Ryo Fukui – Scenery
$43.50
Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Sourced from the original reels and mastered at half speed
While American players were being swept into the splintered spirtual jazz, fusion and jazz-funk scenes in the 70s, Japanese players stayed busy perfecting and combing over the harmonic possibilities of post-bop and modal jazz. On Ryo Fukui’s debut session as a bandleader, he tackles a handful of standards, making them sound humongous despite playing in the pared-down trio format ‘longside Satoshi Denpo on bass and Toshinori Fukui on skins. Check out their dextrous take of “It Could Happen To You,” or the incredibly moving rendition of Trane’s “I Want To Talk About You.” This recording of “Autumn Leaves” might be the definitive version for our ears. One of the finest moments on offer is a cover of j-jazz contemporary Hideo Ichikawa’s avant-garde “Early Summer,” first recorded just two years prior – Ryo’s huge chords, Denpo’s insane handling of the bass and a jaw-dropping drum solo from Toshinori are quite literally soundtracking our early summer over here. If the first five tunes pass your jazz snob checklist, consider the lone original composition “Scenery:” calm, calculated, but dripping with soul.
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A1 It Could Happen To You
Written-By – J. Van Heusen*
A2 I Want To Talk About You
Written-By – B. Eckstine*
A3 Early Summer
Written-By – H. Ichikawa*
B1 Willow Weep For Me
Written-By – A. Ronell*
B2 Autumn Leaves
Written-By – J. Kosma*
B3 Scenery
Written-By – R. Fukui*