Discography Details

AKI Aki Takase Trio 01. How Do You Do? / Hajimemashite (7:21) 02. Carnival / Syanikusai (8:00) 03. Birdland / Komoriuta (5:36) 04. Cumulo-Nimbus / Sekiran-un (5:12) 05. Season Off (3:07) 06. Idle Talking / Osyaberi (6:40) 07. After A Year / Ichinen no nochi (3:54) Aki Takase : piano, e.piano, pianica, vocoder & solina Nobuyoshi Ino : bass, e.bass, cello & tube bells Takuji Kusumoto : drums, conga & latin percussion Recorded at King Studio #2, Teichiku Suginami #1, Onkio Studio #3 #5, August. 8,10,16,22 SevenSeas, King Records / SKS-3006(S)(LP) / 1978 .....

As Time Goes By Love Touch Piano / Aki Takase 01. As Time Goes By (H.Hupfeld) (3:16) 02. Over The Rainbow (H.Arlen-E.Y.Harburg) (3:45) 03. My Foolish Heart (N.Washington-V.Young) (4:55) * 04. Swanee (I.Caesar-G.Gershwin) (4:55) 05. The Last Time I Saw Paris (O.Hammerstein II-J.Kern) (2:38) ** 06. Sentimental Journey (B.Green-L.Brown-B.Homer) (2:36) * 07. The Continental (J.V.Heusen-S.Cahn) (2:54) 08. When You Wish Upon A Star (N.Washington-L.Harline) (4:03) * 09. Night And Day (C.Porter) (3:40) 10. The Way You Look Tonight (D.Fields-J.Kern) (3:53) 11. The Third Man Theme (A.Karas) (2:32) *** 12. White Christmas (I.Berlin) (2:18) * 13. Love Letters (V.Young) (3:29) 14. Tara's Theme (M.David-M.Steiner) (4:22) * Aki Takase : piano, pianica Steve Jackson : drums Nobuyoshi Ino : bass *piano solo, **piano & pianica, ***piano & bass All selections arranged by Aki Takase Recorded at Toshiba EMI Studio Tokyo, Japan Toshiba EMI / TP-60331(LP) / 1979?

Minerva's Owl Aki Takase + Dave Liebman 01. Being (Aki Takase) (13:35) 02. Minerva's Owl (Aki Takase) (6:14) 03. Blues For Toko (Aki Takase) (8:56) 04. Monologue (Aki Takase) (5:10) 05. In Groups Of Pipers "Dedicated to Mr. Liebman" (Aki Takase) (4:13) Aki Takase : piano, fender rhodes, oberhime ob-x, arp odyssey Dave Liebman : tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Motohiko Hino : pearl drums Nobuyoshi Ino : bass All titles composed by Aki Takase & Dave Liebman Recorded at Suginami Teichiku Studio, December 12-14, 1980 Continental/Teichiku / HL-5010(LP) / April, 25, 1981 Union Jazz/Teichiku / TECP-18692(CD)

Song For Hope Aki Takase Trio Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival 01. Monologue (Aki Takase) (9:07) 02. Song For Hope (Aki Takase) (7:53) 03. Minerva's Owl (Aki Takase) (6:11) 04. Mountain Forest (Aki Takase) (13:22) Aki Takase : piano Nobuyoshi Ino : bass Takeo Moriyama : drums Recorded LIVE at the Berlin Jazz Festival, November 5, 1981 enja/Polydor / 4012/22MJ-3136(LP) / 1982

Esprit Yoshio Ikeda, Aki Takase 01. Milestones (Miles Davis) (8:41) 02. Manha De Carnaval (Luiz Bonfá) (4:32) 03. I'm All Smiles (Michael Leonard) (7:21) 04. Mr. P.C. (John Coltrane) (5:48) 05. 'Round About Midnight (Thelonious Monk) (5:53) 06. Oleo (Sonny Rollins) (5:45) 07. Après Un Rêve - Valencia (Gabriel Urbain Fauré - Aki Takase) (4:14) Yoshio Ikeda : bass Aki Takase : piano 02. bass solo, 07. piano solo Recorded at Teichiku Suginami Studio, November, 26-27, 1981 Union Jazz/Teichiku / KUL-5019(LP) / 1982 Union Jazz/Teichiku / TECP-18691(CD)

A B C Aki Takase 01. I Hear Your Music (Aki Takase) (0:41) 02. Dohkei (Aki Takase) (6:33) 03. Down Dance (Ichiko Hashimoto) (6:28) 04. Arishihi No Evans (Aki Takase) (5:03) 05. A B C (Aki Takase) (5:01) 06. Subconscious Lee (Lee Konitz) (3:01) 07. Silent Night (Aki Takase) (8:09) 08. Jan. 19th - Dedicated to my mother (Aki Takase) (2:24) Aki Takase : piano Cecil McBee : bass Bob Moses : drums Sheila Jordan : voice Recorded and Mixed at Vanguard Studio, New York, USA May, 20,21,24, 1982 Union Jazz/Teichiku / ULP-5505(LP) / 1982 Union Jazz/Teichiku / TECP-18690(CD) imc / EWCD-703(CD) / 1987

Perdido Aki Takase 01. A B C (Aki Takase) (7:05) 02. Takedano Komoriuta (Trad., arr. Aki Takase) (9:42) 03. Down Dance (Ichiko Hashimoto) (7:01) 04. After A Year (Aki Takase) (5:45) 05. Perdido (J.Tizol-E.Drake) (4:25) Aki Takase : piano, chinese koto Recorded live at the East-West Festival in Nuernberg, Germany June 19. 1982 enja / 4034(LP) / 1982 enja/Crown / ENJ-1034(CD) / 1992

Twilight Monologues four piano solos in hiroshima 01. Masahiko Sato : The Night Has A Thousand Eyes 02. Aki Takase : Tori (12:25) 03. Ichiko Hashimoto - Mizu No Kaidan - Odoru Yoru 04. Takashi Kako : Someday Masahiko Sato, Aki Takase, Ichiko Hashimoto, Takashi Kako : piano Recorded live at YAMAHA Hall, Hiroshima, July 8. 1984 (#02.) Lunatic Records/DIW / Lunatic-001(LP) / 1984?

Ten i mu ho Aki Takase, Nobuyoshi Ino 01. Hyakka ryoran (Nobuyoshi Ino) (2:33) 02. Aru Utage (Aki Takase) (6:23) 03. Song For Ché (Charlie Haden) (5:47) 04. Wagakokoro no Renaissance (Aki Takase) (5:41) 05. Amanojaku (Aki Takase) (6:26) 06. Biwa rancho ni ari (Aki Takase) (7:18) 07. Hanyu no yado (Trad. Song) (2:04) Aki Takase : piano, china koto, gong, glockenspiel, voice Nobuyoshi Ino : bass, chanchiki, kokyu, bell, voice Recorded at Nova Hall in Tsukubagakuen City, Japan, December 12, 13. 1985 Mobys Record / 0003(LP) / 1986?

Jazzperanto Jana Koubková, Aki Takase 01. Donna Lee (Charlie Parker) (4:45) 02. Dream Of The Long-legged Uncle (Aki Takase) (7:00) 03. Return Of Swallows To Enshu Country (Kazumi Watanabe-Aki Takase) (4:25) 04. Jazzperanto (Jana Koubková) (6:30) 05. Pig-head/Amanojaku (Aki Takase) (4:12) 06. Perdido (Juan Tizol-Duke Ellington) (3:50) 07. Dance For Two Fingers (Jana Koubková) (4:55) 08. Down Dance (Ichiko Hashimoto) (5:40) Aki Takase : piano, vocals Jana Koubková : vocals Alan Vitous : drums & percussion Recorded at the Supraphon studio Hrncire, April 6-10. 1987 Supraphon / 11 0067-1(LP) / 1988

Looking For Love Maria João / Aki Takase 01. Estranha Forma De Vida (Amalia Da Piedade Rodrigues) (4:36)* 02. My Favorite Things (Rogers & Hammerstein) (8:30) 03. Confirmation - Donna Lee - Au Privave (Charlie Parker) (9:20) 04. Looking For Love (Aki Takase) (5:40) 05. Mae-Dou-Iho Nao (Maria Joao) (4:20)* 06. S.Joao (Maria Joao) - Quinta Das Torrinhas (Aki Takase) (6:30) 07. Don't Shout At Me (Maria Joao) - Amanojaku (Aki Takase) (9:55) 08. Watashi No Obakasan (Aki Takase) (5:10)* 09. Send In The Clowns (Stephen Sondheim) (3:30) Maria João : voice Aki Takase : piano Recorded Live at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival, Forum, Leverkusen October 24. 1987 enja / 5075(LP)CD5075-52(CD) / 1988 / * CD only

Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra 01. Ana (Kenny Wheeler) (22:29) 02. Salz (Misha Mengelberg) (7:41) 03. Reef und Kneebus (Misha Mengelberg) (19:28) Benny Bailey, Thomas Heberer, Henry Lowther : trumpets Kenny Wheeler : trumpet, fluegelhorn Paul van Kemenade, Felix Wahnschaffe : alto saxophones Gerd Dudek : soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute Walter Gauchel : tenor saxophone E. L. Petrowsky : baritone saxophone Willem Breuker : bariton saxophone, bass clarinet Henning Berg, Hermann Breuer, Hubert Katzenbeier : trombones Utz Zimmermann : bass trombone Aki Takase : piano Günter Lenz : bass Ed Thigpen : drums Misha Mengelberg : piano Conducted by Alexander von Schlippenbach Recorded at Studio 10, RIAS Berlin, May 1989 ECM / ECM-1409 841 777-2(CD) / 1990 ECM/Polydor / POCJ-10360(CD) / 1990?

