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Thousand Oaks
Label: 482 Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Ume; Dengaku; Kinpira; Genmaicha; Kuri-ae; Chawan Mushi; Shochu
Natto Quartet: Thousand Oaks
by John Kelman
Recorded at a live performance in the Maybeck Studio of Berkeley, California, Natto Quartet's second recording, Thousand Oaks, builds upon the group's first recording, Headlands. It continues to explore a variety of junctures--most specifically the meeting points of different cultures, and of texture and tonality. The quartet's unconventional lineup includes Philip Gelb (one of but a ...
Natto Quartet: Headlands
by Frank Rubolino
Sounds of the mystical Orient and the more assertive Western world clash head-on when the Natto Quartet ignites. Philip Gelb, an extremely versatile and resourceful shakuhachi player, and Shoko Hikage, an astute proponent of the ancient koto, contribute the Eastern sensibilities that flow well beyond the cultural borders of their instruments’ roots. On the Western front, ...