Jazz Articles about Taeko Kunishima

Taeko Kunishima: Space to Be...

by Dan McClenaghan
March 16, 2006

Don't let the cover art fool you--it looks as though it would be right at home on the front of a drifty New Age set of sounds. But Space to Be... claims its spot in the mainstream jazz category, taking inspiration from a batch of influences: straight-ahead jazz, modern classical and Japanese folk songs.Pianist Taeko Kunishima began piano studies at a young age in her native Japan, absorbing Mozart and Beethoven and later the modern piano music of ...