Kazue Sawai

Kazue Sawai / Michel Doneda / Kazuo Imai / L: Une Chance pour l'ombre

by AAJ Staff
April 30, 2006

By Ken WaxmanUne Chance pour l'ombre is a rare article--almost fifty minutes of musical sound that exists in its own time and place, informed only by the experiences, sensibilities and consultation of the five improvisers.During the course of two long improvisations recorded at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville in Quebec, the quintet members let their familiarity with one another's boundaries direct their interaction. In terms of ethnic musics, only Kazue Sawai's harp-like arpeggios ...