Jazz Articles about Nakatani-Chen Duo

Nakatani-Chen Duo: Limn

by Ty Cumbie
February 10, 2007

One of the highlights of the Vision Club series in 2005 was a crowd-pleasing duet set with legendary violinist Billy Bang and the brilliant percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani. With a lesser drummer, this might've been a case of star-player-with-accompaniment, but that was far from what happened. Nakatani was more than up for his share of the spotlight, putting on a thrilling show of technique and artistry.

Some of what makes Nakatani so exciting live is, naturally, lost in recordings, but there's ...