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AKI TAKASE, ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH & HR BIG BAND
Frankfurt 2020 [no label, 1CD]
Echoes Of Ellington. Live at the hr Sendesaal, Frankfurt, Germany; September 10, 2020. Very good satellite broadcast.
Thanks to unclewolfi for sharing the show at Dime.
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Japanese jazz pianist and composer Aki Takase’s collaborators included Lester Bowie, Sheila Jordan, David Liebman, and John Zorn. Her first European appearance was in 1981 at the Berlin Jazz Festival in Germany. Through her constant touring and appearances at international jazz festivals, Takase quickly became one of the most sought-after musicians for recording and collaboration.
For many years, she has worked with her husband Alexander von Schlippenbach, 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.
German jazz pianist and composer Alexander von Schlippenbach came to prominence in the 1960s playing free jazz in a trio with saxophonist Evan Parker and drummer Paul Lovens and as a member of the Globe Unity Orchestra. Since the 1990s, Von Schlippenbach has explored the work of more traditional jazz composers like Jelly Roll Morton or Thelonious Monk. - wikipedia
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(mpeg1 layer 2/320 kbps) [radio station - hr2]
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Track 01. Jump For Joy 8:09
Track 02. Mood Indigo 9:03
Track 03. Le Fleurs Africaines 8:51
Track 04. talk - Jim McNeely 1:08
Track 05. Cotton Tail 8:52
Track 06. talk 0:17
Track 07. Sophisticated Lady 5:56
Track 08. It Don’t Mean A Thing 8:11
Track 09. Rockin’ in Rhythm 5:32
Track 10. In My Solitude 2:34
Track 11. Caravan 10:56
70 mins
Lineup:
Aki Takase - piano, arr
Alexander von Schlippenbach - piano, arr
HR-Big Band:
Jim McNeely - leader, arr
Frank Wellert - trumpet
Thomas Vogel - trumpet
Martin Auer - trumpet
Axel Schlosser - trumpet
Günter Bollmann - trombone
Felix Fromm - trombone
Christian Jaksjø - trombone
Robert Hedemann - bass trombone
Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn - alto saxophone
Oliver Leicht - alto saxophone, clarinet
Tony Lakatos - tenor saxophone
Steffen Weber - tenor saxophone
Rainer Heute - baritone saxophone
Martin Scales - guitar
Peter Reiter - piano
Hans Glawischnig - bass
Jean Paul Hochstädter - drums
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