Translated by Anne Trager
[who] has often destroyed his own works
which Apartamento will be re-issuing later in 2021
many of them never before published
Wilmer evokes an era of extraordinary innovation and experimentation that continues to inspire musicians today
Free Jazz in Japan: A Personal History jazz-japan Translated by Anne TragerPublic Bath Press, 2018. Softcover, 367pp., 6 x 8. 25 inches New Soejima Teruto was a writer who fell in love with free jazz and devoted his life to it as promoter, critic, label owner, tour organizer, and much more. This personal memoir, originally published in 2002 now translated into English for the first time, recounts the history of free jazz in Japan beginning in the 1960s through the 1990s. Introduction by Otomo Yoshihide. ISBN: 9784990863654