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Dave Liebman, Tatsuya Nakatani, Adam Rudolph – The Unknowable – RareNoise 

by Audiophile Audition | May 9, 2018 | Jazz CD Reviews

Consistently excellent ‘spontaneous composition’. Dave Liebman, Tatsuya Nakatani, Adam Rudolph – The Unknowable [TrackList follows] – RareNoise RNR089, 48:50 [2/23/18] ****: (Adam Rudolph – kongos, djembe, tarija, zabumba, thumb piano, sintir, mbuti harp, slit drum, percussion, overtone flutes, Fender Rhodes (track 11), live electronic processing, co-producer; Dave Liebman – tenor and soprano saxophones, c flute, native American flute, recorder, piri, Fender Rhodes (track 10); Tatsuya Nakastani – drum kit, gongs, metal percussion, percussion) Fully improvised music can be difficult for some to embrace. Some may think there would not be any melody; or the harmonies would suffer; or the freedom of being musically in the moment might lead to chaos and noisy commotion. One listen to the 48-minute album The Unknowable by saxophonist Dave Liebman; drummer and percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani; and percussionist Adam Rudolph should dispel any quibbles about the benefits of a totally improvising trio. This is the first time Liebman, Nakatani and Rudolph have worked as a threesome. However, the three artists have interacted in other ways. Rudolph (whose résumé includes Don Cherry, Jon Hassell, Sam Rivers and Pharaoh Sanders) performed with Liebman during a 2016 club residency. Nakatani (who has released over 80 recordings) and Rudolph played […]