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Asuka Kakitani

Synthesis: The String Quartet Sessions

By Ryan Truesdell

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2024
Track listing: Where Can You Be; A World Lies Waiting; Playground: 1. Copy Cat, 2. Ropes and Ladders; Murmuration and Adagio; Suite for Clarinet and String Quartet: 1. Shadows at Dawn, 2. Branches at Night, 3. Fire and Flowers, 4. Image of Mistery; Chipmunk Timmy's Funny Sunny Day; Violet; Melt; Paper; Heart of Gold; Tidal Waves; Talking; Tilting World; String Quartet #1: Movement I, Movement II, Movement III; Danca de quarto (for Sara); Two Reflections for String Quartet: 1. Sorry, 2. Not Sorry; Grey Cottage: #1 Coming Out of the Fog, #2 Shaking Peace, #3 My Deer, #4 Healing and Gratitude, #5 Dustish, #6 Jazz Hands, #7 Tax Penalty Payment Approaching.

In Tune or Not in Tune... That Is the Question

by Jack Bowers
April 2, 2013

Suppose a month goes by, you have a column to publish, but nothing has happened that's worth writing about. What do you do then? Read on, as the question is about to be answered. A while back there was a discussion at a Stan Kenton web site (Kentonia) about musicians or groups of ...

Matt Holman's Diversion Ensemble: When Flooded

by Dan Bilawsky
March 24, 2013

Brooklyn-based trumpeter Matt Holman has been putting his horn to good use as a sideman with A-listers, like pianist Fred Hersch and vocalist Kate McGarry, and up-and-coming large ensembles, like Darcy James Argue's Secret Society and the Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra, but he's finally stepping up to the plate as a leader. When Flooded is Holman's ...

Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra: Bloom

by Dan Bilawsky
January 10, 2013

The difference between a “big band" and an “orchestra" in jazz is usually more than nominal in nature. On the surface, they may seem the same, but their intent, musical scope and arranging/compositional methodology are usually very different. While it can be seen as a bit of a generalization, the “band" tag often refers to groups ...