Nobuhiko Yamashita on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory https://www.jazzofjapan.com/tags/nobuhiko-yamashita/ Recent content in Nobuhiko Yamashita on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en-us Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 Yako Horikita: Shining Hour https://www.jazzofjapan.com/yako-horikita-shining-hour/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.jazzofjapan.com/yako-horikita-shining-hour/ <p>Fans of vintage vocal jazz will be drawn to singer Yako Horikita’s debut album <em>Shining Hour</em>, a swinging collection of twelve jazz standards delivered with a shining, sparking sincerity.</p> <figure><a href="L1220614-1024.jpg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1220614-1024.jpg"/> </a> </figure> <p>Singing along with a piano trio plus saxophone, Horikita picks winners from the classic jazz songbook with tunes including “Nice Work If You Can Get It”, “Falling In Love With Love”, and “Under A Blanket Of Blue”. Horikita’s voice, a pleasant mix of deep huskiness with a light delicate touch, is confident, friendly, and warm, fitting perfectly with her jazz combo’s solid performance.</p> Fans of vintage vocal jazz will be drawn to singer Yako Horikita’s debut album Shining Hour, a swinging collection of twelve jazz standards delivered with a shining, sparking sincerity.

Singing along with a piano trio plus saxophone, Horikita picks winners from the classic jazz songbook with tunes including “Nice Work If You Can Get It”, “Falling In Love With Love”, and “Under A Blanket Of Blue”. Horikita’s voice, a pleasant mix of deep huskiness with a light delicate touch, is confident, friendly, and warm, fitting perfectly with her jazz combo’s solid performance.

While most of the tracks are straightforward mid-tempo swingers, a few of tunes offer variations with bossa and ballads on “When Sunny Gets Blue”, “Second Love”, and the album closer, a sweetly nostalgic “Over The Rainbow”.

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