ANDREA CENTAZZO + MIKIKO NAGATAKE DUO

Andrea Centazzo is an Italian percussionist, now based in the United States. He is a genuine legend, with a recorded history alongside the musicians who broke open free jazz on both sides of the Atlantic — Derek Bailey (guitar), Steve Lacy (soprano saxophone), John Zorn (alto saxophone), Eugene Chadbourne (guitar), the ROVA Saxophone Quartet. His percussion set-up alone is extraordinarily inventive.

The pianist Mikiko Nagatake has cut a broad, full-blooded jazz path of her own, and her recent reach into free playing and improvisation — not least a solo album dedicated to Cecil Taylor — is remarkable in itself. In the plain, stripped-down form of a duo, what will the dialogue between her and the master Centazzo sound like? One to watch.

Thursday 29 October 2026 — open 19:00 / start 19:30. ¥2,800 (¥2,500 with reservation)

Knuttel House — 4-1-8 Matsugaya, Taito-ku, Tokyo (ground floor). Eight minutes’ walk from Iriya Station (Hibiya Line), or ten minutes from Asakusa Station (Tsukuba Express).

Reservations: https://knuttelhouse.com/schedule/entry-1844.html