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Ayumi Tanaka is a Japanese pianist and composer who began playing music at the age of three, influenced by classical, and later on, Nordic improvisational musicians and her own mentor, the late Misha Alperin at the Norwegian Academy of Music where she studied from 2011 until 2016. Starting in 2018, Ayumi began collaborating with Manfred Eicher at ECM Records which culminated in her Trio’s album “Subaqueous Silence”. Currently, she is performing globally with different ensembles as well as developing her own solo music.

Album

Windflower

By Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Strønen

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Windflower; La Source; From Us, To You; Tree Of Stars; Weaving; The Sea Is Still; Spring; Driftwood; The Dissolving Sun.

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La Source

December 11, 2026

Album: Windflower
By Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Strønen
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 05:55

Article: Album Review

Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Strønen: Windflower

Read "Windflower" reviewed by Jack Kenny

by Jack Kenny
September 29, 2026

Ayumi Tanaka plays with precision and spare motifs. There are no wasted notes, and her work owes much to the balance between her country of birth and the country of residence. She has a virtuosic restraint. Rhythmic structures are often flexible, non-metrical, or thin, closely mirroring the organic movements of nature. In an interview she said, ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Mike Jones, George Benson, Dawn Lambeth, Ayumi Tanaka, Brittany Pitt, Matthew Wilson's Good Trouble & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 21, 2026

This broadcast includes new music from Mike Jones, George Benson, Dawn Lambeth, Ayumi Tanaka, Brittany Pitt, Matthew Wilson's Good Trouble, with birthday shoutouts to Doris Tauber (Them There Eyes, Drinkin' Again) Champian Fulton, Marcus Goldhaber, Christie Dashiell, Lorraine Feather, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so ...

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Luis Vicente, Martin Kuchen, Ayumi Tanaka & Mali Obomsawin

by Maurice Hogue
September 7, 2026

Europe's still Europe on maps so far, and that's where this episode of One Man's Jazz is centered and sampling new albums by Portugal's free--blowing trumpeter Luis Vicente & his 4tet (Spirits Moving) and guitarist Marcelo Dos Reis; saxophonist Martin Kuchen's Angles 4 from Sweden; the Scottish duo of saxophonist Zack Moir & bassist Roberto Cassani's ...

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New Sullivan Fortner Also Trumpeter Matt White's Jazz Perspective on Dolly Parton Songs, Flautist Ali Ryerson, Pianist Enoch Smith Jr. and Matt Wilson's Good Trouble featuring Tia Fuller

by Hobart Taylor
September 2, 2026

Also outstanding tuneage from guitarists Sheryl Bailey and Ed Cherry, saxophonist Jonathon Suazo, and a delightful Susan Alcorn cut featuring Mary Halvorson.Playlist Host Speaks 00:00 Matt White “The Carroll County Accident (featuring Liz Kelley)" from Dolly (Adhyaropa) 01:35 Matt White “The Bridge (featuring Liz Kelley)" from Dolly (Adhyaropa) 05:05 Enoch Smith Jr. “No One ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From New England Jazz Collaborative And More

by Bob Osborne
August 27, 2026

This playlist demonstrates the global reach of contemporary jazz, featuring international collaborations and artists from diverse musical traditions. The selection spans a wide range of styles and line-ups--from large-ensemble arrangements and acoustic trio interplay to world fusion and intimate duo performances--incorporating recent releases from both independent and established labels across different regions and cultures.Playlist ...

Article: Inside the Songs

Thomas Strønen Time Is A Blind Guide: Off Stillness

by Dean Nardi
April 8, 2026

During his Time Is A Blind Guide reunion with keyboardist Ayumi Tanaka, cellist Leo Svensson Sander (replacing Lucy Railton), violinist Håkon Aase and double-bassist Ole Morten Vågan on Off Stillness (ECM Records, 2025), Norwegian drummer Thomas Strønen lands in a peculiar, improvised pocket. Brushed rhythms, unusual violin counterpoints, verbose bass, pizzicato cello and fractured piano arpeggios lend ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases And Exploring Shorter

by Bob Osborne
January 6, 2022

On this week's show we feature new releases from Matías Formica, Nori Tani, Carn Davidson 9, Ayumi Tanaka, GNP and Edward Simon. There are also tracks from Posi-Tone Records new compilation which celebrates the music of Wayne Shorter. Playlist Matías Formica Trios “Inexorable" from Hastio y Paranoia (Numeral) 00:00 Nori Tani “Portrait in Black ...