Art of the DUO Gunther Klatt & Aki Takase play Ballads of Duke Ellington 01. Prelude To A Kiss (M.Gordon-I.Mills-D.Ellington) (5:25) 02. Warm Blues (Gunther Klatt) (6:17) 03. Strangehorn (Gunther Klatt) (7:06) 04. Chelsea Bridge (Billy Strayhorn) (5:16) 05. Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) (4:13) 06. Warm Valley (D.Ellington) (6:37) 07. Giudecca (Gunther Klatt) (6:33) 08. Sophisticated Lady (D.Ellington) (5:13) 09. In A Sentimental Mood (D.Ellington-I.Mills-Kurz) (6:31) 10. Strangehorn (Gunther Klatt) (7:45) 11. In A Sentimantal Mood (D.Ellington) (5:46) 12. Lush Life (Billy Strayhorn) (4:12) Aki Takase : piano Gunther Klatt : tenor saxophone Recorded live at Trixi Studio, Munichi, April 25-26. 1990 TUTU/Crown / ENJ-38(CD) / 1991

Shima Shoka Aki Takase 01. Meraviglioso (4:22) 02. Ida Lupino (8:39) 03. A.V.S. (2:19) 04. Point (4:13) 05. Presto V,H. (4:26) 06. Shima Shoka (5:29) 07. Rocking in Rhythm (5:08) 08. Timebends (4:11) 09. Dr.Beat (dedicated to Otosan) (4:12) 10. Hanabi (1:04) 11. Giant Steps (5:19) 12. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat (5:50) 13. Valse Hot (3:41) Aki Takase : piano Recorded at Bechstein Concert Hall, Berling, July 10 & 11. 1990 enja/Crown / 6062/ENJ-33(CD) / 1991

Alice Maria João, Aki Takase, Niels Pedersen 01. MC by Walter Schätzlein (0:30) 02. S.Joao - Quinta Das Torrinhas (Peixoto) (9:47) 03. Dr.Beat (Aki Takase) (4:47) 04. Mae-Dou-Iho Nao (Maria João) (4:13) 05. Yoridori Midori (Andreas Schmidt-Aki Takase) (5:35) 06. Old Folks (Dedate Lee Hill) (8:49) 07. Presto v.h. (Aki Takase) (6:53) 08. Primaccini (Aki Takase-Maria João) (7:42) 09. Alice (Aki Takase-Maria João) (7:29) 10. What A Wonderful World (George Douglas-George Weiss) (4:19) Maria João : vocal Aki Takase : piano Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen : bass Recorded live at the Jazz Ost-West Festival Nürnburg, October 28. 1990 enja/Crown / ENJ-43(CD) / 1992.01.21

Blue Monk Aki Takase / David Murray 01. Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) (3:12) 02. Ask Me Now (Thelonious Monk) (4:55) 03. Presto V.H. (Aki Takase) (5:03) 04. Body & Soul (Johnny Green) (7:07) 05. Ellingtonia (Aki Takase & David Murray) (3:04) 06. Bright Missisippi (Thelonious Monk) (6:51) 07. Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues (Thelonious Monk) (7:36) 08. Mr. Jelly Roll (Charles Mingus) (3:44) 09. Kaiso (Aki Takase) (6:32) 10. Ballad For The Blackman (David Murray) (11:29) Aki Takase : piano David Murray : tenor saxophone, bass clarinet Recorded at TRIXI Studio, Munich, Germany, April 23, 1991 enja / 7039-2(CD) / 1993 enja/Crown / 7039-2/CRCJ-1049(CD) / 1994.06.22

Close Up Of Japan Aki Takase, TOKI String Quartet, Nobuyoshi Ino 01. Point (Alexander v. Schlippenbach) (7:37) 02. Presto V.H. (Aki Takase) (3:45) 03. Song For Ché (C.Haden) (8:06) 04. Wagakokorono Renaissance (Aki Takase) (3:57) 05. Scaramouche (D.Milhad) (8:05) 06. Milestones (Miles Davis) (8:05) 07. Close Up Of Japan (Aki Takase) (10:13) 08. Winter In Buenos Aires (Dedicated to Mr.Jojo) (Astor Piazzolla) (11:00) Aki Takase : piano, percussion TOKI String Quartet : Michiko Iiyoshi : 1st violin Kaori Takeuchi : 2nd violin Toshie Sugibayashi : viola Tatsuki Watanabe : cello Nobuyoshi Ino : bass Recorded at Studio Nürnburg & Axel Lindtädt, June 1 & 2, 1992 enja / 7075-2(CD) / 1993

The Morlocks and other pieces Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra 01. Any piece, but A's piece (1993) (10:28) 02. Contrareflection (1989) (7:06) 03. Rigaudon Nr.2 aus der Wasserstoffmusik (1987) (12:03) 04. Marcia di Saturno (1984) (12:54) 05. The Morlocks (1993) (16:00) 06. Jackhammer (1983) (10:32) Henry Lowther : trumpet Thomas Heberer : trumpet Axel Dörner : trumpet Tilman Denhard : flute, piccolo flute, tenor saxophone Darcy Hepner : alto saxophone Evan Parker : soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Walter Gauchel : tenor saxophone Claas Willecke : flute, baritone saxophone Jörg Huke : trombone Marc Boukouya : trombone Sören Fischer : trombone Utz Zimmermann : bass trombone Alexander von Schlippenbach : piano, conductor Aki Takase : piano, conductor Nobuyoshi Ino : double bass Paul Lovens : percussion Recorded at RIAS Berlin, Studio 10., July 10 & 11, 1993 Free Music Production / FMP CD-61 / 1994 Germany

Clapping Music Aki Takase, Reggie Workman, Sunny Murray 01. Clapping Music (Aki Takase) (6:57) 02. Shima Shoka (Aki Takase) (9:21) 03. Point (Alexander von Schlippenbach) (7:51) 04. Do You Know What It Means To Miss Orleans (Louis Alter) (5:12) 05. Boogie Stop Shuffle (Charles Mingus) (9:32) 06. Pussycat Dues (Charles Mingus) (7:09) 07. Ants (Takashi Kako) (6:58) 08. Reflections (Thelonious Monk) (3:03) 09. Oska-T (Thelonious Monk) (7:34) Aki Takase : piano, percussion Reggie Workman : bass Sunny Murray : drums Recorded at A-Trane, Berlin, June 5 & 6, 1993 enja / 8090-2(CD) / 1995

Piano Duets - Live in Berlin 93/94 Aki Takase, Alex von Schlippenbach 01. Na, Na, Na, Na...Ist Das Der Weg? (Alex von Schlippenbach) (11:40) 02. The Morlocks (Alex von Schlippenbach) (11:29) 03. You Are What You Is (Frank Zappa) (5:41) 04. Misterioso (Thelonious Monk) (4:01) 05. Ask Me Now (Thelonious Monk) (2:18) 06. Pannonica (Thelonious Monk) (1:32) 07. Evidence (Thelonious Monk) (5:52) 08. Tales Of Something (Aki Takase) (8:50) 09. Chapelure Japonaise (Aki Takase) (10:23) Aki Takase : piano Alexander von Schlippenbach : piano Tracks 1 to 3 ; Recorded at the Gethsemane-Kirche, Berlin, March 13, 1993 Tracks 4 to 9 ; Recorded at the DeutschlandRadio Studio 10, Berlin, December 9, 1994 Free Music Production / FMP PWN-90002 / 1995? .....

