阿部大輔 on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory https://www.jazzofjapan.com/tags/%E9%98%BF%E9%83%A8%E5%A4%A7%E8%BC%94/ Recent content in 阿部大輔 on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en-us Sat, 17 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 Takuji Yamada: Lite Blue https://www.jazzofjapan.com/takuji-yamada-lite-blue/ Sat, 17 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jazzofjapan.com/takuji-yamada-lite-blue/ <p>Takuji Yamada is a professional jazz musician who takes care with his jazz. His first album <em>Lite Blue</em> from 2012 reflects that care through his beautifully written compositions and nicely-arranged standards, not to mention his spot-on stimulating jazz sax playing.</p> <figure><a href="L1180749-1024.jpg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1180749-1024.jpg"/> </a> </figure> <p>Accurate playing, adventurous phrasing, and emotional balance mark this modern jazz album with a distinctive New York flavor. The NY-based rhythm section players keep the soloist’s backdrop consistently interesting through the range of moods, from modern straight-ahead jazz to bluesy, groovy, and romantic.</p> Takuji Yamada is a professional jazz musician who takes care with his jazz. His first album Lite Blue from 2012 reflects that care through his beautifully written compositions and nicely-arranged standards, not to mention his spot-on stimulating jazz sax playing.

Accurate playing, adventurous phrasing, and emotional balance mark this modern jazz album with a distinctive New York flavor. The NY-based rhythm section players keep the soloist’s backdrop consistently interesting through the range of moods, from modern straight-ahead jazz to bluesy, groovy, and romantic.

The track listing consists of 10 songs, mostly originals from Yamada with three standards (“Don’t Blame Me”, “When Lights Are Low”, and “Skylark”) included as a strong jazz frame. Yamada’s catchy originals on this album include the stimulating opener “In A Reverse Way”, the darkly swirling “Rain”, and the warm, modern “Kurikology”, a portmanteau of the Japanese name Kuriko and the suffix -ology, a nice tip of the hat to Charlie Parker bebop along the lines of “Ornithology” and “Anthropology”.

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