Approach [VINYL]

Description: Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Add The Pom Shop to your Favorites and receive our email newsletters about new items and special promotions. General Interest Approach [VINYL] BBE Musics highly-acclaimed J Jazz Masterclass Series continues with an album that unites three J Jazz legends with a young musician beginning their professional career. Recorded and released in 1986, Approach is both sophisticated and experimental in equal measure, balancing serene ambient moments with thunderous and dynamic explosions of energy. Approach was originally issued on the Art Union label and sees bass uber-maestro Isao Suzuki, percussion and drumming icon Masahiko Togashi, and keyboard wizard Hideo Ichikawa join together with neophyte guitarist Akira Shiomoto to deliver a first-class showcase of contemporary jazz across five tracks, demonstrating their individual talents working as one unified ensemble. Suzukis deeply resonant and pliant basslines move sinuously across the album, supporting Togashis ebullient flashes of percussion and Ichikawas lush textures and colourations topping it all off is the young Shiomotos guitar adding melodic texture and shine. Opening with Make Trip, Ichikawas gentle introduction makes way for a change of gear as Suzukis bass drives the band along before Togashis drum and percussion centrepiece solo leads to the outro. The plaintive and bluesy Otari follows next, with Ichikawas piano flowing around and between the rhythmic undertow from Suzuki and Togashi. Things turn slightly more experimental on Mysterious as Suzuki, the pieces composer, turns to arco bass effects and Ichikawa employs synthesiser and electronic textures to add colour to the palette. Opening with a boldly stark solo piano part, Tornado is written by Ichikawa and continues with a freely improvised section from the group as Togashis characteristically inventive drum solo once again leads the piece to its culmination before seeing Suzuki re-join to conclude. The albums closer, East Words, written by Togashi, is a magnificent example of the ensembles interplay and control a beautifully modulated intro from piano, bass and drums opens the piece with the freshness and light of a morning sunrise. Ichikawas use of synth strings reveals a new and unexpected intensity to the performance, as the track builds further into a head nodding, bass driven exploration of Ichikawas piano and Togashis finely paced percussion. As an album closer, it couldnt be more perfect. This is the first time this album has been reissued since its original release 36 years ago. Born in Tokyo in 1933, Isao Suzuki learned to play on United States military bases and played early on in his career with Shotaro Moriyasu, Hidehiko Matsumoto, and Sadao Watanabe. He led his own ensemble in Tokyo from 19651969 before moving to New York City where he lived until 1971, playing with Ron Carter, Paul Desmond, Ella Fitzgerald, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and and many others. Returning to Japan, he began expanding his instrumental repertoire, playing cello and piccolo bass, and opened a jazz club in Osaka in 1987. He was awarded The Fumio Na Shipping Shipping is free for all customers in Australia. Your package will be safely taken care of & posted from England by means of Priority Airmail, which is air freighted to your nearest Australia Post Distribution Center (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, or Perth), from where they are delivered to your address by Australia Post. Returns and refunds We operate a 30 day money back guarantee. If you are unhappy with the product for whatever reason, please contact us to arrange a return and refund. As shipping costs are not retrievable, we are unable to refund shipping costs. Feedback We use an automated eBay feedback response system. If you are happy with the product, please leave positive feedback and we will automatically leave positive feedback for you. If you are unhappy with the transaction for any reason, please contact us first to resolve. If you do leave negative or neutral feedback you waive your rights for support regarding any problems with us and open yourself up for possible retaliatory negative feedback. Please avoid making negative feedback remarks, contact us first if you have any problems! We are here to help! Contact Us Please contact us via eBay messages if you have any questions and our Customer Service team will be happy to assist you with any queries. Thank you. Home About Us Postage & Payment Returns Contact Copyright © 2017 The Pom Shop. All rights reserved.

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