Something Sweet Something Tender

Aki Takase is one of Japan's most accomplished jazz musicians. Throughout the 80s and 90s, she played and recorded with Lester Bowie, Joe Henderson, Reggie Workmann, Rashied Ali, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, John Zorn and Alex Von Schlippenbach. Her 2001 W. C. Handy Project, was a European prizewinner, as was it's followup. Here Takasi plays favourite pieces by Thelonious Monk, Carla Bley, Eric Dolphy and Ornette Coleman with a fresh view of American jazz.