Oriental Express The Takase Aki Septet 01. So Long Eric - Duke's Choice - Goodbye Porkpie Hat (24:41) 02. In and Out (8:28) 03. Point (7:55) 04. Open the Door (5:29) 05. Oriental Express (13:01) Issei Igarashi : trumpet Eiichi Hayashi : alto, soprano saxophone Hiroaki Katayama : tenor, baritone saxophone Hiroshi Itaya : trombone Shota Koyama : drums Nobuyoshi Ino : bass Aki Takase : piano, com., arr. Recorded at DeutschlandRadio Funkhaus Berlin, October 10, 1994 Omagatoki / SC-7109(CD) / 1995

Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra Live in Japan '96 01. Eric Dolphy Medley (Eric Dolphy / arrangement by Aki Takase) (17:04) The Prophet - Serene - Hat And Beard 02. The Morlocks (Alexander von Schlippenbach) (15:46) 03. Shijo No Ai (Aki Takase) (6:21) 04. Way Down South Where The Blues Began (W.C.Handy / arrangement by Alexander von Schlippenbach) (12:18) 05. Jackhammer (Alexander von Schlippenbach) (10:29) 06. Good Bye / dedicated to Hiroshi Itaya (Gordon Jenkins / arrangement by Willem Breuker) (4:17) Thomas Heberer, Henry Lowther, Axel Dörner, Issei Igarashi : trumpets Marc Boukouya, Paul Rutherford, Wolter Wierbos, Haruki Sato : trombones Walter Gauchel : tenor saxophone Evan Parker : tenor and soprano saxophones Gerd Dudek : tenor and soprano saxophones, flute, clarinet Rudy Mahall : bass clarinet Eiichi Hayashi : alto saxophone Hiroaki Katayama : tenor and baritone saxophones Alexander von Schlippenbach : piano Aki Takase : piano Nobuyoshi Ino : bass Paul Lovens : drums Produced by Alexander von Schlippenbach / Aki Takase Recorded live at Shi-Kobe Oriental Theater, August 6, 1996 except track 2 at Nakano ZERO Hall, Tokyo, July 31, 1996 DIW Records / DIW-922(CD) / 1996

Duet For Eric Dolphy Aki Takase - Rudi Mahall 01. 17 West (Eric Dolphy) (3:47) 02. 245 (Eric Dolphy) (3:21) 03. Hat and Beard (Eric Dolphy) (3:13) 04. I'm Confessin' (A.J.Neiburg/D.Dougherty/E.Reynolds) (4:02) 05. Something Sweet, Something Tender (Eric Dolphy) (2:28) 06. A Chotto Matte (Aki Takase) (2:40) 07. Les (Eric Dolphy) (2:30) 08. Gazzeloni (Eric Dolphy) (3:09) 09. Serene (Eric Dolphy) (3:39) 10. Misha's Slipper (Aki Takase) (2:29) 11. Straight Up And Down (Eric Dolphy) (1:29) 12. Rudi My Beer! (Aki Takase) (2:26) 13. The Prophet (Eric Dolphy) (4:09) 14. Miss Ann (Eric Dolphy) (2:35) Aki Takase : piano Rudi Mahall : bassclarinet Recorded at the Trixi Studio, Berlin, May 25, 1997 enja / CD-9109-2(CD) / 1997

Le Cahier du Bal Aki Takase 01. Prelude (4:00) 02. Canarie (5:25) 03. Tango de Anzu / Dedicated to Anzu Furukawa (5:06) 04. Orangerie / Dedicated to Yoko Tawada (3:46) 05. Rigaudon (2:36) 06. Gigue (1:50) 07. Russian Dream (6:28) 08. Menuet Mozambique (3:58) 09. Inside Tales 1. (5:57) 10. Inside Tales 2. (4:10) 11. Inside Tales 3. (3:05) 12. Tarantella 2001 (6:26) 13. Le Cahier du Bal (3:13) 14. Dance Parallax (3:22) 15. Pulcinella (2:45) Aki Takase : piano All music by Aki Takase (GEMA)published by Alissa Publishing/PRS; Recorded January 22 & 23, 2001 at Audio Cue, Berlin; Produced by Aki Takase & Leo Feigin leo records / CD LR 319(CD) / 2001

St. Louis Blues Aki Takase 01. St. Louis Blues (W.C.Handy) (3:56) 02. Way Down South Where the Blues Began (W.C.Handy) (8:15) 03. Mobilat (Rudi Mahall) (2:44) 04. Morning Star (W.C.Handy) (4:13) 05. Eine Drehorgel aus dem 21. Jahrhundert (Aki Takase) (7:29) 06. Lulu (Harry Warren) (2:06) 07. Wer kommt mehr vom Blues (Rudi Mahall) (2:32) 08. St. Louis Blues (W.C.Handy) (4:54) 09. Nur da wo du bist da ist nichts (Aki Takase) (4:15) 10. Memphis Blues (W.C.Handy) (2:37) 11. Jazz Ain't What It Used To Be (Nils Wogram) (4:07) 12. Yellow Dog Blues (W.C.Handy) (4:08) Aki Takase : p Rudi Mahall : bcl Fred Frith : git Nils Wogram : tb Paul Lovens : dr All music by Aki Takase (GEMA)published by Alissa Publishing/PRS; Recorded July 29/30/31, 2001 at Studio Vagnnson Produced by Werner Aldinger enja records / CD 9130-2(CD) / 2001

News From Berlin Aki Takase / Konrad Bauer 01. Movement I (Takase, Bauer) (2:13) 02. Removal (Takase) (4:04) 03. Movement II (Takase, Bauer) () 04. Aerial View (Takase) (7:19) 05. Movement III (Takase, Bauer) (4:31) 06. Farewell (Bauer) (5:59) 07. Movement IV (Takase, Bauer) (3:32) 08. Blues for C (Takase) (7:51) 09. Movement V (Takase, Bauer) (5:15) 10. Movement VI (Takase, Bauer) (3:09) 11. Sad about (Bauer) (7:01) Aki Takase : piano Konrad Bauer : trombone All music by Aki Takase(GEMA) & Konrad Bauer(GEMA) Recorded Jan. 2002, Berlin les desques victo / cd081(CD) / 2002

Nine Fragments DEMPA 01. Newtons Triple Hop (5:42) 02. First Day (5:49) 03. Schwarze Tasten (6:19) 04. Nine Fragments (9:00) 05. The Poles (2:41) 06. Gramophony (6:29) 07. Jasmin Tea (4:12) 08. Diagonal (7:25) 09. Where Europe Begins.... (20:03) Aki Takase : piano, china koto, live electronics Aleksander Kolkowski : violin, stroh violin, gramophone, live electronics Tony Buck : drums, live electronics all music by Aki Takase(JASRAC) Aleksander Kolkowski(GEMA), Tony Buck(APRA) except for Nine Fragments (music by Aki Takase, text by Yoko Tawada) and Where Europe Begins.... (by Aki Takase); published by Alissa Publishing/PRS recorded 21-23 May, 2001 at Deutschlandradio Studio produced by Leo Feigin Leo Records / CD LR346(CD) / 2002.06

diagonal Yoko Tawada & Aki Takase 01. tango.de (2:34) 02. ein wort (3:11) 03. hinter meinem rücken (1:01) 04. neun fragmente (4:19) 05. die müllmänner (4:10) 06. spiegelbild (9:06) 07. ein brief aus prag/african flower (2:40) 08. tama (4:04) 09. frau taal (4:06) 10. diagonal (4:05) 11. rosinenaugen (2:28) 12. gebet (2:32) 13. dreizehn (6:32) 14. gelati (4:50) 15. die flucht des monds (2:36) 16. tango.jp (3:15) Aki Takase : piano, china koto, live electronics Yoko Tawada : text composition: Aki Takase(JASRAC 0001975203) / african flower: Duke Ellington Recorded at the DeutschlandRadioBerlin, Studio 10 12. April 2002 Konkursbuch Verlag Claudia Gehrke / CDBook(CD) / 2002.12

Valencia David Murray & Aki Takase 01. Valencia (7:59) 02. Monk Medley (10:44) 03. Bass Clarinet Solo (8:22) 04. Like A Kiss That Never Ends (8:56) 05. Valerie (8:52) 06. Refrections (7:00) Aki Takase : piano David Murray : tenor sax, bass clarinet(2,3) Recorded Live at The Lustspielhaus, Munich, Germany, April 28, 1997 Sound Hills Records / SSCD-8120 / 2002.10.15(12.10)

