John Cage, David Tudor, Yoko Ono, Toshiro Mayuzumi at Tokyo’s Sogetsu Art Center, 1962.
WFMU’s #NewRekkid of the Day is JOHN CAGE Shock (EM Records), a 3-volume set documenting John Cage and David Tudor’s October 1962 series of concerts in Japan. Performers include: David Tudor, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Kenji Kobayashi, Yoko Ono and John Cage. All recordings in this series are previously unreleased. A major historical trove, unearthed!
Listen to excerpts (via Boomkat):
