Soichi Noriki is a Japanese pianist, leader, and arranger, born in Kyoto 1957. He moved to Tokyo in 1977 where he joined George Kawaguchi’s band and performed with Toshiyuki Honda’s group Burning Waves, Sadao Watanabe, a band co-led by Motohiko Hino and Joe Henderson (1988), Terumasa Hino, Yoshio Suzuki, Kimiko Itoh, Shunzo Ohno, and others. He recorded frequently with musicians in Los Angeles.

• Limited Edition
• Vinyl edition from HMV / Universal Japan
• Mastered and Pressed in Japan!
• Includes OBI Strip

If you aren't won over by the cover of this 1984 classic alone, you must have a stoney heart. That clean design and azure blue sea under an expansive sky and endless horizon captures the mood of the music perfectly. It's all kitchy Balearic grooves with sexy 80s sax lines way up high. The Rhodes chords are superb cocktail drinking accompaniments and the funky drums are more than enough to get you on your toes. There are more sentimental moments along the way to reset the mood, meaning the whole things remains utterly seductive and smooth.

Various contents such as urban mellow songs, light mellow songs that you can hear Tatsuro Yamashita's vocals, and Japanese mono boogie disco songs. Nobu Saito, Yurie Kokubun, and others participated as guests

SOICHI NORIKI (RnB / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Jazz Related Soundtracks / Fusion • Japan)

Japanese pianist, leader, and arranger. He took piano lessons from the ages of four to 12, joined his father’s group, the Kyoto Bel-Ami All Stars, in 1974, and in 1977 moved to Tokyo. There he joined George Kawaguchi’s band and performed with Toshiyuki Honda’s group Burning Waves, Sadao Watanabe, a band co-led by Motohiko Hino and Joe Henderson (1988), Terumasa Hino, Yoshio Suzuki, Kimiko Itoh, Shunzo Ohno, and others. He recorded frequently with musicians in Los Angeles. His own groups included Noriki (1983–6), Pole Pole I’s (1988–90), and a trio (from 1998). Noriki maintains an active career as a studio musician and arranges music for films and television.

Track Listing:

1. "You Can Make It" (4:17)
2. "On The Street" (4:39)
3. "When Rain Stops" (6:29)
4. "Night Lights" (6:55)
5. "Easy Way" (5:46)
6. "Mild Life" (4:06)
7. "Lasting Note" (3:51)
8. "Uncle Bearcat" (6:27)
9. "Epilogue" (1:47)

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