Results for "Thema Prima"

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Thema Prima

Label: Budapest Music Center Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: Traffic Jam; Thema Prima; A Goldfish in Space; Mannen i tårnet; Wüstenschiff; Hello Welcome; Monday in Budapest; Les Constructeurs; Berlin Express; Madam Bum Bum.

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Aki Takase: Thema Prima

Read "Thema Prima" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann

by Friedrich Kunzmann
August 21, 2019

Where does one go after having studied the most important composers in jazz history and dedicated entire albums to them in a 40-year career? The answer lies somewhere between nowhere and everywhere, according to what Japanese pianist / composer Aki Takase presents with her new energetic project JAPANIC on Thema Prima. Whilst the aesthetic and energy ...

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Aki Takase Japanic: Thema Prima

Read "Thema Prima" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
June 13, 2019

Japanese pianist-composer Aki Takase might have agreed with Miles Davis when he said in a 1986 interview with Nick Kent for The Face: “just about everything sounds better these days. Even a car crash sounds better." For the brilliant collison of jazz and hip-hop that is Thema Prima bristles with sonic textures seemingly inspired by the ...