Inner Planets Naoko Sakata

• 1 Improvisation No. 1 15:58
• 2 Improvisation No. 2 07:19
• 3 Improvisation No. 3 18:58
• 4 Improvisation No. 4 01:07
• 5 Improvisation No. 5 11:40
• Total Runtime 55:02

Info for Inner Planets

At Footprint Records, we are very proud to present Naoko Sakata’s first solo album, Inner Planets. Over the last years, she has appeared in many different improv constellations on the Swedish jazz scene, but during her ten years in Sweden, Ms. Sakata has also evolved into an amazing solo improviser on the piano. These recordings were made with Ms. Sakata and a Fazioli Grand Piano at Studio Epidemin, in February 2019. On Inner Planets, you will hear six selected and un-edited takes from this recording session. Per Sjösten made this DXD recording and Naoko played straight from her heart – no compositions. We love it and we hope you will too. Naoko Sakata can also be heard on the albums Dreaming tree (Naoko Sakata Trio, FR 084) and Thomas Markusson Open (FR 107) from Footprint Records.

Naoko Sakata, piano

Naoko Sakata
is an award winning jazz/improvisation pianist who currently lives in Sweden.

Naoko is recognised for her fearless and intuitive improvisation style and her heart felt playing has become her personal trademark. Her music reaches from the very depths of calm poetic beauty to intense explosive chaos, where everything comes together as one powerful expression.

Currently she is performing as an improvisation solo act as well as with groups such as Malin Wättring 4 and Thomas Markusson’s "Open”.

Prior to commencing her solo act, Naoko spent her time performing and touring the world with a piano trio under her own name - Naoko Sakata Trio - for almost a decade.

Booklet for Inner Planets