Zigzag

Kazamaki Takashi

Takashi- percussion

Pulling off a solo percussion album is hard enough. To release one, promote it and get people to listen to it seems almost impossible, even in this age of do-it-yourself. I’d never heard of Takashi, but I’ve heard of Tom Cora, Ned Rothenberg, Nick Didkovsky and Elliot Sharp, all of whom he’s played with. And Samm Bennett, who’s in that group, is someone I personally know. So I was intrigued, of course. Takashi comes through impressively here in this collection of freely improvised live cuts. He not only survives the high-wire act that is the solo percussion record, he prevails. Strongly recommended for percussion followers of any kind.

Kid Ailack

KID- 0002

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Richard Grooms