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Recorded by Michael Brändli at Studio SRF, Zürich, Switzerland, on April 30, 2016.
Reviews
By Raul da Gama https://jazzdagama.com/music/intakt-adventure-continues/2/
Cherry – Sakura is a veritable classic recording by pianist Aki Takase and the tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist, David Murray. Through it all, Murray plays with consummate sensitivity and flair, using his sonorous tone, on both tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, and a discerning palette of vibrato to create something vibrantly with Aki Takase. This Swiss performance provides a healthy taste of both Murray’s and Takase’s superlative artistry. Both are as commanding in the penetrating thickets of David Murray’s “A Long March to Freedom” as they are seductive in Aki Takase’s seductive “Cherry–Sakura”. In Thelonious Monk’s “Let’s Cool One” both bass clarinetist and pianist demonstrate that they can toss off technical feats with the best of Charlie Rouse’s and Monk’s. Their collaboration is first-rate and brings commitment and vitality to all of the programme’s intrepid fare.
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Intakt Records http://www.intaktrec.ch/rev278-a.htm
By Troy Dostert http://www.freejazzblog.org/2017/04/aki-takase-and-david-murray-cherry.html
By Derek Taylor http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/156892874672/aki-takase-david-murray-cherry-sakura-intakt
By Jason Bivins http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD58/PoD58MoreMoments5.html
By John Sharpe https://www.allaboutjazz.com/cherry--sakura-aki-takase-intakt-records-review-by-john-sharpe.php
By Tim Niland http://jazzandblues.blogspot.com/2017/01/aki-takase-david-murray-cherry-sakura.html
By Lloyd Sachs https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/aki-takasedavid-murray-cherry-sakura-intakt/
Jan Granlie (no) http://salt-peanuts.eu/record/aki-takase-david-murray/
Georges Tonla Briquet (nl) http://www.jazzenzo.nl/?e=3738
Peter Füssl (de) http://www.kulturzeitschrift.at/kritiken/cd-tipp/aki-takase-david-murray-cherry-sakura
Da Nicola Negri (it) https://www.allaboutjazz.com/cherry-sakura-aki-takase-intakt-records-review-by-nicola-negri.php
Da Aldo Del Noce (it) http://www.jazzconvention.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3243:aki-takase-david-murray-cherry-sakura&catid=2:recensioni&Itemid=11
Por Luiz Orlando Carneiro (pt) http://m.jb.com.br/jazz/noticias/2017/05/06/david-murray-aki-takase-um-duo-muito-especial/
Par Jean-Marc Gelin (fr) http://lesdnj.over-blog.com/2017/04/david-murray-ali-takase-cherry/sakura.html
Par Philippe Méziat (fr) https://www.citizenjazz.com/Aki-Takase-David-Murray.html
Por S. Catalán (es) https://www.diariodesevilla.es/mapademusicas/Dialogo-bandas_0_1114688735.html
Por Yahvé M. de la Cavada (es) http://cultura.elpais.com/cultura/2017/02/22/babelia/1487761984_782980.html
