Aki Takase

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Aki Takase (born January 26, 1948 in Osaka) is a critically acclaimed, award-winning Japanese jazz pianist and composer.

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Raised in Tokyo, she studied music at Tohogakuen Music University.[1] Starting in 1978, she performed and recorded in the USA with Lester Bowie, David Liebman, John Zorn and others. 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 and Rudi Mahall.

In various projects, Takase has dealt with famous jazz musicians: Ellington (1990), Monk (1994), Dolphy (1998), W.C. Handy (2002), Fats Waller (2004), O. Coleman (2006).

Since 1987, she has been living in Berlin.

[edit] Partial discography

  • 1981: Minerva's Owl
  • 1982: A.B.C.
  • 1982: Perdido
  • 1990: Shima Shoka
  • 1992: Close Up of Japan
  • 1993: Clapping Music
  • 1995: Play Ballads of Duke Ellington
  • 1995: Piano Duets: Live in Berlin, 1993-1994
  • 1997: Oriental Express
  • 2001: Le Cahier du Bal
  • 2002 News From Berlin
  • 2002 Nine Fragments: Dempa
  • 2003 The Dessert
  • 2004 Duet for Eric Dolphy
  • 2004 St. Louis Blues
  • 2005 Lok 03
  • 2006 Tarantella
  • 2006 Spring in Bangkok [live]

[edit] Awards

  • The German Record Critics' Award[2] 2001[3] and 2004[4]
  • Jazz award of the German public broadcasting company SWR 2002[5]

[edit] References and Sources

  1. ^ Aki Takase @ allmusic.com
  2. ^ http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/about.html Official website of The German Record Critics' Award ("Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik")
  3. ^ http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/li/2002-1.html
  4. ^ http://www.schallplattenkritik.de/jp/2004/all.html
  5. ^ http://www.presseportal.de/print.htx?nr=363849
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