The Dessert Aki Takase & Rudi Mahall 01. head in, head out (mahall) (2:37) 02. apple cake (takase) (4:18) 03. with egg (mahall) (1:55) 04. panna cotta (takase) (4:34) 05. ear in, ear out (mahall) (3:35) 06. purity and sweetness (takase) (7:35) 07. another sausage roll (mahall) (2:10) 08. creme au caramel (takase) (5:47) 09. granatapfelsirup (takase) (5:02) 10. voskresenie (takase) (3:36) 11. raskaz (takase) (3:28) 12. black pudding 2. (mahall) (1:59) 13. pirodjok (takase) (2:55) 14. anekdot 1. (takase & mahall) (4:52) 15. anekdot 2. (takase & mahall) (3:28) 16. anekdot 3. (takase & mahall) (2:23) 17. anekdot 4. (takase & mahall) (3:05) Aki Takase : piano Rudi Mahall : bass clarinet, contrabassclarinet Recorded at KlangHaus, Hamburg / Audio Cue, Berlin December 05.06.19, 2002 Leo Records / LR-370(CD) / 2003.04

plays 'fats' waller Aki Takase 01. Lookin' good, but feelin' bad (Fats Waller) (2:49) 02. Vipers Drag (Fats Waller) (6:45) 03. Ain't misbehavin (Fats Waller & Harry Brooks) (4:50) 04. Handful of keys (Fats Waller) (4:45) 05. Any tune, but Fats tune (Aki Takase) (4:42) 06. Your feet's too big Word and music (Ada Benson, Fred Fisher & the Four Ink Spots) (2:07) 07. Intermezzo 1. (Aki Takase) (2:10) 08. Do you know what it means to Miss New Orleans (Louis Alter) (3:32) 09. Intermezzo 2. (Aki Takase) (1:03) 10. Hold Tight (Fats Waller) (2:09) 11. Kuroneko Yamato (Aki Takase) (3:00) 12. Intermezzo 3. (Aki Takase) (0:53) 13. I have got a feeling I'm falling (Thomas Waller Harry Link) (2:14) 14. Tintenfisch in Wien (Aki Takase) (4:05) 15. Kauf Dir einen bunten Luftballon (Anton Profes) (4:24) Aki Takase : piano, toypiano, arrangement Eugene Chadbourne : vocal, banjo, guitar Nils Wogram : trombone Rudi Mahall : bass clarinet Thomas Heberer : trumpet Paul Lovens : drums Recorded at Studio Vagnsson, Hamburg, 02-03. June 2003 enja Records / ? / 2003.12 enja/Muzak / MZCE-1016(CD) / 2003.11.21

Aki and the Good Boys Aki Takase, 01. Procreation (Aki Takase) (8:16) 02. 4x durch (Rudi Mahall) (2:06) 03. Hinter meinem Rücken (Yoko Tawada/Aki Takase) (4:48) 04. Dexaedo (Aki Takase) (3:45) 05. Super Heinrich (Rudi Mahall) (2:35) 06. Shijo no Ai (Aki Takase) (7:51) 07. Schwester Ingrid (Rudi Mahall) (3:00) 08. Nieren und Blasen Tee (Aki Takase) (3:59) 09. Die Möwe (Aki Takase) (2:32) 10. 1149 (Rudi Mahall) (1:44) 11. Mit oder ohne mit (Rudi Mahall) (4:04) 12. Choco Amore (Aki Takase) (7:56) 13. Tschüß (Walter Kubiczek/Dieter Lietz) (2:06) Aki Takase, piano Rudi Mahall, bass-clarinet Walter Gauchel, flute, sop, tenor sax, vocal Johannes Fink, bass Heinrich köbberling, vocal, drums Recording dates: 10-11,March.2004 Recording Location: jazzclub A-Trane Berlin Producer: Aki Takase, Werner Aldinger enja Records / 9162-2(CD) / 2004

LOK 03 Aki Takase Alex von Schlippenbach, Dj Illvibe 01. Berlin (2:57) 02. Köln (2:43) 03. Detroit (3:12) 04. Paris (3:01) 05. London (2:24) 06. Sankt Petersburg (1:27) 07. Alma Ata (1:25) 08. Ulanbator (2:15) 09. Utrecht (2:08) 10. Istanbul (2:07) 11. Cairo (2:18) 12. Caracas (2:16) 13. Oklahoma (4:16) 14. Berchtesgaden (2:01) 15. Buenos Aires (2:24) 16. Hammerfest (0:57) 17. Peking (3:09) 18. Bandung (3:03) 19. Osaka (3:21) 20. Bonus Track / Eisenhüttenstadt (1:40) Aki Takase : piano Alex von Schlippenbach : piano, trumpet Dj Illvibe : turntable, percussion Music by Aki Takase, Alex von Schlippenbach, Dj Illvibe (GEMA, JASRAC) published by Alissa Publishing PRS Produced by Leo Feigin & Aki Takase Recorded 04. - 05. August 2004 Location: Studio Audio Cue, Berlin Engineer: Rainer Robben Leo Records / LR427(CD) / 2004

A Fearst For Ears / Mimi no Gochiso Aki Takase & Haruna Miyake / Piano Duo 01. From Yokohama (3:25) 02. Moscow (3:37) 03. Shanghai (3:20) 04. One day you ....... (1:38) 05. Capetown (7:17) 06. Fête in Warsaw (4:12) 07. The City Drifts (5:43) 08. Invitation to Fugue (7:39) 09. Flowing Sand (3:40) 10. For Clara (8:43) 11. Tango de Tango (7:38) 12. Dreaming of My Hometown (5:17) Aki Takase : piano Haruna Miyake : piano Music composed by Aki Takase and Haruna Miyake except 12 A left piano is Haruna's and a right piano is Aki's performance except 7 and 9. 7 is exchanged, 9 is one piuano, four hands. Recorded Live on September 25. 2004 at Shizuoka Aoshima Hall IMA Shizuoka / ima-szok02(CD) / 2005

Spring in Bangkok Aki Takase - Lauren Newton 01. Der Wind Ist Westwind (3:42) 02. Eins Ums Andere (4:58) 03. Insel (3:25) 04. A Bis Z (6:01) 05. Sakura No Solo (6:18) 06. Frühling in Bangkok (5:19) 07. Fortsetzung Folgt (2:08) 08. Density (3:51) 09. Afrikanische Zunge (9:07) 10. Das Scheint Mir ... (5:33) 11. Absturz Und Wiedergeburt (7:45) 12. Kommt Es Nah (4:26) Aki Takase : piano Lauren Newton : voice All Compositions by Aki Takase and Lauren Newton. Except: Sakura No Solo by Aki Takase and Density by Lauren Newton Recorded September 27, 2004 at Jazzclub A-Trane, Berlin Intakt / CD 110(CD) / 2006

tarantella Aki Takase piano quintet 01. Tarantella (Aki Takase) (14:01) 02. Walking batterie woman (Carla Bley) (6:03) 03. Drinking music (Carla Bley) (5:13) 04. Tripot (Maurice Horsthuis) (6:12) 05. Hat and beard (Eric Dolphy) (10:53) 06. Let those who appear (Aki Takase) (15:12) 07. Song for Che (Charlie Haden) (7:36) Aki Takase : piano Aleks Kolkowski : violin Maurice Horstthuis : viola Tristan Honsinger : cello Nobuyoshi Ino : double bass Original radio production Barbara Rüger Jazzredaction Deutschlandradio Berlin Recorded at Deutschlandradio Berlin 30 September 1997 psi records / psi06.03(CD) / 2006

Ten i mu ho Aki Takase, Nobuyoshi Ino 01. Hyakka ryoran (Nobuyoshi Ino) (2:33) 02. Aru Utage (Aki Takase) (6:23) 03. Song For Ché (Charlie Haden) (5:47) 04. Wagakokoro no Renaissance (Aki Takase) (5:41) 05. Amanojaku (Aki Takase) (6:26) 06. Biwa rancho ni ari (Aki Takase) (7:18) 07. Hanyu no yado (Trad. Song) (2:04) Aki Takase : piano, china koto, gong, glockenspiel, voice Nobuyoshi Ino : bass, chanchiki, kokyu, bell, voice Recorded at Nova Hall in Tsukubagakuen City, Japan, December 12, 13. 1985 Mobys/Chitei Record / MC10003(CD) / 2007 reissued.

