Aki Takase Trio/Mujician - review

Vortex, LondonWith the dust barely settled after one of the year's unforgettable free-jazz shows (saxist Ken Vandermark with the Scandinavian mavericks Atomic), promoter Tony Dudley-Evans and Birmingham Jazz have toured another spectacular double bill. This time it splices the Berlin-resident Japanese piano cyclone Aki Takase with the exalted British improv quartet Mujician. Drummer Tony Levin, who played in both groups, was celebrating his 70th birthday with two performances of typically precis...

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