Akira Sakata (坂田明) – a.k.a. Tombo (赤​と​ん​ぼ)

Akira Sakata may be best known internationally for collaborations with guitarist and composer Jim O’Rourke and bassist Bill Laswell, but in Japan and among jazz aficionados, he’s also known as one of Japan’s best purveyors of spiritual jazz.  This album is his latest, and it’s imbued with deepness and humor in equal measure.