Tatsu Aoki专辑介绍：by Alex HendersonTatsu Aoki is an adventurous musician; much to his credit, he hasn't been afraid to hurl himself into a variety of avant-garde situations. And if one thing doesn't work as well as another, so be it -- at least he had the guts to experiment. Recorded in 1995, this AACM-minded CD finds the acoustic bassist performing duets with drummer/percussionist David Pavkovic at various Chicago venues, including the Hot House, the Lunar Cabaret, and the Cook County Theater Department. The instrumentals are atonal and totally free-form; nothing on Actual Music has a real melody or a conventional song structure. Some avant-garde jazz favors an inside/outside approach; artists will state a discernible melody and then travel outside when they improvise. But on this CD, Aoki and Pavkovic don't go outside -- they stay there all of the time. Actual Music isn't among Aoki's essential releases; some of the performances are more...