Kaze

Kaze is a collaborative improvisational track recorded by an international ensemble of musicians. The composition appears as track B1 on the 1985 album World-Music-Meeting, released on 12\" vinyl by the German label Eigelstein Musikproduktion. The piece spans 10 minutes and 46 seconds.

The recording features a cross-genre lineup of artists. Japanese shakuhachi player 山本邦山 (Yamamoto Kōzan) and American jazz saxophonist Charlie Mariano contributed woodwind performances. Argentine bandoneón virtuoso Juan José Mosalini and Polish violinist and composer Krzesimir Dębski provided harmonic and melodic layers. German multi-instrumentalist Alfred 23 Harth and American vibraphonist and pianist Karl Berger expanded the textural range. German double bassist Peter Kowald anchored the rhythm section alongside American drummer Barry Altschul and British percussionist Ken Johnson. Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu and American guitarist Ponda O’Bryan rounded out the ensemble with percussive and harmonic elements.

The album World-Music-Meeting emerged from a series of live and studio sessions organized to explore intersections between jazz, avant-garde, and global traditional music. The exact recording location and production details remain undocumented in widely available sources. The vinyl release positioned the track as the opening piece on Side B, following an unspecified Side A sequence.

No official singles or alternate versions of Kaze were issued from the album. The composition’s structure blends extended improvisation with composed passages, though no published scores or detailed session notes confirm the division of labor among the contributors. The track title, translating to \"wind\" in Japanese, aligns with the thematic and sonic fluidity of the performance.