music-production.de)

Go to my Kondo collection Phantom City - Shiva Recoil: Live Unlive

1997, Virgin Ambient - AMBT 21

1.    Black Data II 13:59
2.    Black Data I 38:48

Paul Schutze: keyboards and tapes
Raoul Bjorkenheim: guitar
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet
Alex Buess: bass clarinet
Bill Laswell: bass
Dirk Wachtelaar: drums

Very hard to find.

Go to my Kondo collection Die Like a Dog Quartet - Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No 1

1998, FMP - FMP CD97

1.    Little birds have fast hearts part 1 45.44
2.    Little birds have fast hearts part 2 21.59

Peter Brötzmann: tarogato, clarinet, tenor-saxophone
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, electronics
William Parker: double bass
Hamid Drake: drums

It can be ordered at the FMP website. (www.free-music-production.de)

Go to my Kondo collection O'Rourke, Parkins, Kondo, Shea, DJ Low, Wachtelaer - Fear no Fall

1998, Lowlands - LOW 011

1.    11'47"
2.    4'07"
3.    5'29"
4.    10'27"
5.    17'28"
6.    8'27"
7.    12'50"

David Shea: samples, jew's harp, piano (2, 3, 5)
Dirk Wachtelaer: drums, sampler (2, 4, 5)
Zeena Parkins: electric harp, shortwave tuner (1, 2, 5, 7)
Toshinori Kondo: electric trumpet (4, 5, 6, 7)
DJ Low: turntables, loops, samples (5, 6)
Jim O' Rourke: guitar, analogue synthesizer, harmonica (1, 3, 5, 6, 7)

Available from different on-line stores.

Go to my Kondo collection Die Like a Dog Quartet - Little Birds Have Fast Hearts No 2

1999, FMP - FMP CD101

1.    Little birds have fast hearts part 3 20.19
2.    Little birds have fast hearts part 4 25.41
3.    Little birds have fast hearts part 5 8.48
4.    Little birds have fast hearts part 6 4.25

Peter Brötzmann: tarogato, clarinet, tenor-saxophone
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, electronics
William Parker: double bass
Hamid Drake: drums

It can be ordered at the FMP website. (www.free-music-production.de)

Go to my Kondo collection Shimizu, Watanabe, Kondo, Gontiti - Nino Rota 1999>

1999, TOCT-24124

1.    Amarcord (produced by Coba)
2.    La Strada (produced by Toshinori Kondo)
3.    Romeo e Giulietta (produced by Gontiti)
4.    Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (produced by  Yasuaki Shimizu)
5.    The Godfather (produced by Tatsuhiko Mori)
6.    Rocco e I Suoi Fratelli (produced by Tomoyuki Asakawa
7.    Plein Soleil (produced by Hiroko Kokubu)
8.    Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (produced by Hitoshi Watanabe)
9.    Giulietta Degli Spiriti (produced by Michiaki Suzuki)
10.  Le Notti di Cabiria (produced by Tatsunobu Goto)
11.  Otto e Mezzo /8 1/2 (produced by Coba)

Players on 2. "La Strada":
Toshinori Kondo : Electric Trumpet, Synthesizer, Programming
Kenichi Ymakita : Conga, Shaker

Not located in any store.

Go to my Kondo collection Toshinori Kondo,  Eraldo Bernocchi, Bill Laswell - Charged (promo)

1999, R&S - AMB 9955 CD Promo

1.    KE2 5:27
2.    KE1 5:48
3.    KE11 5:12
4.    KE4 7:46
5.    KE3 4:47
6.    TOKYO 8:55
7.    KE10 5:21
8.    KE6 5:33
9.    KE4 reprise 3:28

Toshinori Kondo:
Eraldo Bernocchi:
Bill Laswell:

Not available (it is a promotional sample)

Go to my Kondo collection Toshinori Kondo,  Eraldo Bernocchi, Bill Laswell - Charged (ltd. ed. digipack)

1999, R&S - AMB 9955 CD X

1.    called 5:27
2.    cried 5:48
3.    cornered 5:12
4.    connected 7:46
5.    cleared 4:47
6.    tokyo 8:55
7.    croonbed 5:21
8.    changed 5:33
9.    out 3:28

Toshinori Kondo: electric trumpet
Eraldo Bernocchi: electronics, beats, programming, treated guitar
Bill Laswell: bass on tracks 1.2.3.4.8

Available from different on-line stores.

Go to my Kondo collection Toshinori Kondo, Eugene Chadbourne, Han Bennink - Jazz Bunker   

2000, Golden Years of New Jazz 2000 - GY 7/8 (2CD)

1.    Disk 1 (47:11)
2.    Disk 2 (46:47)

Han Bennink: drums, piano, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, Bb clarinet, trombone, harmonica, voice
Eugene Chadbourne: electric Epiphone guitar, acoustic steel bodied dobro guitar, piano, voice, personal effects
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet, two different euphoniums (one of them Polish), Pignose amplifier, percussion, voice

Available from some on-line stores.

Go to my Kondo collection Toshinori Kondo,  Eraldo Bernocchi, Bill Laswell - re-charged #1
(remixed byUsualSuspects and bySourceDirect)


2000, R&S Records - Apollo 041 (12")

sd.    Called (remix and additional production by Kutta for Source Direct UK)
us.    Tokyo (remix and additional production by Usual Suspects)

Go to my Kondo collection Peter Brötzmann Chicago tentet - Stone / Water

2000, Okka Disk - OD12032

Peter Brötzmann: tenor sax/clarinet
Ken Vandenmark: tenor sax/clarinet/bass clarinet
Mats Gustafsson: tenor sax/fluteophone
Joe McPhee: pocket cornet/valve trombone/soprano sax
Jeb Bishop: trombone
Toshinori Kondo: trumpet/electronics
Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello, violin
William Parker: bass
Kent Kessler: bass
Michael Zerang: drums
Hamid Drake: drums/frame drum

Go to my Kondo collection Toshinori Kondo,  Bill Laswell - Life Space Death
2000, 

1.    Life (7'48")
2.    Space (6'33")
3.    Death (7'40)

His Holiness The Dalai Lama 14th : Speaking Voice
Toshinori kondo : Electric Trumpet
Bill Laswell : Electric Bass and other instruments

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