SAKATA AND GIOVANNI DI DOMENICO, AKIRA - And Life Also Same

"A mind-blowing collaborative artefact from the long-standing, prolific partnership between the seminal Japanese saxophonist Akira Sakata and the Italian pianist and composer Giovanni Di Domenico. While most of Di Domenico's recent releases have veered toward the electronic and electroacoustic realm, And Life Also Same -- stretching across a full LP and a 7" -- refreshingly encounters him returning to his roots as an absolutely brilliant pianist. Recorded in May of 2018 at Studio 107, Radio France, both players are in top form, firing out complex arrangements and clusters of tonal interventions that collide in a stunning display of conversant artistry, ranging from restrained passages within which Sakata delivers beautiful primal vocalizations backed by the patterns of Di Domenico's notes, to full on hard blow free jazz fire. Music can be studied on the road. And life also same. Edition of 300.Born in 1945 and trained as a marine biologist, for decades Akira Sakata has stood at the for