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KATSUKO TANAKA

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A DREAM

KATSUKO TANAKA (piano)

DAIKI YASUKAGAWA (bass)

GENE JACKSON (drums)

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VILLAGE NIGHT HANG

Composed by Katsuko Tanaka (ASCAP)

Recorded in September 2020, Tokyo

CD Reviews
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"...Tanaka infuses all of her music with a distinctive legato touch, relaxed but poised, light but assertive, suggesting that rather than trying to impress her audience with pyrotechnics she is playing for her sheer joy." 

 

- Tom Greenland, p16, MARCH 2017, THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORDS.

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"10年半に亘りニューヨークを拠点に活動するピアニストたなかかつこは、クラシックピアノの技術に裏打ちされた繊細で優美なレガートタッチとNYで磨いた積極的でグルーヴィなスタイルを兼ね備え、エネルギッシュかつ叙情的なピアノを聴かせる。初リーダー作『ビヨンド・インターセクション』と2016年発売の『Wish Board』では、ジャズの伝統をしっかりと消化した上で自分のヴォイスを表現しており、NYの一流メンバーと共に腰のすわったオリジナル楽曲とインタープレイをブルックリンにて収録している。"

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WAY OUT WEST 2016年9月号

WISH BOARD

1. BLOSSOM IN QUEENS 5:59
2. WITH EYES OF TRUTH 4:15
3. A DREAM 4:29
4. WISH BOARD 5:29
5. ATLAS 5:54
6. IF YOU COULD SEE ME NOW (Tadd Dameron) 5:17
7. DON QUIXOTE (Milton Nascimento/Cesar Camargo Mariano) 5:29
8. FIFTH FACE 4:18
9. HAVE PEACE IN YOUR HEART 4:40


*All songs are composed by Katsuko Tanaka except where indicated.

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KATSUKO TANAKA (piano)

CORCORAN HOLT (bass)

WILLIE JONES III (drums)

Recorded in March 2016, Brooklyn, New York 

Recorded: Brooklyn, NY

Year: 2016

Label: Katsuko Music

●888295441445 (規格番号)
●オープン価格 (輸入盤)

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BEYOND INTERSECTION

1. DAWN 3:33

2. SHELL 4:18

3. WHEATLAND (Oscar Peterson) 6:43

4. A MIDNIGHT TALK 7:14

5. STRETCHING 7:06

6. BEYOND INTERSECTION 3:44

7. AFTER THE MORNING (John Hicks) 7:18

8. IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU (Jimmy Van Heusen) 7:08

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*All songs are composed by Katsuko Tanaka except where indicated.

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KATSUKO TANAKA (piano)

DANTON BOLLER (bass)

WILLIE JONES III (drums)

guest: ANTONIO HART (alto saxophone)

Recorded in December 2009, Brooklyn, New York

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Recorded: Brooklyn, NY

Year: 2010

Label: Katsuko Music

2010年6月30日全国発売

(販売元:Disk Union Jazz)
●DUJ-070 (品番)
●2000円(消費税込み)

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