Pianist and Improviser Erika Dohi In Parallel, Solo, and With Friends
Japanese-born, NYC-based pianist and composer Erika Dohi, is also one half of Contemporary Music Duo RighteousGIRLS. Her new record I, Castorpollux (37d03d) deals with duality, the idea of a “split self”–in works that float between composed and improvised music, as well as Dohi’s exploration of her Japanese-American identity, as well as pondering the idea of the multiverse, where there are alternate selves in parallel universes [as in Haruki Murakami’s novel 1Q84, or Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.]
On this solo album, named for the twin deities of Castor and Pollux, there are some guests from the worlds of jazz and improvised music as well as classical music circles, like trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire and composer William Brittelle. Erika Dohi plays partially prepared piano remotely, both solo, and together with sax player and improviser Immanuel Wilkins. - Caryn Havlik
Set list: "Replicant," "Dioscuri," "PoE"
Watch "Replicant" :
Watch "Dioscuri":
Watch "PoE":
