Norio Maeda & All-Stars - Rock Communication (2010)

The skill of the master Norio Maeda explodes! There is playfulness for adults, and there is a sharpness that is exposed. The nostalgic melody rushes through with the suppleness of jazz and scatters with the explosive feeling of rock.
Norio Maeda, a master who has been widely active in the Japanese music world as well as jazz. His skill, which has been a perfect fusion of folk songs and jazz in the works of Tokyo Cuban Boys and Sharps & Flats who participated as a pianist / arranger, finally exploded in his own name. As the title says "Rock Communication", it is a head-to-head folk song + jazz rock. The nostalgic, free-spirited and profound melody is covered with the suppleness of jazz and the sharp burst of rock, and shakes the mind and body violently. There is playfulness for adults, and there is a sharpness that is exposed. Here is the most exciting form of folk song and jazz rock. Takeshi Inomata, Kiyoshi Sugimoto, Kaoru Iiyoshi, and other faces that you can't hear anywhere else are also attractive.