Ornette Coleman Anthology Aki Takase, Silke Eberhard CD 1: 01. Turnaround (5:30) 02. Lonely Woman (4:25) 03. Free (1:52) 04. The Blessing (4:04) 05. Folk Tale (3:16) 06. Open to the Public - Check Out Time (2:51) 07. Cross Breeding (1:32) 08. The Sphinx (5:37) 09. Dedicated to OC-Doughnut (2:33) 10. Revolving Door (3:04) 11. Mr. and Mrs. People (3:42) 12. Angel Voice (3:09) 13. Motive for Its Use (2:35) 14. The Disguise (3:48) 15. Change of the Century (2:36) 16. Focus on Sanity (7:28) CD 2: 01. Congeniality (3:23) 02. Airborne (3:08) 03. Broadway Blues (4:19) 04. Beauty is a Rare Thing (3:14) 05. Face of the Bass (7:22) 06. Peace (4:55) 07. Little Symphony (3:29) 08. Eventually (1:13) 09. Humpty Dumpty (3:27) 10. Eos (1:11) 11. W.R.U. (5:15) 12. Check Up - Enfant (1:58) 13. I heard it over the Radio (7:23) 14. Round Trip (1:24) 15. Music Always (2:38) 16. Love Call (2:50) 17. Una Muy Bonita (5:49) Aki Takase : piano Silke Eberdard : alto sax, clarinet, bass clarinet All compositions by Ornette Coleman Except "Dedicated to OC-Doughnut" by Aki Takase All arrangements by Aki Takase Recorded, mixed and mastered September 19, 20, 21 2006 by Rainer Robben, at Audio Cue Studio Berlin Produced by Intakt Records Intakt Records / Intakt Double CD 129(2CD) / 2007

something sweet, something tender Aki Takase 01. Crepuscule with Nellie (Thelonious Monk) (7:04) 02. Walking Batterie Woman (Carla Bley) (4:47) 03. Something sweet, Something tender (Eric Dolphy) (5:18) 04. Intermission Music (Carla Bley) (3:03) I. Something for A. - 05. 57577 (Aki Takase) (4:00) - 06. More than truly (Aki Takase) (1:17) - 07. Into the silver down (Aki Takase) (2:22) - 08. Possibly you like the thrill (Aki Takase) (1:48) - 09. Against darkness (Aki Takase) (2:43) - 10. Deep by deep (Aki Takase) (1:03) 11. Globe Unity (Alexander von Schlippenbach) (6:56) 12. The Sphinx (Ornette Coleman) (3:50) 13. Peace (Ornette Coleman) (5:34) 14. Locomotive (Thelonious Monk) (3:04) 15. Hinter meinem Rücken (Aki Takase) (3:31) 16. So long (Aki Takase) (4:24) Aki Takase : piano Recorded, mixed & mastered May 28-30. June 17. 2007 by Rainer Robben at Audio Cue Studio Berlin Produced by Aki Takase & Werner Aldinger enja/Columbia / COCB-53678(CD) / 2007

Evergreen Aki Takase & Rudi Mahall 01. Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington) (5:46) 02. I'll Remember Aplil (Gene de Paul) (3:19) 03. Bel Ami (Theo Mackeben) (6:34) 04. Tea for Two (Vincent Youmans) (3:36) 05. Moonglow (Will Hudson) (4:40) 06. You and the Night and the Music (Arthur Schwartz) (3:50) 07. How Long Has This Been Going On (George Gershwin) (5:13) 08. Cleopatra's Dream (Bud Powell) (3:50) 09. I'm Beginning to See the Light (Duke Ellington) (5:22) 10. Two Sleepy People (Hoagy Carmichael) (5:35) 11. Good Bait (Tadd Dameron) (3:44) 12. You Took Advantage of Me (Richard Rogers) (3:18) 13. It's Only a Paper Moon (Harold Arlen) (3:37) 14. Lulu's Back in Town (Harry Warren) (4:23) Aki Takase : piano Rudi Mahall : bass clarinet Recorded July, 4 and 5, 2008 by Rainer Robben at AudioCue in Berlin. Mixed and mastered by Rainer Robben, Rudi Mahall and Aki Takase Produded by Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt Intakt / Intakt CD 152 / 2009

Yokohama Aki Takase & Louis Sclavis 01. Peface (Takase/Sclavis) (2:17) 02. Shower (Takase/Sclavis) (2:03) 03. Kawaraban (Aki Takase) (3:20) 04. Bella Lux (Takase/Sclavis) (2:36) 05. Vol (Louis Sclavis) (5:05) 06. Ligne De Fuite (Louis Sclavis) (6:49) 07. Contre Contre (Louis Sclavis) (4:54) 08. Yokohama (Aki Takase) (5:03) 09. Le Temps D'apres (Louis Sclavis) (7:54) 10. Kurofume (Aki Takase) (3:17) 11. Raw Silk (Aki Takase) (6:12) 12. Windhoek Suite (Louis Sclavis) (4:51) 13. Buen Apetito (Aki Takase) (3:49) Aki Takase : piano Louis Sclavis : clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone Recorded February, 19 and 20, 2009 at SWR-Studio Baden-Baden. Produded by SWR 2 Redaktion Neue Musik/Jazz, Reinhard Kager, and Intakt Records. Intakt / Intakt CD 165 / 2009

TAMA - Rolled Up Aki Takase, Jan Roder and Oliver Steidle 01. Rolled Up (Takase) (5:07) 02. Ball of Yarm (Takase) (2:30) 03. Glass Beads (Takase/Roder) (5:57) 04. Smoke Ball (Takase) (5:02) 05. The Last Drop (Takase/Roder) (3:39) 06. Point 3 (Takase) (4:16) 07. Black Stone (Steidle/Roder/Takase) (2:25) 08. Round Table (Roder/Steidle/Takase) (3:47) 09. Drehbühne (Takase/Roder/Steidle) (3:09) 10. Ein Hoher Baum Fängt Viel Wind (Takase/Steidle/Roder) (3:38) 11. Breaking Egg (Takase) (5:18) 12. Perlen (Takase) (5:12) 13. Schöne Edelsteine (Takase) (4:51) Aki Takase : piano Jan Roder : double bass Oliver Steidle : drums Recorded at rbb Studio Saal 3, Berlin March 16 & 17, 2009 Recording Team: Wolfgang Hoff, Peter Schladebach, Monika Steffens, Ulf Drechsel Executive Producer: Ulli Blobel jazzwerkstatt / jw 067 / 2009

makkana ohirune Kimiko Itoh x Aki Takase 01. Les fenetres de tes yeux / me no mado (kazuko shiraishi/aki takase) (5:11) 02. september (kazuko shiraishi/aki takase) (3:40) 03. En triant des fleurs / kusa kakiwakete (yoko tawada/aki takase) (2:46) 04. La sieste rouge / makkana ohirune (yoko tawada/aki takase) (6:27) 05. Une fleur de fumee / kemuri no hana (yoko tawada/aki takase) (5:25) 06. neko no yakusoku (aki takase) (6:04) 07. aka tonbo (rofu miki/kosaku yamada) (4:08) 08. shikakui umi (kazuko shiraishi/aki takase) (2:41) 09. A ferris wheel / kanransha (aki takase) (4:42) Kimiko Itoh : vocal Aki Takase : piano Nobuyoshi Ino : bass Heinrich Koebberling : drums & percussions Pierre Gilles : vocal Produced by Aki Takase & Kimiko Itoh Exective Producer: Hisao Ebine Recorded at AudioCue Tonlabor, Berlin Febrary 22-24 and March 30-31, 2010 Artwork on the cover by Yoshitomo Nara VideoArts Music/CO / VACV-1053 / 2010

a week went by Aki Takase 01. Surface tension (3:32) 02. A week went by (3:40) 03. Steinblock (2:46) 04. Just drop in (6:27) 05. 57577 (5:25) 06. Ima wa Mukashi (6:04) 07. Cell Culture (4:08) 08. Men are Shadows (2:41) 09. Yumetamago (4:42) Aki Takase : piano John Edwards : double bass Tony Levin : drums John Tchicai : alto saxophone, with special guest Recorded in concert at Gateshead Town Hall 7 & 8 June 2008 by Chris Trent psi records / psi 10.03 / 2010

Two For Two Aki Takase & Han Bennink 01. Two for Two (Aki Takase) (2:40) 02. My Tokyo (Aki Takase) (6:20) 03. Locomotive (Thelonious Monk) (3:53) 04. Zankapfel (Aki Takase) (2:50) 05. Knut (dedicated to Yoko Tawada) (Aki Takase) (5:08) 06. Baumkuchen (Aki Takase) (3:30) 07. Monochrome (Aki Takase) (3:42) 08. Raise Four (Thelonious Monk) (3:15) 09. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (Eddie DeLange/Louis Alter) (4:37) 10. A chotto matte (Aki Takase) (4:19) 11. Hat and Beard (Eric Dolphy) (3:45) 12. Ohana Han (Aki Takase) (2:36) 13. Rolled Up (Aki Takase) (3:44) 14. Hell und dunkel (Aki Takase) (3:28) 15. Hommage to Thelonious Monk (Motive of Pannonica and Ask Me Now) (Aki Takase) (7:25) 16. Two for Two (Aki Takase) (1:57) Aki Takase : piano Han Bennink : drums Recorded May 2-4, 2011 by Kulturradio vomRundfunk Berlin Brandenburg. Intakt Records / Intakt CD 193 / 2011

Beauty Is The Thing KANON: Aki Takase, Kazuhisa Uchihashi & Axel Dörner 01. A Break Into The Clouds (32:29) 02. Hear It Very Close (12:54) 03. An Aquatic Plant (7:31) 04. That Sense Of Curving (4:43) KANON: Aki Takase : piano, inside piano Kazuhisa Uchihashi : guitar, effects and daxophone Axel Dörner : trumpet all compositions by Takase, Uchihashi & Dörner recorded at b-flat jazz club in Berlin, Germany on 11 December, 2007 recorded, mixed and mastered by Axel Dörner produced by Aki Takase, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Axel Dörner & Jun Numata doubt music / dmf-141 / 2011

NEW BLUES Aki Takase 01. New Blues (Aki Takase) (5:36) 02. The Joint Is Jumpin' (Thomas "Fats" Waller) (4:50) 03. Recyclable Energy (Aki Takase) (3:07) 04. Dr.Jazz (Melrose-Oliver) (3:41) 05. So Long Knut (Aki Takase) (6:03) 06. Jitterbug Waltz (Thomas "Fats" Waller) (3:04) 07. Wild Cat Blues (Thomas "Fats" Waller) (4:00) 08. Honeysuckle Rose (Thomas "Fats" Waller) (1:19) I. Home Sweet Home 09. Alpha (Aki Takase) (1:44) 10. Seven Eleven (Aki Takase) (3:53) 11. Late Spring music (Aki Takase, words:E.E.Cummings) (4:22) 12. Mr.Jelly Lord music ("Jelly Roll" Morton, words:Eugene Chadbourne) (1:35) 13. Menphis Blues (W.C.Handy) (4:04) 14. Take The U. Train (Aki Takase) (4:04) 15. Dead Man Blues ("Jelly Roll" Morton) (4:18) Aki Takase : piano, arrangement Eugene Chadbourne : vocal, banjo, guitar Rudi Mahall : bassclarinet Nils Wogram : trombone Paul Lovens : drums guest: Alex von Schlippenbach : trumpet (take 15) recorded June 23/24 2011 at Pfingstrosenstudio, Munich sound engineer : Anton Rädler mixed and mastered September 16/17 2011 at Pfingstrosenstudio, Munich produced by Aki Takase & Werner Aldinger enja / yeb-7723 / 2012

Für Paul Klee Sven-Åke Johansson 01. In Einem Zimmer Gefangen (4:30) 02. Schälkchen Auf Meinen Lippen (4:15) 03. Ich Muss Blass Sein (3:34) 04. Sprache Ohne Vernunft Ein Gedicht Mit Den Reimen EpigrammeMit Den Reimen (8:07) 05. Eine Satire Auf Die Kraftmeierei In Solchem Zustand Gibt Gefastet (4:56) 06. Satirisches Opus Auf Dürre Finger Wird Ein Tuch Gespannt Beim Anblick Eines Baumes (5:32) 07. Bin Ich Gott? (3:52) 08. Wahre Anekdoten (2:05) 09. Der Mond Handlung Sei Ausserordentlich Reduktion! (7:43) 10. Die Drossen Tiere Trauern Am Tisch (1:57) 11. Die Genesis Als Formale Bewegung Ist Das Wesentliche Formbildung (7:35) 12. Tone Aus Der Ferne (2:36) 13. Romantische Attacken? (1:03) Sven-Åke Johansson : flüstertüte Aki Takase : klavier Alexander von Schlippenbach : celesta Axel Dörner : Trompete Werner Dafeldecker : kontrabass Paul Lovens : perkussion Aufgenommen am 12. Dezember 2007 von Alex Buess in Bern, Schweiz. jw(jazzwerkstatt) / 097 / 2012

My Ellington Aki Takase 01. The Mooche (6:38) 02. A Little Max (Parfait) (2:39) 03. Solitude (6:26) 04. In a Mellow Tone - Do Nothing till You Hear from Me (6:10) 05. Caravan (7:11) 06. Lotus Pond. Dedicated to D.E. (by Aki Takase) (3:40) 07. Love You Madly - I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart (4:21) 08. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good (5:16) 09. Take the Coiltrane (2:58) 10. It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)) (3:28) 11. Fleurette Africaine (2:53) 12. Battle Royal (3:18) 13. Ad Lib on Nippon (4:51) Aki Takase : piano Co,positions by Duke Ellington except "Lotus Pond" by Aki Takase Recorded April 16/17 2012 by Kulturradio vom Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg. Intakt / CD-213 / 2013

La Planète - 飛魂 - Flying Soul Aki Takase 01. 森林 Into the Woods (3:51) 02. 紅石 Rouge Stone (0:54) 03. 梨水 Wasserspiegel (3:41) 04. 鬼嗤 Onigawarau (2:34) 05. 指姫 Finger Princess (1:09) 06. 朝鈴 Morning Bell (0:51) 07. 亀鏡 Turtle Mirror (1:23) 08. 音読 Reading (0:56) 09. 煙花 Intoxication (1:50) 10. 学舎 Schoolwork (2:32) 11. 飛魂 Flying Soul (9:01) 12. Tarantella (9:01) 13. Twelve Tone Tales (5:27) 13. Moon Cake (6:26) 13. Piece for "La Planète" (9:18) Aki Takase : piano, celesta Louis Sclavis : clarinet, bass clarinet Dominique Pifarély : violin Vincent Courtois : cello All compositions by Aki Takase except Twelve Tone Tales by Alexander von Schlippenbach. Recorded September 6, 7, 8, 2012 at Hans Rosbaud-Studio SWR Baden-Baden. Intakt / CD-220 / 2014

So Long, Eric! - Homage to Eric Dolphy Alexander von Schlippenbach & Aki Takase 01. Les (4:01) 02. Hat And Beard (13:04) 03. The Prophet (6:05) 04. 17 West (4:03) 05. Serene (4:32) 06. Miss Ann (9:06) 07. Something Sweet, Something Tender (5:25) 08. Out There (7:34) 09. Out To Lunch (13:16) Aki Takase : e.piano Alexander von Schlippenbach : piano Karl Berger : vibraphone Rudi Mahall : bass Clarinet, Clarinet Tobias Delius : tenor Saxophone Henrik Walsdorff : alto Saxophone Axel Dörner : trumpet Nils Wogram : trombone WilbertT de Joode : bass Antonio Borghini : bass Han Bennink : drums Heinrich Köbberling : drums Compositions by Eric Dolphy. Arrangements by Alexander von Schlippenbach and Aki Takase. Recorded live June 19, 20, 2014, in Berlin by Kulturradio vom Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg. Intakt / CD-239 / 2014

Hotel Zauberberg Aki Takase & Ayumi Paul 01. Ankunft (Takase) (1:12) 02. Der Schnee (Takase, Paul) (3:47) 03. Analyse (Takase) (3:00) 04. Was Ist Die Zeit?(1) (Takase) (2:34) 05. Hans (Takase) (4:42) 06. Ewigkeitssuppe (Takase) (2:40) 07. Eulenspiegel (Takase, Paul) (2:47) 08. W.A.Mozart. Menuett, KV 1, G-Dur (2:54) 09. Peerperkorn (Takase, Paul) (2:07) 10. J.S.Bach. Partita Nr.3, BWV 1006, Preludio (3:50) 11. Veränderung (Takase, Paul) (2:12) 12. Donnerschlag (Takase) (6:20) 13. Was Ist Die Zeit?(2) (Takase) (1:49) 14. Frau Chauchat (Takase) (4:14) 15. Vetter J. (Takase) (2:16) 16. Zauberlied (Takase) (2:18) 17. Was Ist Die Zeit?(3) (Takase) (2:21) 18. Finis Operis (Takase, Paul) (1:26) Aki Takase : piano Ayumi Paul : violin Recorded, mixed and mastered Junuary and May 2014 by Kulturradio vom Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg. Intakt / CD-244 / 2015

The First Years in Europe Aki Takase cd 01. Song For Hope / 1982 cd 02. Shima Shoka / 1990 cd 03. Alice / 1990 cd 04. Oriental Express / 1996 cd 05. Duet for Eric Dolphy / 1997 executive producer: Nadja Weber enja records Horst Weber Gmbh enja / CD-9230-2(5CD BOX) / 2015

