A magnificent concept album that will remain in the history of Japanese jazz with the theme of global anti-war and peace. Hiromasa Suzuki, a rare pianist who showed his skills in the groups of Terumasa Hino and Akira Ishikawa, collaborating with Big Soul Media, led by Jiro Inagaki, one of the best jazz rock groups of our time. This work is unusual for a Japanese jazz work, as a concept album.

• Limited Edition
• Deep Jazz Reality series
• Project Re:Vinyl edition from HMV Japan
• Presented by Universounds
• Produced by Yusuke Ogawa
• Mastered and Pressed in Japan!
• Deluxe cover Includes OBI Strip

Soaring keyboards from Hiromasa Suzuki – stretched out on some longer tracks than usual, with beautiful electric elements over some great large arrangements!

Suzuki plays a fair bit of electric piano on the set – and is working here with some fairly dramatic larger ensemble sounds that echo the anti-war sentiments of the tunes' titles – not really a jazz-rock style, but definitely with some of the younger, bolder energy of the time! There's a fair bit of funk in the rhythms, especially on the more upbeat tracks – and the album soars along at a pace that would have made Herbie Hancock or Chick Corea proud.

The sound that swallows jazz rock, mode jazz, and free jazz is serious and profound.

A magnificent concept album that will remain in the history of Japanese jazz with the theme of global anti-war and peace

Hiromasa Suzuki, a rare pianist/composer/arranger who showed his skills in the groups of Terumasa Hino and Akira Ishikawa. Collaborating with Big Soul Media, led by Jiro Inagaki, one of the best jazz rock groups of our time, this work is unusual for a Japanese jazz work, and the concept is based on the theme of “global anti-war and peace.”

The sound that swallows jazz rock, mode jazz, and free jazz is serious and solid, but at the same time, it is full of overwhelming dynamism.

Suzuki’s ability to manage a big band and create a masterpiece sound is also splendid, and Big Soul Media, which listened to Suzuki’s intentions and responded to his request, is also splendid.

Both Suzuki and Inagaki’s activities in the jazz-rock era are at their peak, and this work is also important in that it captures the overlap.

text by Yusuke Ogawa (universounds/Deep Jazz Reality)

Musicians:

Shigeo Suzuki - (alto sax)
Jiro Inagaki - (alto & tenor sax)
Tadayuki Harada - (baritone sax)
Kazuo Usui. Shigemichi Domoto. Tadataka Nakazawa - (trombone)
Takehisa Suzuki, Takeshi Nomura, Tetsuo Fushimi - (trumpet)
Tsunehide Matsuki - (guitar)
Hiromasa Suzuki, Masaru Imada - (piano, organ)
Yasuo Arakawa - (bass)
Hajime Ishimatsu - (drums)

Track Listing:

A1. By The Red Stream
A2. Warm, Honest And Love
B1. There Is Not Any War To End The War
B2. Something Over The War

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