Legendary Japanese free jazz saxophonist Akira Sakata joins with frequent collaborator, younger generation sound and installation artist Rie Nakajima, for a live concert at Ftarri's Tokyo venue in 2023, Sakata performing on alto sax, clarinet, bells, singing bowl and vocals, Nakajima on objects and motor, capturing two sets of unique detail and expressive restraint.
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Akira Sakata-alto saxophone, clarinet, bells, singing bowl, vocals
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Label: Ftarri
Catalog ID: ftarri-946
Squidco Product Code: 35246
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2024
Country: Japan
Packaging: Cardstock Gatefold Sleeve
Recorded live at Ftarri, in Tokyo, Japan, on December 4th, 2023.
"Akira Sakata is a treasure of Japan's free jazz/improvised music world. Rie Nakajima is a London-based sound artist with an international career in Europe and beyond. Sakata and Nakajima have performed together in Japan and other countries since the mid-2010s.
When Nakajima came to Japan for a time in 2023, the two appeared at Ftarri, Tokyo, on December 4, performing two duo sets. Sakata, on alto sax and clarinet, forgoes ferocious sound-making and plays with calm elegance throughout, occasionally interrupting his performance on winds and producing reverberations with a bell or a singing bowl. (On track 2, he also included the restrained and masterful speaking for which he is known.) Nakajima created a variety of sounds from many small objects placed on the floor and hung from stands. She also produced sound by playing a self-made wind instrument.
This CD documents both sets of the nearly-80-minute concert in their entirety."-Ftarri
Artist Biographies
• Show Bio for Akira Sakata "Akira Sakata (坂田明; born 21 February 1945 in Kure, Hiroshima) is a Japanese free jazz saxophonist. Sakata began studying music seriously at high school, where he played clarinet.[1] He played alto sax in a jazz band when at Hiroshima University.[1] He trained as a marine biologist. Sakata joined the Yamashita Yosuke Trio from 1972 till 1979 and toured internationally with them. In 1986, he performed with Last Exit with Bill Laswell. This performance was released as 1987's Noise of Trouble: Last Exit Live in Tokyo. Laswell went on to play bass on and produce Sakata albums such as Mooko, Silent Plankton and Fisherman's.com, the last of which also featured the reclusive Pete Cosey (who had worked with Miles Davis) on guitar.[2] In 1994, Sakata organized a one-month tour of Uzbekistan, Mongolia and China with the Flying Mijinko Band, consisting of 14 members from Japan, Africa and America. Some of those included were Laswell, Anton Fier and Foday Musa Suso. He has more recently worked with DJ Krush[3] and Chikamorachi (Darin Gray and Chris Corsano)." ^ Hide Bio for Akira Sakata • Show Bio for Rie Nakajima "Rie Nakajima is a Japanese artist working with installations and performances that produce sound. Her works are most often composed in direct response to unique architectural spaces using a combination of kinetic devices and found objects. She has exhibited and performed widely both in the UK and overseas and has produced 'Sculpture' with David Toop since 2013. With Keiko Yamamoto she has a music project 'O YAMA O' which explores music with no genre. She also has a collaborative project 'Dead Plants/Living Objects' with Pierre Berthet. She has recently had her first major solo exhibition at IKON Gallery in Birmingham." ^ Hide Bio for Rie Nakajima
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Track Listing:
1. Random 1 35:05
2. Random 2 44:41
Improvised Music
Free Improvisation
Jazz
Asian Improvisation & Jazz
Electro-Acoustic
Electro-Acoustic Improv
Recordings by or featuring Reed & Wind Players
Objects and Home-made Instruments
Duo Recordings
New in Improvised Music
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