Aki Takase was born in Osaka and grew up in Tokyo. She already had piano- lessons when she was three years old. Piano was her main subject during her studies at the Tohogakuen University in Tokyo. 1979 a longer stay in the USA followes, first European appearance and celebrated performance in 1981 at the Jazzfestival Berlin at Philharmony with her trio featuring Takeo Moriyama and Nobuyoshi Ino. Numerous tours and recordings with Dave Liebman, Sheila Jordan, Cecil McBee, Lester Bowie, Fred Frith, Otomo Yoshihide, Bob Moses, Joe Henderson, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, John Scofield and many more.
In the ninetees very successful duos and worldwide touring with singer MARIA JOAO, sax player DAVID MURRAY. Trio with REGGIE WORKMANN and RASHIED ALI, duos with ALEX von SCHLIPPENBACH and projects with TOKI STRING ORCHESTA.
Aki Takase was born in Osaka and grew up in Tokyo. She already had piano- lessons when she was three years old. Piano was her main subject during her studies at the Tohogakuen University in Tokyo. 1979 a longer stay in the USA followes, first European appearance and celebrated performance in 1981 at the Jazzfestival Berlin at Philharmony with her trio featuring Takeo Moriyama and Nobuyoshi Ino. Numerous tours and recordings with Dave Liebman, Sheila Jordan, Cecil McBee, Lester Bowie, Fred Frith, Otomo Yoshihide, Bob Moses, Joe Henderson, Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen, John Scofield and many more.
In the ninetees very successful duos and worldwide touring with singer MARIA JOAO, sax player DAVID MURRAY. Trio with REGGIE WORKMANN and RASHIED ALI, duos with ALEX von SCHLIPPENBACH and projects with TOKI STRING ORCHESTA.
