STADHOUDERS/SAKATA/FIELD
Akira Sakata (1945) has been a frontrunner in Japanese free jazz. The
collaboration with Nicolas Field started in 2008 with a concert at
Cave12 in Geneva (CH). The music of the duo Field & Sakata is
strongly rooted in the free-jazz tradition. Sakata plays his saxophone
with an assertive lyrical intensity and at times even with rugged power.
The drums respond and talk back to Sakata’s flow, trying to meet all
the expressive needs of the music. Thus using and extended sound palette
added to the drums. Wood as well as metal is struck, rubbed and scraped
to interact with the intensity of the horn, so that the two instruments
complement each other to form a sensual, energizing and delightful
sound mass. As a part of their European tour, they asked Amsterdam
prominent, and dOeK member Jasper Stadhouders to join them for a trio
performance.
Jasper Stadhouders – guitar | Aklra Sakata – saxophone | Nicolas Field – drums
