Takase,Aki / Bennink,Han Two For Two CD

After releasing five duo CDs on Intakt Records with Silke Eberhard, Lauren Newton, Rudi Mahall, Alexander von Schlippenbach and Louis Sclavis, Aki Takase now presents a breathtaking and entertaining recording with Han Bennink - two personalities familiar with all traditions of jazz who love to go on an expedition. Aki Takase offers such wondrous compositions as the title song 'Two for Two,' an homage to Han Bennink called 'Ohana Han,' 'My Tokyo' or 'Rolled Up.' the duo also reveals it's great playfulness while playing standards by Thelonious Monk and Eric Dolphy. Han Bennink is swinging in best New Orleans tradition while Aki Takase shows more and more of her poetic and melodic side.

1. Two for Two 2. My Tokyo 3. Locomotive 4. Zankapfel 5. Knut 6. Baumkuchen 7. Monochrome 8. Raise Four 9. Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? 10. A Chotto Matte 11. Hat and Beard 12. Ohana Han 13. Rolled Up 14. Hell Und Dunkel 15. Hommage to Thelonious Monk (Motive of Pannonica and Ask Me Now) 16. Two for Two