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Masayuki Jojo Takayanagi was a Japanese free improvisation guitarist born on December 22, 1932, in Tokyo. He turned professional in 1951 and formed the first of many groups under the New Direction name in 1954. Takayanagi was a prominent figure in every avant-garde movement in Japanese jazz from the 1950s onward. In the later years of his life, he explored complex 'Action Direct' works for tabletop guitar, tapes, and electronics, which approached pure noise in their intent. He passed away on June 23, 1991.

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