I would even go so far as to say that there is a new Jazz movement in Japan today. The evidence can be heard on this recording. The musicians played my music with passion and commitment. I feel in a big way, Japanese jazz musicians are being overlooked on the world stage of jazz these days. It is my hope that with this recording ,this can be the beginning of a new awareness of the level of expression and devotion that the jazz musicians in Japan now possess.
Jazz is now a world music,and a world language.
Invitation is just that, an invitation to listen to the band featured and unleashed. Erie Autumn is a reglection of the influences of Bartok and Stravinsky. Two standards conclude.