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This episode of Japanese Jazz Week we explore the catalog of pianist Masabumi Kikuchi. Masabumi was born in Tokyo in 1939, and lived his early life in World War II and post-war Japan. He studied music at the Tokyo Art College High School, and worked with musicians such as Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Mal Waldron & Joe Henderson. Hit play to hear his late 60’s recordings up to his mid 80’s material. 今回お届けする「日本のジャズ」は、日本のジャズピアニスト、キーボード奏者・菊地雅章です。菊地氏は1939年に東京で生まれ、若くして第二次世界大戦を経験し、戦後を生きた人物。ソニー・ロリンズ、マイルス・デイヴィス、マル・ウォルドロン、ジョー・ヘンダーソンらと共に活動しました。今回は彼の60年代後期から80年代中期の作品を楽曲を中心にお聞きください。Translated by Satoko Akune.

Ali Kuru

Ali Kuru

Ali Kuru has been played on NTS in shows including LDLDN, featured first on 30 January 2016. Songs played include Hiyar, Return To Paradise and Avaz.

Few artists can claim to have their own distinctive “musical voice”: a style of composition and production that listeners instantly recognize. For starters, it takes years of experimentation to perfect, and most people simply don’t have the patience, talent or skills to pull it off.Ali Kuru has spent the best part of a decade honing his trademark style – a fragrant, intoxicating aural brew that combines a myriad of influences with sultry, exotic overtones, mind-altering Middle Eastern instrumentation in slow, textured deep beats.Despite the relentless growth in popularity throughout the years and many performances at acclaimed clubs all over Europe, Ali favors living in nature on the shores of the Aegean Sea over the busy and noisy city life. Is it maybe this simplicity and clearness permitting the artist to listen to his feelings and emotions, and to unleash them through an admirable richness of sounds? We don’t know, but we know Ali’s rhapsodic talent be transported by his enchanting sound.

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Ali Kuru

Ali Kuru has been played on NTS in shows including LDLDN, featured first on 30 January 2016. Songs played include Hiyar, Return To Paradise and Avaz.

Few artists can claim to have their own distinctive “musical voice”: a style of composition and production that listeners instantly recognize. For starters, it takes years of experimentation to perfect, and most people simply don’t have the patience, talent or skills to pull it off.Ali Kuru has spent the best part of a decade honing his trademark style – a fragrant, intoxicating aural brew that combines a myriad of influences with sultry, exotic overtones, mind-altering Middle Eastern instrumentation in slow, textured deep beats.Despite the relentless growth in popularity throughout the years and many performances at acclaimed clubs all over Europe, Ali favors living in nature on the shores of the Aegean Sea over the busy and noisy city life. Is it maybe this simplicity and clearness permitting the artist to listen to his feelings and emotions, and to unleash them through an admirable richness of sounds? We don’t know, but we know Ali’s rhapsodic talent be transported by his enchanting sound.

Original source: Last.fm

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Hiyar
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Return To Paradise
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Araf
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Human Call (Ali Kuru Remix)
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