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Yuko Mabuchi Trio

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Composer
BAREILLES ELLINGTON KAPER
Artist
Mabuchi, Atkins, Breton
Format
CD
Label
Yarlung Records
Released
Oct 06, 2017
Catalog #
YAR80161
UPC
191061801610

About

Yuko Mabuchi moved to the United States from her native Japan only recently, but when she plays American jazz she speaks the language perfectly. We love Yuko’s sense of rhythm and melody, and her improvising feels like she was born in Detroit or New York City. Her technique reminds one of some of Yuko’s music idols like Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock and Monty Alexander. But beyond her talent for traditional jazz, one can also hear flavors of American R&B, Hip-Hop and Blues, which Yuko loved as a teenager. This album’s associate producer and Yarlung special advisor Billy Mitchell describes Yuko’s playing as “funky from the heart,” and he means that as an enormous compliment. Yuko was born in Fukui, on the west coast of Japan, north of Kyoto. She studied classical music and the piano starting at age four, and continued her studies at the AN Music School in Kyoto, where she was a jazz piano student of Kunihiro Kameda. Yarlung first heard the Yuko Mabuchi Trio at Catalina Bar and Grill in Hollywood and offered to record their debut album the next day. This live concert recording session took place in Cammilleri Hall, the same concert venue designed by Yasuhisa Toyota, where Yarlung recorded Sophisticated Lady jazz quartet in 2014. Jazz pianist and educator Billy Mitchell served as associate producer.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Wake up and Dream: What is this thing called love? 07:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    Wake up and Dream: What is this thing called love?
    Duration
    07:30
    Composer
    Cole Porter
    Ensemble
    Yuko Mabuchi Trio
  2. 2 Valse Noire 05:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    Valse Noire
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Mark Louis Lehman
    Ensemble
    Yuko Mabuchi Trio
  3. 3 On Green Dolphin Street 07:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    On Green Dolphin Street
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Bronisław Kaper
    Ensemble
    Yuko Mabuchi Trio
  4. 4 Seriously 08:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    Seriously
    Duration
    08:47
    Composer
    Sara Bareilles
    Ensemble
    Yuko Mabuchi Trio
  5. 5 Very Warm for May: All The Things You Are - Take the A Train - Satin Doll 08:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    Very Warm for May: All The Things You Are - Take the A Train - Satin Doll
    Duration
    08:29
    Composer
    Jerome Kern, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington
    Ensemble
    Yuko Mabuchi Trio
  6. 6 Hazy Moon - Cherry Blossom - Look at the Sky 11:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    Hazy Moon - Cherry Blossom - Look at the Sky
    Duration
    11:18
    Composer
    Teiichi Okano, Anonymous, Hachidai Nakamura
    Ensemble
    Yuko Mabuchi Trio
  7. 7 Sona's Song 04:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    Sona's Song
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Yuko Mabuchi
    Ensemble
    Yuko Mabuchi Trio
  8. 8 St. Thomas 06:14
    Track
    8
    Title
    St. Thomas
    Duration
    06:14
    Composer
    Sonny Rollins
    Ensemble
    Yuko Mabuchi Trio