LOK 03+1 SIGNALS Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach, DJ Illvibe, Paul Lovens CD: 01. Message From Aries 02. Dragged In 03. Uncle Gun 04. Animals Exodus 05. Curved 06. The Gift 07. Signals 08. Cubic 09. Waterrun (Part 1) 10. Waterrun (Part 2) 11. Ecce Out 12. Chemist Zero 13. Robot Attack 14. The Laboratory Of Dr. Mabuse 15. Rogo 16. Control Or Delete LP: Side A: 01. Message From Aries 02. Dragged In 03. Uncle Gun 04. Animals Exodus 05. Curved 06. Signals Side B: 07. Cubic 08. Waterrun (Part 2) 09. Chemist Zero 10. The Laboratory Of Dr. Mabuse 11. Control Or Delete Aki Takase : piano Alexander von Schlippenbach : piano DJ Illvibe : turntables, faderboard Paul Lovens : drums Produced by Lok 03. Recorded by Rainer Robben at AudioCue, Berlin Mixed by DJ Illvibe at Krauts Kitchen, Berlin except "Uncle Gun" and "Robot Attack" recorded and mixed by Moses Schneider at Chez Cherie, Berlin. Mastered by Beat Halberschmidt at Lazerbass' Reinforcement Plant and Robin Schmidt at 24-96 Mastering. Cover-Art by Philip Hillers. Trost Records / TR-136(CD&LP) / 2016

Aki Takase / Daniele D'Agaro Aki Takase & Daniele D'Agaro 01. Dodona (A.Takase - D.D'Agaro) (3:47) 02. Long Armed Woman (D.D'Dgaro) (3:47) 03. The Angel is an Evil (A.Takase) (3:00) 04. Ultramarine #74 (D.D'Agaro) (2:34) 05. Sauer Grapes (A.Takase) (4:42) 06. Raise Four (T.Monk) (2:40) 07. The Glow of the Morning (A.Takase) (2:47) 08. The Pantry Blues (D.D'Agaro) (2:54) 09. Hinter meinem Rucken (A.Takase) (2:07) 10. Contromano (A.Takase - D.D'Agaro) (3:50) 11. Never, Ever (A.Takase - D.D'Agaro) (2:12) Aki Takase : piano Daniele D'Agaro : clarinet & tenor sax Produced by Stefano Amerio Recorded, mixed & mastered by Stefano Amerio Artesuono recording studios - Cavalicco (Udine) Italy Cover patchworks by Chiara De Santi Aki Takase plays on Fazioli F278 Grand Piano artesuono / ART-150 / 2016

TAMA - Goldfish Aki Takase, Jan Roder and Oliver Steidle 01. Oitoma (dedicated to my mother) Aki Takase (7:32) 02. Goldfish (for Jan) (5:30) 03. Seven Eleven Aki Takase (3:23) 04. Icy Blue Jan Roder (4:55) 05. Oja Oliver Steidle (3:07) 06. The City in the Piano Aki Takase (4:24) 07. Bell the Cat Aki Takase (5:01) 08. Chat Noir Aki Takase (4:13) 09. Dark Yellow Aki Takase (4:54) 10. My Calypso (dedicated to ensemble sonne dance company) Aki Takase (2:06) Aki Takase : piano Jan Roder : bass Oliver Steidle : drums, percussion Recordings dates: 22-23. June. 2016 Recording Locationm: Studio H2 Berlin Recorded and Mixed by Marco Birkner Producer: Nadja Weber, Aki Takase Cover Design: Natsumi Komatsu Photos: Simon McEachran Linernotes: Volker Doberstein enja / CD9746(CD) / 2016

CHERRY Aki Takase & David Murray 01. Cherry - Sakura (Aki Takase) (9:20) 02. A Very Long Letter (Aki Takase) (5:44) 03. Let's Cool One (Thelonious Monk) (5:41) 04. To A.P.Kern (David Murray) (5:55) 05. Stressology (David Murray) (6:27) 06. Nobuko (Aki Takase) (6:18) 07. Blues for David (Aki Takase) (4:52) 08. A Long March to Freedom (David Murray) (6:28) Aki Takase : piano David Mutray : tenor sax, bass clarinet Recorded April 30, 2016, at Studio SRF, Zürich, by Michael Brändle. Mixed and mastered at Hard Studios Winterhur by Michael Brändle. Liner notes: Bill Shoemaker. Photos: Francesca Pfeffer. Cover art and graphic design: Jonas Schoder. Executive producer: Florian Keller. Produced and copyright by Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt. INTAKT / CD-278(CD) / 2017

HOKUSAI Piano Solo Aki Takase 01. Crane (4:55) 02. Hokusais Meer (4:40) 03. Bach Factory (4:27) 04. Live in Dream (3:43) 05. Nihon Bridge in Edo (3:07) 06. Hokusai Manga (2:39) 07. Sketch of Spring (2:37) 08. Studies of Gesture (2:01) 09. Cherry (8:34) 10. Silent Landscape (5:04) 11. Dr. Beat (4:20) 12. Hokahoka Hokusai (2:13) Aki Takase : piano, celesta Compositions by Aki Takase. All pieces are performed solo by Aki Takase except "Bach Factory" by Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach and "Hokahoka Hokusai" by Aki Takase and Yoko Tawada, Recorded June 26, 2018, live at Sendesaal Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg and June 27, 2018, at Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. Radio producer: Ulf Drechsel. Sound supervisor: Maria Suschke. Recording engineer: Peter Schladebach. Digital cut and mastering: Ulrich Hieber. Cover art: Hokusai. Graphic design: Jonas Schoder. Produced and published by Intakt Record, Patrik Landolt, Anja Illmaier, Florian Keller. Intakt Records, P.O. Box 468, 8024 Zürich. www.intaktrec.ch Intakt / CD 327 / 2019

Thema Prima Aki Takase JAPANIC 01. Traffic Jam (Aki Takase) (6:02) 02. Thema Prima (Aki Takase) (6:05) 03. A Goldfish in Space (Daniel Erdmann) (1:29) 04. Mannen i tårnet (Dag Magnus Narvesen) (4:15) 05. Wüstenschiff (Aki Takase) (4:12) 06. Hello Welcome (Aki Takase) (4:41) 07. Monday in Budapest (Aki Takase) (6:21) 08. Les Constructeurs (Daniel Erdmann) (3:34) 09. Berlin Express (Aki Takase) (7:03) 10. Madam Bum Bum (Aki Takase) (3:13) Aki Takase : piano Daniel Erdmann : saxophone DJ Illvibe : turntables, electronic Johannes Fink : double bass Dag Magnus Narvesen : drums All compositions by Aki Takase except track 3, 8 by Daniel Erdmann and track 4 by Dag Magnus Narvesen Recorded by Tamás Dévényi at BMC Studio, Budapest on 6-8 August, 2018 Mixed and mastered by Rainer Robben Management: Constanze Schliebs (cschliebs@asianetwork.de) Artwork: László Huszár / Greenroom Produced by Lászió Göz Label manager: Tamás Bognár (P)2019 Budapest Music Center Records BMC CD 268 www.bmcrecords.hu / info@bmcrecords.hu

KASUMI Ingrid Laubrock & Aki Takase 01. Kasumi (Laubrock/Takase) (2:02) 02. Andalusia (Takase) (4:10) 03. Brookish (Laubrock) (2:23) 04. Chimera (Laubrock) (3:06) 05. Harlekin (Takase) (4:12) 06. Dark Clouds (Takase) (5:01) 07. Scurry (Laubrock/Takase) (1:27) 08. Sunken Forest (Laubrock) (6:37) 09. Density (Takase) (2:44) 10. Win Some, Lose Track (Laubrock) (3:31) 11. Poe (Takase) (4:14) 12. Carving Water (Laubrock/Takase) (2:22) 13. One Trick Paper Tiger (Laubrock) (4:57) 14. Luftspiegelung (Laubrock/Takase) (3:11) Ingrid Laubrock : tenor & soprano saxophone Aki Takase : piano Compositions by Ingrid Laubrock (PRS/MCPS) and Aki Takase (GEMA). Recorded September 15 & 16, 2018, by Michael Brändli at Hardstudios Winterthur, Switzerland. Mixed and mastered by Michael Brändli. Cover art and graphic design: Jonas Schoder. Photos: Patrik Landolt. Liner notes: Richard Williams. Produced and published by Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt, Anja Illmaier, Florian Keller. Intakt Records, P.O. Box 468, 8024 Zurich, Switzerland. www.intaktrec.ch Intakt CD 337 / 2019

