Sakata, Akira With Chikamorachi Featuring Masahiko Satoh / Proton Pump
Album: Proton Pump   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Sakata, Akira With Chikamorachi Featuring Masahiko Satoh   Added:Feb 2018
Label:Family Vineyard  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2018-02-16 Pull Date: 2018-04-20 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Apr 8 Mar 11
Airplays: 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Oct 08, 2022: Music Casserole
Chemiosmotic Coupling Of Acorn
3. Apr 03, 2018: The Oszone
Bullet Apoptosis, Proton Pump
2. Apr 07, 2018: Music Casserole
Voyage
4. Mar 10, 2018: Markov Chain Gang
Proton Pump

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-02-02
Reviewed: 2018-02-02
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: On this live date, Sakata is absolutely on top form on alto saxophone and clarinet -- blowing bold melodies with unstoppable momentum and also injecting deep textural fields with his startling vocalizations. Satoh’s piano is hyperbolic throughout as he splatters counterpoints and brilliant tones at dizzying speed. The versatile rhythm section is fully engaged in counterpoint & fill.
If You Like: Matthew Shipp, David S. Ware, Art Ensemble Of Chicago
*1/ Proton Pump (13:55) - sax starts> midtempo off-kilter jam> crescendo> piano solo swings into midtempo jam> clarinet solo swings into midtempo jam then builds into wild uptempo jam> quick stop
2/ Bullet Apoptosis (8:02) – drums/clarinet start> wild uptempo jam> piano solo> drum solo> wild jam> quick stop
*3/ Chemismotic Coupling Of Acorn (16:11) - clarinet starts slow & quiet> slow jam> chanting & vocals interspersed> swings into uptempo rocking jam> sax solo> uptempo jam swings into fast tempo> crescendo end
*4/ Voyage of Eukaryote (5:43) – clarinet starts slow & quiet> slow jam builds into midtempo> quick stop

Track Listing
1. Proton Pump   3. Chemiosmotic Coupling Of Acorn
2. Bullet Apoptosis   4. Voyage