heart, spirit, originality, intention, mood, tree, conscience...
Different ways to write it, but one sound.
Ky on NHK's documentary about Satie
*The trio "Ky" project exists since 2005
- Maki NAKANO & Yann PITTARD
featuring inventive artists :
Thomas BALLARINI (percussions)
Gaston ZIRKO (drums)
HAYASHI Eichii (alto sax)
FUJII Satoko (piano)
TSUNEMI Yuji (oud)
TANIGAWA Kensaku (piano, voice)
Stéphane PAYEN (alto sax)
Hugues VINCENT (cello)
Rafael KOERNER (drums)
Yoram ROSILIO (double-bass)
Stéphane TSAPIS (keyboards)
Johan GUIDOU (drums)
YUKIHIRO Yuki (yo-yo) ...
improvising, composing, arranging, playing together amazing music.
In concert, Ky presents a very original show, with a theatral dimension, a lot of humour, and a good sense of adaptation to the acoustic of the place.
*Pieces by french composer Erik SATIE
(Embryons desséchés, Heures séculaires et instantanées, Gymnopedies, Sports et divertissements, Gnossiennes 1-3-6, Avant-dernières pensées, Danses de travers, Désespoir agreable, Facheux exemple, Prélude en tapisserie, L'enfance de Ko-quo, Menus propos enfantins, Nocturne 3...)
*by japanese composer Toru TAKEMITSU
(Yuki, Koi no kakurembo...)
*various standards
(Take 5, Naima, Pithecantropus Erectus, La Javanaise, Shima uta, Seven steps to heaven, Champs-Elysées, Summertime, Caravan, Tea for two, Song for my father...)
*new original compositions
(Typhoone, Bleue, Koln, La voie lactée, Étrangère à Paris, Plus jamais, Plat du jour...)
*improvisations and spontaneous compositions.
Go to kyweb.fr (Ky's official website)
for more informations about the members, biography, ordering Ky's new cd, tour blog, new projects...
*Imagine Erik Satie in today's world...
Do you think he would prefer the music of Toru Takemitsu, John Coltrane, Steve Reich, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, John Zorn or Britney Spears ?