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Taiko Saito: Tears Of A Cloud
BySaito has found the key to artistic success by taking a handful of inspirationsher mentors Prof. Keiko Abe and Prof. David Friedman, the compositions of Kenny Wheeler, traditional Japanese music, tea ceremony, ikebana, etc. She pulls in these orbiting influences and puts her art together to make her own sound. Uncompromising originality is the result.
Tears Of A Cloud is spacious music, deliberative and way off the beaten path, hinting at some form of nondenominational spirituality, a mallet religion which makes time stand still, full of unexpected textures, holy resonances and colors we have never heard or seen before. This is free jazz (more accurately perhaps free music), but it is an engaging experience which pushes the boundaries of expectations. She finds beautiful sounds with off- center, otherworldly, sometimes asymmetrical rhythms that gel into fragile structures which sound like the scaffoldings upon which our surreal dreams are built. Or they could be the soundtrack to her life. We all live inside our own movies; Saito's moviesher soundtrack to that creative lifecelebrate mystery, clarity of vision and rejection of blueprints and "best-laid plans" in favor of discovery and surprise combined with a wide-ranging sense of wonder.
Track Listing
Daichi; Sound Gradation; Uneri; Underground; Rain; Tears Of A Cloud; Angry Bee; Time For M; Distance.
Personnel
Taiko Saito
vibraphoneAdditional Instrumentation
Taiko Saito: marimba.
Album information
Title: Tears Of A Cloud | Year Released: 2023 | Record Label: Trouble In The East Records
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