An Outlet performance is an experience, says curator Benjamin Fawks. It’s not just a concert, and audiences aren’t just going to be entertained. Japanese master percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, performing on Sunday, April 7, is definitively innovative as he tests the limits of his homemade bows and gongs. His genre is typically labeled “jazz,” but what he does is beyond labels.
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Video: Tatsuya Nakatani performs at PS1
Video by Jon Graf Experimental percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani stopped by Public Space One yesterday for a special performance of improvised music involving two local musicians, saxophonist Curt Oren and percussionist David Hurlin. Watch the above clip to see the frenzied climax to the evening’s performance, which includes footage of Nakatani’s signature percussive technique where he […]
Dinner and a show: Tatsuya Nakatani is going to play drums and cook food at PS1 this Wednesday
Nothing goes together like drums and japanese cooking (I think?), and Public Space One will be offering both this Wednesday night, when experimental…

