Aki Takase & Han Bennink - Two For Two Album

Tracklist

1	Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Composed By – Eddie DeLange, Louis Alter	4:37
2	Hell Und Dunkel	3:28
3	Ohana Han	2:36
4	Two For Two	2:40
5	Hat And Beard Composed By – Eric Dolphy	3:45
6	A Chotto Matte	4:19
7	Two For Two	1:57
8	My Tokyo	6:20
9	Baumkuchen	3:30
10	Rolled Up	3:44
11	Raise Four Composed By – Thelonious Monk	3:15
12	Monochrome	3:42
13	Zankapfel	2:50
14	Locomotive Composed By – Thelonious Monk	3:53
15	Knut	5:08
16	Hommage To Thelonious Monk (Motive Of Pannonica And Ask Me Now)	7:25

Credits

• Artwork [Cover Art] – Han Bennink, Jonas Schoder
• Composed By – Aki Takase (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 7, 10, 12 to 16)
• Drums – Han Bennink
• Engineer [Assistence / Cut] – Anne-Kristin Sölter
• Engineer [Digital Cut], Mastered By [Mastering] – Monika Steffens
• Engineer [Sound Engineer] – Peter Schladenbach
• Graphic Design – Jonas Schoder
• Liner Notes – Kevin Whitehead
• Photography By – Tobias Sommer
• Piano – Aki Takase
• Producer – Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt
• Producer [Radio Producer] – Ulf Drechsel
• Recorded By – Deutschlandradio Kultur
• Recorded By [Assistence ] – Anne-Kristin Sölter
• Supervised By [Sound Supervisor] – Wolfgang Hoff

Notes

Recorded May 2–4, 2011 by Kulturradio vom Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg

Track 5: Dedicated To Yoko Tawada
Track durations shown above are not each 3:12 as printed on the cover.

Barcodes

• Barcode: 7 640120 191931

Short intro

Pianist Aki Takase and drummer Han Bennink bring heavy experience to bear when they play, but in this case their efforts are underscored by a combination of tentativeness and heavy-handed humor. The latter hasn't been so leaden in the past and has been a welcome part of their work but here, as exemplified by the reading of Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans, the quality is painted on thick enough to coat all nuances. The result is irritating, like the sound of a couple of musicians for whom the past is nothing but a place rife for ridicule. Such are their legacies. Two for Two is an album by Aki Takase and Han Bennink. The album was recorded on 24 May 2011. The performances are by pianist Aki Takase and drummer Han Bennink. Two for Two was released by Intakt Records. Japanese pianist Aki Takase and Dutch percussion veteran Han Bennink sound made for each other, even though for the early parts of this album an exploration of a 21st-century Thelonious Monk approach to free jazz, they seem at odds Takase's playful lines pitted against Bennink's military tattoo drums. There are three Thelonious Monk pieces, plus Eric Dolphy's Monk tribute Hat and Beard and the standard Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans the rest are sunny, disruptive or spectacularly Cecil Taylorlike Takase originals. The pianist's My Tokyo is sensual and. Two For Two by AKI TAKASE - HAN BENNINK, released 07 August 2011 1. Two for Two 2. My Tokyo 3. Locomotive 4. Zankapfel 5. Knut dedicated to Yoko Tawada 6. Baumkuchen 7. Monochrome 8. Raise Four 9. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans 10. A chotto matte 11. Hat and Beard 12. Ohana Han 13. Rolled Up 14. Hell und dunkel 15. Hommage to Thelonious Monk Motive of Pannonica and Ask Me Now 16. Two for Two Intakt CD 193 Aki Takase and Han Bennink love the art of dialogue. Bennink is paired for life in a duo with the pianist Misha Mengelberg. Intakt Record also offers a duo recording of Ha. Aki Takase -piano, Han Bennink -drums. About this release. Intakt CD 193 Switzerland. Aki Takase - Han Bennink: 2 For 2 Contents. Album infos. Buy music. Provided to YouTube by iMusician Digital AG Two for Two Aki Takase & Han Bennink Two For Two 2011 Intakt Records Released on: 2011-09-09 , buy, and download songs from the album Two for Two, including Two for Two, My Tokyo, Locomotive, and many more. Buy the album for 1,681. Songs start at Bennink - Han Bennink 2004. To favorites 1 Download album. Listen album. Contemporary Jazz. Han Bennink. Songs in album Han Bennink - Han Bennink 2004. Han Bennink - Epistrophy. Han Bennink - Who's Bridge. Han Bennink - Sonnymoon For Two. Han Bennink - Thoko's Tune. Han Bennink - Angelica Purple Gazette. Han Bennink - The Gig. Han Bennink - Four