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Aki Takase

Aki Takase has been played on NTS shows including Leila Samir , with Any Tune, But Fats Tune first played on 3 August 2020.

Raised in Tokyo, she studied music at Tohogakuen Music University.[1] Starting in 1978, she performed and recorded in the USA with Lester Bowie, David Liebman, John Zorn and others. Since 1981, she performed repeatedly at the Berlin Jazz Festival in Germany.

For many years, she has been working with her husband[2] Alexander von Schlippenbach, Eugene Chadbourne, Han Bennink, Evan Parker, Paul Lovens, Fred Frith and others, and in duets with Maria João, David Murray and Rudi Mahall.

In various projects, Takase has…

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Any Tune, But Fats Tune
Aki Takase
Enja Records2004
Any Tune, But Fats Tune
Aki TakaseEnja Records2004
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Jazz Ain't What It Used To Be
Aki Takase
Enja Records2001
Jazz Ain't What It Used To Be
Aki TakaseEnja Records2001
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