米木康志 on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory https://www.jazzofjapan.com/tags/%E7%B1%B3%E6%9C%A8%E5%BA%B7%E5%BF%97/ Recent content in 米木康志 on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en-us Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Hara Dairiki Trio: You’ve Changed https://www.jazzofjapan.com/hara-dairiki-trio-youve-changed/ Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jazzofjapan.com/hara-dairiki-trio-youve-changed/ <p>The Hara Dairiki Trio creates a jubilant atmosphere on <em>You’ve Changed</em>, playing choice jazz standards from the bebop and straight-ahead jazz songbook.</p> <figure><a href="L1200158-1024.jpg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1200158-1024.jpg"/> </a> </figure> <p>The drum-led trio creates a live sound, bright and open, in a chord-less configuration consisting of drums, bass, and alto sax. The stripped-down sound creates both purity and rawness that pulls the listener straight into the music, loose and fun and in control, with soaring, bebop saxophone fluidly soaring over the solid double bass and drum foundation.</p> The Hara Dairiki Trio creates a jubilant atmosphere on You’ve Changed, playing choice jazz standards from the bebop and straight-ahead jazz songbook.

The drum-led trio creates a live sound, bright and open, in a chord-less configuration consisting of drums, bass, and alto sax. The stripped-down sound creates both purity and rawness that pulls the listener straight into the music, loose and fun and in control, with soaring, bebop saxophone fluidly soaring over the solid double bass and drum foundation.

The players are confident as experienced musicians who know each other well, grooving and swinging with playful quotes and spontaneous interplay spicing up their collaboration.

The album has six standards including Thelonious Monk’s “Four In One” and Charlie Parker’s “Ah-Leu-Cha”, with one short 45-second drum improvisation interlude before the final track, John Coltrane’s spirited “Chasin’ The Trane”. This is pure jazz played with a relaxed feeling, evoking an experience like being invited to a high-quality jazz session in a cozy jazz bar.

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]]> Junichiro Ohkuchi Trio: Invisible https://www.jazzofjapan.com/junichiro-ohkuchi-trio-invisible/ Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jazzofjapan.com/junichiro-ohkuchi-trio-invisible/ <p>Accomplished pianist Junichiro Ohkuchi leads a trio of solid veterans in the straight-ahead jazz tradition on his 2016 album <em>Invisible</em>. The trio works well together, demonstrating the equal partnership and careful intercommunication that occurs between professional jazz musicians. Evident throughout is a confident sense of risky looseness, with complete control of timing and notes, each member supporting and energizing one another.</p> <figure><a href="L1180595x-1024.jpeg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1180595x-1024.jpeg"/> </a> </figure> <p>The pianist Ohkuchi contributes three original songs (the opener is a highlight) with other tunes by Andrew Hill, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, and others – undoubtedly influences on Ohkuchi’s piano style. The result is a skilled piano trio having a great time making high-caliber jazz.</p> Accomplished pianist Junichiro Ohkuchi leads a trio of solid veterans in the straight-ahead jazz tradition on his 2016 album Invisible. The trio works well together, demonstrating the equal partnership and careful intercommunication that occurs between professional jazz musicians. Evident throughout is a confident sense of risky looseness, with complete control of timing and notes, each member supporting and energizing one another.

The pianist Ohkuchi contributes three original songs (the opener is a highlight) with other tunes by Andrew Hill, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, and others – undoubtedly influences on Ohkuchi’s piano style. The result is a skilled piano trio having a great time making high-caliber jazz.

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