German piano legend Alexander von Schlippenbach has been a godfather of sharp-end jazz since the 1960s. The old partnership of Schlippenbach and fellow pianist Aki Takase hasn't been convened in 15 years, but you wouldn't know it from the abandon with which they hurl themselves into free-fall on this album, each confident the other one will be waiting. There are 17 tracks; the longest is a five-part suite in which they dart, flit, tease and canoodle around each other, with the fun being in the exercise, not the search for a resolution. Some pieces are casual-sounding formal conundrums; others charge along in a kind of psychic boogie. The title track is a dark, percussive chord-pounder with distantly jazzy diversions.
Outstanding stuff ! Get it here:
Aki Takase & Alexander von Schlippenbach - "Iron Wedding" (192Kbps)
And enjoy !
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