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Kaori Osawa: Aluminum

Read "Aluminum" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Da una parte “Winter in Berlin“ quindici minuti di navigazione a vista, con l’esplorazione del suono e dei suoi segreti come unica bussola ammessa. Adagiata su impercettibili riverberi, pulviscoli di ritmo, accennati segnali melodici, cristalli di note, abbozzate ninnananne seriali. E poi i pensieri come luccichii sulle onde, i silenzi della meditazione, l’intensità di un viaggio alla ricerca di se stessi, la forza di una cultura millenaria ed il mistero che la avvolge mai completamente svelato. Dall’altra “Well You Needn’t“, ...

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Album Review

Kaori Osawa: Aluminum

Read "Aluminum" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Tokyo-based pianist Kaori Osawa studied under avant-jazz stalwart Aki Takase, the latter, now residing in Germany. But what is striking about this solo piano outing is her uncanny ability to convey a visible component that perhaps mimics the abstract attributes within contemporary art. She paints a canvass that is built on improvisation and composition to counterbalance the lone standard, a semi-free deconstruction of Monk's “Well You Needn't.

But this isn't just another solo piano jaunt. The artist ...


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