FIFTY FIFTY Aki Takase & Rudi Mahall LP: Side A: 01. Toolbox (Takase) (2:27) 02. Energy with One Hand (Takase) (3:40) 03. Ein Loch ist im Eimer (Mahall) (2:43) 04. Erosion in der Tiefebene (Mahall) (3:34) 05. Rest Area (Takase) (3:28) Side B: 01. Clipper (Takase) (3:43) 02. Mark in der Tube (Mahall) (3:42) 03. Schicht im Schacht (Mahall) (2:59) 04. Fahrstuhl zum Kompott (Mahall) (2:05) 05. Foggy Valley (Takase) (2:29) Aki Takase : piano, toypiano, organ Rudi Mahall : clarinet, bassclarinet Recorded October 22, 2018 by Christian Betz, Berlinaudio Mixed and Mastered by Christian Betz Music composed by Aki Takase(GEMA), Rudi Mahall(GEMA) Produced by Takase/Mahall (C)Trouble in the East records 014

AUGE Aki Takase, Christian Weber & Michael Griener 01. Last Winter (Takase/Weber/Griener) (2:58) 02. Drops of Light (Takase) (4:47) 03. Are Eyes Open? (Griener/Takase) (1:33) 04. No Tears (Griener/Weber/Takase) (4:13) 05. The Pillow Book (Takase) (6:30) 06. Face of the Bass (Weber/Griener/Takase) (6:28) 07. Calcagno (Takase) (2:50) 08. Out of Sight (Takase/Weber/Griener) (2:37) 09. While in Rome (Griener/Weber/Takase) (2:27) 10. Motion in the Ocean (Weber/Griener/Takase) (2:49) 11. And if not, why Not (Takase) (2:58) 12. Underfelt (Takase/Griener/Weber) (2:08) 13. Who's Going to Bell the Car? (Weber/Griener/Takase) (4:27) 14. The End Justifies the Means (Weber/Griener/Takase) (2:12) Aki Takase : piano Christian Weber : bass Michael Griener : drums Recorded Febrary 18, 19, 2019, by Markus Mittermeyer at Traumton Studios, Berlin. Mixed and mastered by Will-y Klangdach and Christian Weber, 2020 Intakt Records, P.O. Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland. www.intaktrec.ch Intakt CD 356 / 2021

Isn't It Romantic? Aki Takase & Daniel Erdmann 01. Sans sulfites (5:20) 02. Festa Magdalena (5:04) 03. Voodoo Girl (4:40) 04. Good Bucket Quick Step (4:44) 05. Elevation (5:01) 06. No Particular Night or Morning (2:00) 07. An jeder Kreuzung liegt eine Erinnerung begraben (2:52) 08. Magic (6:03) 09. A Small Step for Me (4:37) 10. Reconstruction in Berlin (3:47) 11. The Cat (1:54) 12. Pascale (4:25) 13. Isn't it Romantic? (4:34) Aki Takase : piano Daniel Erdmann : tenor & soprano saxophone Compositions by Aki Takase (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12), Daniel Erdmann (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) and Richard Rogers (13) Recorded by Viktor Szabó at BMC Studio, Budapest on 3-4 August, 2020 Mixed and mastered by Maïkol Seminatore at The Border Studio in Bagnolet, France Daniel Erdmann plays Vandoren reeds, ligatures and mouthpieces Artwork: László Huszár / Greenroom Produced by László Góz Coproduced by Das Atelier Label manager: Tamás Bognár (P)2021 Budapest Music Center Records BMC CD 301 www.bmcrecords.hu / info@bmcrecords.hu

Carmen Rhapsody Aki Takase & Mayumi Nakamura 01. Trio (6:43) 02. Sevilla (7:05) 03. Lalala (3:25) 04. Intermezzo for Don Jose (1:31) 05. Carmen Chanson (3:38) 06. Prelude (2:18) 07. Shadow (4:19) 08. Three Variations ( 3’ 53”) 09. Torrero (4:41) 10. Night of Spade (4:29) 11. Puzzle (1:10) 12. Habanera (4:28) Aki Takase : piano, harpsichord Mayumi Nakamura : mezzo-soprano Vincent Courtois : cello Daniel Erdmann : tenor and soprano saxophones All compositions and arrangements by Aki Takase; Music: Georges Bizet Except track 4 by Daniel Erdmann and Vincent Courtois; track 8 by Daniel Erdmann, Vincent Courtois and Aki Takase; track 11 by Aki Takase and Vincent Courtois Recorded by Viktor Szabó at BMC Studio, Budapest on 20-22 July, 2022 Edited, mixed and mastered by Beat Halberschmidt Daniel Erdmann plays Selmer saxophones and Vandoren reeds & ligatures Artwork: Anna Natter / Cinniature Produced by Lászió Göz Label manager: Tamás Bognár (P)2023 Budapest Music Center Records BMC CD / 318 www.bmcrecords.hu / info@bmcrecords.hu

AAPD - Four Hands Piano Pieces Aki Takase & Alexander von Schlippenbach 01. Jumping Jack (1:46) 02. Stoneblock 1 (4:48) 03. Dialogue (3:02) 04. Sway (3:20) 05. Blade (1:44) 06. Apple Of Discord (4:51) (/ A Side) 07. Stoneblock 2 (5:20) 08. N.Dance (2:45) 09. Nearly Yours (3:08) 10. Allegro Agitato (3:08) 11. Exit O. (3:22 ) (/ B Side) Aki Takase :piano Alexander von Schlippenbach : piano Compositions by Alexander von Schlippenbach (GEMA: 05560) and Aki Takase (GEMA: 344455) Except Allegro Agitato by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Stoneblock 1, 2 and Apple of Discord by Aki Takase Recording by Olaf Rupp at AA Studio on 1.-3. September 2021 Edited, Mixed by Olaf Rupp on 06. March 2022 Produced by Alexander von Schlippenbach, Aki Takase and Trost records Photo by Manfred Rinderspacher and Georg Tuskany Cover Design by Natsumi Komatsu Trost Records / TR227 LP/CD / 2023

Forte Aki Takase JAPANIC 01. Festa Magdalena (Aki Takase) (9:11) 02. Step Skip Stop (Aki Takase) (5:42) 03. An jeder Kreuzung liegt eine Erinnerung Begraben (Daniel Erdmann) (4:03) 04. Ma non Troppo (Aki Takase) (4:17) 05. I Want to Know Sweet Music (Dag Magnus Narvesen, Aki Takase) (1:31) 06. Japanic Makrokosmos (Daniel Erdmann) (6:45) 07. Alinamin Drink (Aki Takase) (5:14) 08. Timeless Story (Alexander von Schlippenbach, Aki Takase) (8:34) 09. Woe the Row of Foes (Dag Magnus Narvesen) (7:37) 10. I'm Confessin' (that I Love You) (Chris Smith) (3:13) Aki Takase : piano Daniel Erdmann : tenor and soprano saxophones Carlos Bica : double bass Dag Magnus Narvesen : drums, percussion Vincent von Schlippenbach : turntable Guests : Nils Wogram : trombone Alexander von Schlippenbach : piano Supported by Initiative Musik Recorded at JRS Recording Studio, Berlin on 5-7, July 2023 Sound engineer: José Victor Torelli Mixed and Mastered by Beat Halberschmidt Daniel Erdmann plays Selmer saxophones and Vandoren reeds & ligatures Special thanks to the management: Constanze Schliebs (www.asianetwork.de) Artwork: Anna Natter / Cinniature Produced by László Göz Label manager: Tamás Bognár (P) 2024 Budapest Music Center Records BMC Records / BMC CD 331 / 2024

Aki Takase, Daniel Erdmann - Ellington Aki Takase & Daniel Erdmann 01. In A Sentimental Moon (5:22) 02. Perdido (3:32) 03. Prelude To A Kiss (4:54) 04. Caravan / An Jeder Kreuzung Liegt Eine Erinnerung Begraben -Medley (4:00) 05. In A Mellow Tone / Don't Get Around Much Anymore (2:49) 06. I'm Beginning To See A Strange Light (5:06) 07. African Flower (6:55) 08. It's Bad To Be Forgotten (2:52) 09. Come Sunday (6:28) 10. Cotton Tail (3:16) 11. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (2:24) 12. Duke Ellington's Sound Of Love (2:58) Aki Takase : piano Daniel Erdmann : ss, ts All Songs Composed by Duke Ellington except (1) by Aki Takase (2) by Juan Tizol (4) by Juan Tizol/Daniel Erdmann (6) by Daniel Erdmann (12) by Charles Mingus Recorded at Traumton Studio, Berlin; September 20 & 21 2023 Producer [Producer; Produced By] - Werner Aldinger Recorded By, Mixed By - Markus Mittermeyer Design by Natsumi Komatsu enja Records / CD9841 / 2024

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