Tamura/Sharp/Kato/Fujii

Tamura/Sharp/Kato/Fujii: In the Tank

by Jim Santella
September 8, 2005

When four creative artists get together to improvise spontaneously for an hour and nine minutes, you can become completely immersed in their impressions.

Like the ocean's surging tidewaters and its millions of creatures in motion, the music on In the Tank swirls continuously with eerie sensations. Piano, guitar, trumpet, and saxophone keep things distant and mysterious through four continuous tracks. Like the vast ocean, the program does contain considerable space. However, the quartet is sure to include all ...