Sep 3, 2026 · 23 min · 8 segments
In the 71st episode of the ECM podcast we’re joined by pianist Ayumi Tanaka, whose new ECM album "Windflower" was recorded in a collective trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and Thomas Strønen on…
Ayumi TanakaGuest
Caroline FontanieuHostthe process of composition and writing the music? Because I think that except for the track La Source, all the others are credited as something that you wrote the three of you together.
So did you come to the studio with some material or was it something that you wrote together in the studio or prior to the recording?
Probably we had like 60 minutes of one long session where we played almost like a concert for no audience in the room.
There's something about choosing titles that sometimes are going to give a direction for the person who's listening to maybe picture something or a landscape or a smell or some kind of sensation.
the process of composition and writing the music? Because I think that except for the track La Source, all the others are credited as something that you wrote the three of you together.
So did you come to the studio with some material or was it something that you wrote together in the studio or prior to the recording?
Probably we had like 60 minutes of one long session where we played almost like a concert for no audience in the room.
There's something about choosing titles that sometimes are going to give a direction for the person who's listening to maybe picture something or a landscape or a smell or some kind of sensation.
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