Aki Takase

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Aki Takase ( Japanese 高 瀬 ア キ , Takase Aki ; born January 26, 1948 in Osaka Prefecture ) is a Japanese jazz musician (pianist and composer).

Live and act

Takase started playing the piano at the age of three. She studied classical piano in Japan, then discovered jazz and after her first concerts in Japan (including in Haruki Murakami's jazz club , where she came into contact with American musicians such as Dexter Gordon , Kirk Lightsey etc.), she went to the USA. There she gave concerts from 1978 and made recordings a. a. with Lester Bowie , David Liebman , Sheila Jordan , John Zorn and John Scofield . In addition, from 1978 she belonged to the groups of Yoshio Ikeda , with whom she also made duo recordings.

In 1981 she gave her first European concert at the Jazzfest Berlin and then played at large and well-known festivals.

Takase has lived in Berlin since 1987. She works regularly with her husband Alexander von Schlippenbach , but also with Han Bennink , Evan Parker , Paul Lovens and other free jazz musicians. She discovered the young talent Maria João , with whom she toured around the world. Sometimes their duo was expanded to a trio with bassist Niels Henning Orsted Petersen . She also worked with David Murray , Louis Sclavis , Günther Klatt , Silke Eberhard and Rudi Mahall in a duo, with other musicians such as DJ Illvibe , Eugene Chadbourne and Nils Wogram in a trio or quartet. She briefly worked as a visiting professor at the "Hanns Eisler" University of Music in Berlin , where she a. a. Daniel Erdmann and Julia Hülsmann taught.

In various projects she deals with personalities from the history of jazz in a changing line-up, with Ellington (1990, 2009), Monk (1994), Dolphy (1998, 2014), WC Handy (2002), Fats Waller (2004) and Ornette Coleman ( 2006).

Prizes and awards

Takase was listed eight times in the quarterly lists of the German Record Critics' Prize ; For the CD Aki Takase plays Fats Waller , she was awarded the 2004 German Record Critics' Prize. She was awarded the Berliner Zeitung's Critics ' Prize in 1999 and the SWR Jazz Prize in 2002. In 2018 she was awarded the Berlin Jazz Prize.

Discography (selection)

Aki Takase 2013 in Dresden
  • Minerva's Owl (1981)
  • ABC (East Wind, 1982)
  • Perdido ( Enja 1982, solo)
  • Masahiko Sato / Aki Takase / Ichiko Hashimoto / Takashi Kako Twilight Monologues (1984, both solo pieces)
  • Maria João & Aki Takase Looking for Love (Enja, 1988)
  • Shima Shoka (Enja, 1990)
  • Maria João , Aki Takase, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Alice (Enja, 1990)
  • Close Up of Japan (Enja, 1992)
  • Aki Takase, Reggie Workman , Sunny Murray Clapping Music (Enja, 1993)
  • Günther Klatt & Aki Takase Play Ballads of Duke Ellington (Tutu, 1995)
  • Aki Takase & Alexander von Schlippenbach Piano Duets: Live in Berlin, 1993–1994 (1995)
  • Oriental Express (Enja 1997, with Igarashi Issei, Hayashi Eiithi, Katayama Hioaki, Itaya Hiroshi, Shōta Koyama , Ino Nobuyoshi )
  • Aki Takase, Rudi Mahall Duet for Eric Dolphy (Enja 1997)
  • Le Cahier du Bal ( Leo 2001, solo)
  • Dempa Nine Fragments (Leo 2002, with Aleksander Kolkowski , Tony Buck )
  • Aki Takase, Conny Bauer News from Berlin (victo 2002)
  • St. Louis Blues (Enja 2004, with Nils Wogram , Rudi Mahall, Fred Frith , Paul Lovens )
  • Alexander von Schlippenbach, Aki Takase, DJ Illvibe Lok 03 (Leo 2005)
  • Tarantella (Psi 2006, with Aleks Kolkowski, Maurice Horsthuis , Tristan Honsinger , Ino Nobuyoshi)
  • Lauren Newton , Aki Takase Spring in Bangkok ( Intakt 2006)
  • Aki Takase, Silke Eberhard Ornette Coleman Anthology (Intakt 2007)
  • Aki and The Good Boys Live at Willisau Jazz Festival (Jazzwerkstatt 2008, with Tobias Delius , Rudi Mahall, Johannes Fink , Heinrich Köbberling )
  • A Week Went By (Psi, 2010 with John Edwards , and Tony Levin and John Tchicai )
  • Aki Takase, Han Bennink Two for Two (Intakt 2011)
  • Kimiko Itō , Aki Takase MakkanaOhirune ( ま っ か な お ひ る ね ; 2011)
  • My Ellington (Intact, 2012)
  • Aki Takase, Louis Sclavis, Vincent Courtois, Dominique Pifarely La Planete Flying Soul (Intakt 2014)
  • Aki Takase & Alexander von Schlippenbach So long Eric! (Intact 2014)
  • Aki Takase, Ayumi Paul Hotel Zauberberg (Intakt 2015)
  • Aki Takase, David Murray Cherry - Sakura (Intakt 2017), best list for the German Record Critics' Prize
  • Hokusai (Intakt 2019, solo and Alexander von Schlippenbach or Yōko Tawada )
  • Japanic ( BMC 2003, with Daniel Erdmann, DJ Illvibe, Johannes Fink, Dag Magnus Narvesen)

Web links

Commons : Aki Takase  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Aki Takase: Berlin Jazz Prize
  2. ↑ Jazz Prize Berlin 2018: rbb and Land Berlin award Aki Takase
personal data
SURNAME Takase, Aki
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 高 瀬 ア キ (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese jazz pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Osaka Prefecture , Japan