Aki Takase (pianist. composer) 1981 first concert in Germany at Jazzfestival Berlin/Philharmonie. Since 1987 live in Berlin. Intensive work with Alex von Schlippenbach ( Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra) and other musicians of the European New Jazz. (Evan Parker, Paul Lovens, Han Bennink, Tony Oxley...) in Trio with Rashied Ali and Reggie Workman.
in Stringquartet ( with Tristan Honsinger a.o.) in Duo with David Murray, Maria Joao, Rudi Mahall and Alex von Schlippenbach
"Berliner Zeitung Award" 1999 1997-2000 guest professor at Musikhochschule in Berlin. The "SWR-Jazz Award" 2002
The German Record Critics Award : 1990 "Play Ballads of Duke Ellington" Duo w/ Gunther Klatt (Tutu 888116) 1991 "Shima Shoka" Piano solo (Enja 6062) 1994 "Blue Monk" Duo w/ David Murray(Enja 7039) 1998 "Duet for Eric Dolphy" Duo w/ Rudi Mahall (enja 9109-2) 2002 " St. Louis Blues" w/ "W.C.Handy Projekt" (Enja 9130-2) 2004 "Aki Takase Plays Fats Waller" (Jahrespreis 2004 der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik) 2008 " Something sweet, something tender" Piano solo (Enja 9188-2) 2009 " Yokohama“ with Louis Sclavis (Intakt 165)
The latest Projects: "Old and New Blues Project": w/ Eugene Chadbourne, Rudi Mahall, Nils Wogram, Paul Lovens " Aki and the Good Boys" w/ Rudi Mahall, Tobias Delius, Johannes Fink, Heinrich Köbberling " LOK.03 ": w/ Alex v. Schlippenbach and DJ ILLVibe "TAMA" w/ Jan Roder and Oliver Steidle "In Duo " with Rudi Mahall, Louis Sclavis, Alex von Schlippenbach, Han Bennink. Silke Eberhard "KANON" with Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Axel Dörner " LA PLANETE" w/ Louis Sclavis, Vincent Courtois, Dominique Pifarely "Klang und Texte " ("Reading and Music" performance) w/ Yoko Tawada Dance Projects : "Die Stadt im Klavier" Duo Performance w / Yui Kawaguchi , Toshiko Oka w/ "Ensemble Sonne Contemporary Dance Company

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Released: Jul 10, 2011

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A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS
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PREFACE
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Ein hoher Baum hängt viel Wind
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Genre: Acoustic / Jazz / Progressive
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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ............Myspace Layouts.. - ..Image Hosting.. - ..Comments.... Aki Takase.. Since 1981, she performed repeatedly at the Berlin Jazz Festival in Germany... For many years, she has been working with Alexander von Schlippenbach,.. Eugene Chadbourne, Han Bennink, Evan Parker, Paul Lovens,.. Fred Frith and others, and in duets with Maria João, David Murray, Lauren Newton, Rudi Mahall and Louis Sclavis..... In various projects, Takase has dealt with famous jazz musicians: ..Duke Ellington (1990), Thelonious Monk (1994), Dric Dolphy (1998), ..W.C. Handy (2002), Fats Waller (2004), Ornette Coleman (2006)... Since 1987, she has been living in Berlin..... AKI TAKASE Geb. in Japan. Erster Klavierunterricht mit drei Jahren... 1972 Beginn einer professionellen Karriere als Pianistin und Komponistin... Zusammenarbeit mit namhaften japanischen Musikern wie Takeo Moriyama,.. Nobuyoshi Ino in unterschiedlichen Ensembles... Ab 1978 längerer Aufenthalt in den USA. Zahlreiche Konzerte und Schallplattenaufnahmen u.a. mit Dave Liebman, Cecil Mcbee, Lester Bowie, John Zorn und Joe Henderson... 1981 erster Auftritt in Deutschland beim Berliner Jazzfest in der Philharmonie. Zusammenarbeit mit den Bassisten N. H.Ö. Pedersen und Miroslav Vitous sowie Musikern des europäische New Jazz u.a. Evan Parker, Han Bennink, Tristan Honsinger und Tony Oxley. Duo mit David Murray sowie gelegentliche Projekte mit dem Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra. (1987 - ).. 1997-2000 Gastprofessoren an der Musikhochschule in Berlin. .... Kritikerpreis der Berliner Zeitung 1999..... SWR- Jazz Preis des Jahres 2002..... Preise der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik:.... 1990 "Play Ballads of Duke Ellington" Duo mit Gunther Klatt.. 1991 "Shima Shoka" Piano solo .. 1994 "Blue Monk" Duo mit David Murray.. 1998 "Duet for Eric Dolphy" Duo mit Rudi Mahall .. 2002 " St. Louis Blues" mit dem "W.C.Handy Projekt".. 2004 "Aki Takase Plays Fats Waller".. (Jahrespreis 2004 der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik).. 2008 " Something sweet, something tender" Solo .. 2009 " YOKOHAMA" mit Louis Sclavis ..
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DUO MIT ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH DUO MIT LOUIS SCLAVIS DUO MIT RUDI MAHALL DUO MIT SILKE EBERHARD AKI AND THE GOOD BOYS LA PLANETE NEW BLUES DUO MIT YUI KAWAGUCHI DUO MIT TAWADA YOKO . FATS WALLER PROJECT:.. RUDI MAHALL.. NILS WOGRAM.. EUGENE CHADBOURNE.. PAUL LOVENS.. .. AKI AND THE GOOD BOYS:.. TOBIAS DELIUS.. RUDI MAHALL.. JOHANNES FINK.. HEINRICH KOEBBERLING.... LOK.03:.. ALEX VON SCHLIPPENBACH.. DJILLVIBE.... TAMA TRIO.. JAN RODER.. OLIVER STEIDLE.... Dance Projekte : w/ Toshiko Oka (Ensemble Sonne Contemporary Dance Company).... "Die Stadt im Klavier" Yui Kawaguchi......
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CD:"SOMETHING SWEET, SOMETHING TENDER" As a Japanese woman living in Europe, Aki Takase has developed a fresh view of American jazz. She doesn't think in terms of the opposition of old and new worlds, but creates her own. In the middle section, "Something for A", she exclusively follows her intuition. One of the pieces grew from "Waka", the old Japanese poetry form, with it's speech rhythms and beats like sound poetry.And then everything flows of its own accord. What "Something for O" means, remains open. It can mean "for Alex", "for Aki", "for Anton Tschechow" or Arnold Schoenberg, or simply the beginning, the attack of a tone in a quiet room, the seed pod of sound from which everything grows….Aki Takase's music is,on the one hand, abstract,on the other woven with dedications and affinities. Things get wild coming up to "Hinter meinem Rucken", a piece which recalls the pianist's collaboration with the poet Yoko Tawada. And the album fades away with great tenderness on a dedication to the late writer and jazz critic Toshihiko Schimizu, a kind of farewell song for a friend and patron of the avant garde. "Something for A". Alone in the studio, but not lonely, because, - "More than Truly"- love is in play, naturally."