[NewMusic] natsuya takatani

[Brady Sharp]

Tatsuya is a great player and a great person.  He stayed at my place
when he came through Nashville.  He's a very textural and spiritual
player, and his solo set was pretty incredible.  Everyone should check
him out.

Jacob, I was sorry to miss your gig at Ruby Green when you came
through, I really wanted to make it but was unable.  I hope you had a
respectable attendance, but given the nature of this town I wouldn't
be surprised if you didn't.

Brady


On 11/4/06, jacob felix heule <jfheule at gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw him on Sunday (with Joelle Leandre, Kyle Bruckmann and Damon
> Smith) and Monday (with Shoko Hikage and Theresa Wong). Both shows
> were fantastic. Great use of space, and I really appreciated his very
> non-percussive approach to the drum set (he barely touched any drum
> sticks). The Bay Area can also be happy about him bringing the thizz
> face into improv.
>
> jacob
>
> On 11/3/06, Ava Mendoza <ava.mendoza at gmail.com> wrote:
> > i went to tatsuya nakatani's show at 1510 8th street with phillip
> > greenlief, george cremaschi, and tom djll on wednesday.. great playing
> > by everyone, it was a real treat of a show..
> >
> > tatsuya is a very beautiful player, he has an enormous vocabulary and
> > a really strong concept of texture and timbre in percussion.. at this
> > show and on the recordings of his i've heard he brings in loose, slow
> > pulses a lot in really malleable, subtle ways. i guess he is similar
> > to le quan ninh but he has a really special kind of ritualistic sense
> > to his playing..
> > i bought one of his solo cds, Green Report 12, it is super and
> > everyone should buy it! he
> > really creates a huge, immersive world from solo percussion..
> >
> > i wish that Mills had gotten wind of him in time to hook something up
> > for him there while he was out here.. he's a semi-young player on tour
> > who could use the help, and one of the most interesting percussionists
> > in the country..it seems like he'd be ideal for a workshop or concert
> > at mills.. er, nudge.. anyway it was a great show on wednesday and
> > wish more people had made it out..
> >
> > nastrovia,
> > ava
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