Masabumi Kikuchi Sextet - Matrix

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: TDP54121
Barcode: 5060672881210
Release Date: 13 Oct 2023
Genre: Jazz

Esteemed pianist Masabumi Kikuchi enjoyed a long and illustrious career in jazz that encompassed many forms. After playing in Lionel Hampton’s Japanese touring band, he played on five Sadao Watanabe albums in mid-1960s and backed Sonny Rollins before studying at the Berklee College of Music. Matrix was the first of five albums recorded with his Sextet and is rightly rated one of the greatest of his entire career, the album mixing well-executed covers of songs by Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Watanabe, and the Black Orpheus theme with the enthralling originals ‘Little Aby’ and ‘In Fourth Way’. An excellent listen!

TRACKLIST
SIDE A
1 Matrix
Written By Chick Corea 05:02
2 Little Aby
Written By Masabumi Kikuchi 06:58
3 On Green Dolphin Street
Written By Kaper/Washington 08:56
SIDE B
1 If I Said The Sky Was Falling
Written By Sadao Watanabe 06:05
2 In Fourth Way
Written By Masabumi Kikuchi 05:57
3 Black Orpheus
Written By Weiss/Peretti/Creatore/Bonfá 07:40

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