Bonington Theatre in Nottingham, UK on November 2, 2006
The great thing about jazz is that it can absorb the music of the player's own country and come up with something new. Taeko's compositions were often inspired by her Japanese roots (both the music and the landscape), and Clive Bell has an intimate knowledge and understanding of Japanese music, making him an ideal musical companion. The shakuhachi is a deceptively simple-looking instrument, but he played it with great subtlety and control, coaxing gorgeous sounds from the bamboo flute. Alison Rayner and Gary Wilcox were a supportive and sensitive rhythm section.
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