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Apr 29, 2022 · Thisness is Miles Okazaki's third volume of compositions for Trickster, a quartet featuring Matt Mitchell on piano, Anthony Tidd on bass, and Sean Rickman on drums. The album is a set of themes that are shuffled and connected in different ways to make four large movements.
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Apr 29, 2022 · On Thisness, the fourth outing to feature the guitarist’s rhythmically mesmerizing Trickster quartet, the blend of acoustic piano (Matt Mitchell) and electric bass (Anthony Tidd) still holds sway over the hard-edged, asymmetric funk language laid down by drummer Sean Rickman.
May 4, 2022 · A guitarist as freakishly talented as Miles Okazaki demands a listener's full attention. This is the case whether one is parsing his fiendishly complex compositions, or beholding his astonishing technique, or simply taking in all the shifting meters and grooves that permeate his music.
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Okazaki completed the Trickster trilogy in 2022 with the release of Thisness, where Robin D.G. Kelley’s liner notes introduce the music as “convulsive beauty, propulsive rhythm, elusive meaning...a spontaneous and unpredictable work of art.”
Thisness is the natural evolution of guitarist Miles Okazaki’s surrealist machinations and whimsical lyricism. Okazaki and his band Trickster, featuring keyboardist Matt Mitchell, bassist Anthony Tidd and drummer Sean Rickman, explore astral jazz, blues motifs, and rock instrumentation through a labyrinth of divergent musical themes.
