A beautiful piano with delicacy and ferocity. Saxophone which wraps all in softly. The world of a beautiful painful warm sound which Takeshi Shimizu and Tsutomu Takei produced that it cannot express in the word"jazz.""TAKE TAKE" contains 11 songs. They are all the original musical pieces of Takeshi Shimizu and Tsutomu Takei. Takeshi SHIMIZU - piano, composerWhen he was a junior high school student, he heard benny goodman (Cl) with radio, and met with jazz. He studied the piano under Mr. Yasunobu Matsuo of composer and keyboard player of"mar-pa" on the 2nd year of the junior high school student's Christmas Eve. Since he entered the high school, he studied under Mr. Sadayasu Fujii, jazz pianist. And he performs live activity as a jazz pianist from the time of college admission in Kansai, Kanto, Shikoku, etc. Japan.He formed the band"E.D.F." to be performed focusing on his original music in 1992. He announced long-awaited CD album"E.D.F." with Mr. Seitaro Kuroda's jacket picture in 2001. Moreover, second album of E.D.F."SALVATION BY FAITH / E.D.F." was put on the market in April, 2008.The live recording"Live at Kozagawa" of E.D.F. was put on the market in May, 2010. And He released a solo piano album"Takeshi plays Takeshi" and a DUO album"TAKE TAKE" (with saxophonist Tsutomu TAKEI). The album"Sea Of Clouds" which commemorated formation 20 years of E.D.F. was put on the market in October, 2012. Tsutomu TAKEI - soprano & tenor Saxes, composerI became interested in Jazz when I was at high school (in Osaka).I taught myself how to play saxophone and flute. Istarted performing when I was a uni student and started to play other types of music.After I graduated uni, I got a full time job as an enginieer, but I still had a strong desire to play music.I quit my job in 2001 and I became a full time session musician.My musical abilities are extensive.eg.Jazz,Rock,Pops,Ska,Reggae,Funk,Soul,Bossanova,Salsa and ecspecially improvisation.Recently I’m interested in acting.