Artist: Aki Takase
Album: Aki Takase Carmen Rhapsody
Label: BMC Records
Year Of Release: 2023
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
1. Trio (6:44)
2. Sevilla (7:05)
3. Lalala (3:25)
4. Intermezzo for Don Jose (1:31)
5. Carmen Chanson (3:38)
6. Prelude (2:18)
7. Shadow (4:20)
8. Three Variations (3:54)
9. Torrero (4:41)
10. Night of Spade (4:30)
11. Puzzle (1:10)
12. Habanera (4:29)
Personnel:
Aki Takase – piano
Mayumi Nakamura – mezzo soprano
Daniel Erdmann – saxophone
Vincent Courtois – cello
Iconic pianist Aki Takase joins opera and adventorous jazz with her new project: Carmen Rhapsody. Bizet’s number one opera is restructured heavily by her quartet: the opera singer Mayumi Nakamura, French cello virtuoso Vincent Courtois and Aki’s longtime fellow saxophone player, Daniel Erdmann. Both Takase and Erdmann received the prestigious German Jazz Award in their own category in 2021.
