aki takase

The First Years in Europe

* 일본이 낳은 불세출의 재즈 피아니스트 "아키 타카세"

* 80년 독일 베를린에서 활동하면서부터 30년간 40장이 넘는 앨범을 발표,

* 아키 다카세의 유럽 투어 디스코그라피 중 손꼽히는 명연을 선정한 [엔자 5CD 박스셋트 한정반!!]

* 특히 “Song for hope”는 first time on CD

솔로, 듀엣, 트리오, 7중주 등 다양한 편성

독일비평가협회 수상 /SWR 재즈상 수상 /

독일 레코드 평론가상 수상
 

5 CD Box limited edition 

CD 1: 
"Song for Hope" 
Aki Takase – piano, Nobuyoshi Ino – bass, Takeo Moriyama – drums 
1. Monologue (9:06)   2. Song for Hope (7:54)   3. Minerva’s Owl (6:13)   4. Mountain Forest (13:33) 

CD 2: 
"Shima Shoka" 
Aki Takase - piano solo 
1. Meraviglioso (4:22)   2. Ida Lupino (8:39)   3. A.V.S. (8:39)   4. Point (4:13)   5. Presto V.H. (4:26) 
6. Shima Shoka (5:29)   7. Rocking in Rhythm (5:08)   8. Timebends (4:11)   9. Dr. Beat (4:12)   10. Hanabi (1:04) 
11. Giant Steps (5:19)   12. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (5:50)   13. Valse Hot (3:41) 

CD 3: 
"Alice"
1. MC (0:30)   2. S. Joao (9:47)   3. Dr. Beat (4:47)   4. Mae-Dou-Iho Nao (4:13)   5. Yoridori Midori (5:35) 
6. Old Folkes (8:49)   7. Presto V.H. (6:53)   8. Primaccini (7:42)   9. Alice (7:29)   10. Wonderful World (4:19) 

CD 4: 
"Oriental Express" 
Aki Takase – piano, composer, arranger, Issei Igarashi – trumpet, Eiithi Hayashi – alto, soprano saxophone, Hioaki Katayama – tenor, baritone saxophone, Hiroshi Itaya – trombone, Shota Koyama – drums, Nobuyoshi Ino – bass 
1. So Long Eric - Duke‘s Choice - Goodbye Pork Pye Hat (24:41)   2. In And Out (8:28) 
3. Point (7:55)   4. Open The Door (5:29)   5. Oriental Express (13:01) 

CD 5: 
"Duet for Eric Dolphy" 
Aki Takase – piano, Rudi Mahall - bass clarinet 
1. 17 West (3:47)   2. 245 (3:21)   3. Hat and Beard (3:13)   4. I’m Confessin’ (4:02)   5. Something Sweet, Something Tender (2:28) 
6. A Chotto Matte (2:40)   7. Les (2:30)   8. Gazzeloni (3:09)   9. Serene (3:39)   10. Misha’s Slipper (2:29) 
11. Straight Up And Down (1:29)   12. Rudi My Beer! (2:26)   13. The Prophet (4:09)   14. Miss Ann ( 2:35)

Aki Takase (Pianist, Composer ) born in Osaka , Japan.

1981 at the Jazz Festival in the Philharmony of Berlin. 
She performed many times at the Berlin Jazz Festival in Germany. Since 1988 she lives in Berlin.
Intensive works with Alexander von Schlippenbach „Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra“, in Trio with Rashied Ali and Reggie Workman, 
 1997-2000 guest professor at Hanns -Eisler music university in Berlin.
„The „SWR Jazz“ Award 2002.
„The German Record Critics „ Award(1988- 2009) she is awarded 8 times .in Stringquintet with Tristan Honsinger (a.o), 
W.C Handy Project with Fred Frith(a.o) 
In duets with David Murray, Maria Joao, N. H.Ö. Pedersen .
„Plays Fats Waller“, „Projects with Eugene Chadbourne, Rudi Mahall, Nils Wogram and Paul Lovens. 
„Berliner Zeitung“Award (the best Artists of 1999 in the Berlin Newspaper).

The latest groups& projects:

"SO LONG ERIC PROJECT" w/ Axel Dörner, Henrik Walsdorff, Tobias Delius,Rudi Mahall, Nils Wogram, Antonio Bolghini, Wilbert de Joode, Heinrich Köbberling ,Han Bennink, Karl Berger 
Alexander v. Schlippenbach

"In Duo " with David Murray, Rudi Mahall, Louis Sclavis, Alex v. Schlippenbach, Han Bennink, 
Ingrid Laubrock and Daniel Erdmann

"LA PLANETE" w/ Louis Sclavis, Vincent Courtois, Dominique Pifarely 
" LOK.03 " w/ Alex v. Schlippenbach and DJIIIVibe
"TAMA w/ Jan Roder, Oliver Steidle

"Klang und Texte " ("Reading and Music" performance) w/ Yoko Tawada
Dance Projects :"CADENZA" Duo Performance w / Yui Kawaguchi
"Ensemble Sonne" Contemporary Dance Company w / Toshiko Oka " Das flingende Klassenzimmer" 

CD "Cherry-Sakura" with David Murray „The German Record Critics „ Award(2017/2)

What a Wonderful World

Maria João – vocal, Aki Takase – piano, Niels Henning Ørsted Pederson – bass