

Septet, with Hiroaki Katayama (baritone sax, tenor sax), Eiithi Hayashi (alto sax, soprano sax), Issei Igarashi (trumpet), Hiroshi Itaya (trombone), Nobuyoshi Ino (bass), Shota Koyama (drums)ĭuo, with Rudi Mahall (bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet) Trio, with Reggie Workman (bass), Sunny Murray (drums)ĭuo, with Alexander von Schlippenbach (piano) in concert With Nobuyoshi Ino (bass), Toki String Quartet Gunther Klatt & Aki Takase Play Ballads of Duke Ellingtonĭuo, with David Murray (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet) With Cecil McBee (bass), Bob Moses (drums), Sheila Jordan (vocals)ĭuo, with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass, percussion)ĭuo, with Maria João (vocals) in concert Trio, with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass), Takeo Moriyama (drums) in concert One track solo piano most tracks duo, with Yoshio Ikeda (bass) Quartet, with Dave Liebman (tenor sax, soprano sax), Nobuyoshi Ino (bass), Motohiko Hino (drums)

Trio, with Nobuyoshi Ino (electric bass, cello), Takuji Kusumoto (drums, percussion) “ AUGE“ w/ Christian Weber and Michael Griener.Īn asterisk (*) after the year indicates that it is the year of release.Īs leader/co-leader Year recorded April 2019/ BMC) Aki Takase brings together HipHop, Jazz and Improvisation. „Cities in the Piano„:dance +piano w / Yui Kawaguchi.„Carmen Rhapsody“ with Mayumi Nakamura. „TAMA“ w/ Jan Roder, Oliver Steidle.“ „Reading and Music“ performance w/ Yoko Tawada. „LA PLANETE“ w/ Louis Sclavis, Vincent Courtois, Dominique Pifarely. These include her duo project YOKOHAMA (Intakt 2009) with Louis Sclavis, KANON (doubtmusic 2011) with Kazuhisa Uchihashi and Axel Dörner or Hotel Zauberberg with Ayumi Paul in 2014 (Intakt Records). Given her training and adventurous spirit, Takase's new projects exist as a genre between contemporary music and jazz.

In various projects, Takase has dealt with the respective oeuvres of numerous famous jazz musicians, including the works of Duke Ellington (1990), Thelonious Monk (1994), Eric Dolphy (1998), W.C. Through her constant touring and appearances at international jazz festivals, Takase quickly became one of the most sought-after musicians for recording and collaboration.įor many years, she has worked with her husband Alexander von Schlippenbach (also a pianist), as well as with Eugene Chadbourne, Han Bennink, Evan Parker, Paul Lovens, Fred Frith and many others, and in duets with Maria João, Louis Sclavis, David Murray and Rudi Mahall. Her first European appearance was in 1981 at the Berlin Jazz Festival in Germany. Her collaborators have included Lester Bowie, Sheila Jordan, David Liebman, and John Zorn. Starting in 1978, Takase began performing and recording in the US. Raised in Tokyo, she studied classical piano at Toho Gakuen School of Music. Takase was born in Osaka and started to play piano at age 3. Aki Takase ( 高瀬 アキ) (born January 26, 1948) is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer.
