Kazumi Ikenaga: Niwatazumi

Niwatazumi (a large puddle remaining after heavy rainfall) is a wonderful modern jazz record from Kazumi Ikenaga + PAUSELAND. Spacey original compositions and mature musicianship flow in the breathy and open style of a modern ECM recording. Relaxing and anthemic, the music is at times mesmerizing and at other times gently rocking and grooving.

Niwatazumi by Kazumi Ikenaga

• Kazumi Ikenaga - drums

• Christian Vuust - tenor saxophone and clarinet

• Jakob Buchanan - flugelhorn

• Soren Dahl Jeppesen - guitar

• Klaus Nørgaard - bass

Released in 2017 on Cloud as DDCJ-4019.

Japanese names: Kazumi Ikenaga 池長和美

Audio and Video

• The title track “Niwatazumi”

• Excerpt from "Unspoken Language", the first track on this album: