Reviews, concert reports and
photographs of an extensive range of
improvised and jazz-related music

A first-time meeting between Japanese born improvisers, Brooklyn-based percussionist Nava Dunkelman and alto saxophonist Masayo Koketsu in Tokyo have more in common than their native country. Both immersed in the free music scene, the nine Veins of Rain they expose on this disc probes the furthest reaches of instrumental technique and innovative thought without cutting the vein of logic or drowning in cacophony. One of the key elements is that Dunkelman who is also in… Read More