AYAKO SASAKI

Ayako Sasaki -- "Sora"

The two opening tunes on "Sora" are the most beautiful melodies on record this year. The six originals by pianist and vocalist Ayako Sasaki feel at once heart-rendingly wistful and resiliently strong, a natural union of Japanese aesthetics and jazz conceptions. Few other Japanese vocalists sing or write lyrics in Japanese, much less ones as poetic as Sasaki's. As a member of Shibusa Shirazu, a large, fluctuating collective of musicians who create an organic, groove-based style of music all their own, Sasaki invites several members of the band on board, and they enter fully into the spirit of her poignant lyrics with a strong and unassuming sense of cool.

The Japan Times
"Big steps for Tokyo's little jazz labels"
By MICHAEL PRONKO

Pianist-Vocalist Ayako Sasaki creates her first leader album.
Accompanied by the member of Shibusa-Shirazu, Sasaki
shows her brilliant talent of composition and arrangement.
Best recommendation from the label chief.

●2000 ●STUDIO ●2800 yen

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2nd leader album of Ayako Sasaki. Sasaki invites her best
choice of musicians, and her musical capacity is highly
grown up from her first. Jazzy idiom expresses her
amazing compositions properly. Sounds simply beautiful
to listeners, and grabs your heart.

●2003 ●STUDIO ●2800 yen

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