[NewMusic] natsuya takatani

[corey fogel]

a little late, but, I want to say I saw the performance in Berkeley on
Monday and I found it pretty boring. It was not ungraceful, not unmusical,
not even uninspiring necessarily. plenty of great colors, space, melody,
texture. but i felt his performance was ultimately more precious than alive.
the dynamics were a little understated for me. I didnt see much fluidity or
(ANY evolution) happening as far as direction/narrative. I really liked the
way theresa treated alot of moments with perfect contrast. but, overall, i
thought it was that seemingly arbitrary indeterminant collagey disconnect of
probable-improbable spontaneous music. I could have used either alot more
nuturing of raw expression, stream of consciousness vocabulary, anything at
any moment, or, more nurturing of the compositional entities of ideas born,
implemented in the moment. personally, i dont prefer the in-between, which i
feel is extremely common. the wishy-washy need to play the improv genre.

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