Takatsuki Trio Quartett

Piano, viola, voice, guitar, shamisen, double bass and guest saxophones

Takatsuki Trio Quartett is built around Rieko Okuda (piano, viola and voice), Joshua Weitzel (guitar and shamisen) and Antti Virtaranta (double bass). The ensemble regularly expands its trio core through invited improvisers.

Live in Hessen (CS682) documents two 2019 concerts, with Matthias Schubert on tenor saxophone in Kassel and Dirk Marwedel on extended saxophone in Wiesbaden. The two quartets reveal different directions emerging from the same flexible core.

Takatsuki Trio Quartett's three core members: Joshua Weitzel, Rieko Okuda and Antti Virtaranta

Takatsuki Trio Quartett — core trio Joshua Weitzel, Rieko Okuda and Antti Virtaranta · photograph by Cristina Marx, published on Joshua Weitzel's official project page · original source

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