Tropical Jazz Big Band Latin Ongaku no Saho -25th Anniversary Recording Movie-

[Machine Translation] There are some firm rules in Latin music," says Carlos Sugano, leader of Tropical Jazz Band, a pioneer of Latin jazz big bands worldwide. We caught up with Carlos Sugano, leader of the world's pioneering Latin jazz big band Tropical Jazz Band, as he recorded a new album for their 25th anniversary. Carlos Kanno and the percussion section and brass section had in-depth discussions about the music, and each piece was completed one by one. Once the music was performed, it was completed quickly. The momentum and atmosphere of the performance overwhelmed me, and I was fascinated by the underlying power of the pioneers. Another highlight of the show was a corner in which Carlos Sugano gave a lecture on the elaborate construction of percussion in Latin music while listening to the completed pieces. He will also talk about the arrangement of the trumpet, trombone, and saxophone sections in the brass arrangements of Taisei Aoki and Hideaki Nakaji, as well as the division of the arrangement of the trumpet, trombone, and saxophone sections in the brass arrangements of Carlos Sugano. He also gave us an in-depth lecture on the division of arrangements and construction of voicings in brass arrangements by Aoki Taisei and Nakaji Hideaki, who are also composers. The interviewer, who is also a composer himself, asks maniacal questions that will surely satisfy not only music fans but also musicians who are studying to incorporate Latin elements into their own compositions and arrangements. We hope you will feel the passionate flow of sound that flows in the base of Latin music, which was thought to be too difficult to approach, and which makes your body start to dance unintentionally.

「ラテン音楽には、幾つかの確固たるルールがある」そう語るのは世界的ラテン・ジャズ・ビッグバンドのパイオニア『熱帯JAZZ楽団』リーダーのカルロス菅野。彼らが25周年を迎えるにあたり、制作するニューアルバムのレコーディング現場に密着した。カルロス菅野を中心に、パーカッション・セクション、ブラス・セクション内で楽曲への綿密な打ち合わせが行われ、楽曲が1つ1つ完成していく。演奏されてしまえば完成までは早い。その勢い、空気に圧倒され、パイオニアの底力に魅入られてしまう。また、完成した楽曲を聴きながら、カルロス菅野がラテン・ミュージックのパーカッションの緻密な組み立て方や作法をレクチャーするコーナーも見どころである。彼が絶大な信頼を置き、国内外の数々のラテン・ミュージックの夜明けを支えてきた作編曲家・ピアニスト森村献にはモントゥーノを、緻密なブラス・アレンジを行う青木タイセイ、中路英明のブラス・アレンジにおけるトランペット、トロンボーン、サックス・セクションのアレンジの棲み分け、ヴォイシングの構築についてもグッと踏み込んでレクチャーしてもらった。自身も作曲家であるインタビュアーによるマニアックな質問で、音楽ファンだけでなく、自身の作・編曲にラテンの要素を取り込みたいと勉強中のミュージシャンにもきっと満足のいく内容になっている。敷居が高いと思われたラテン・ミュージックの根底に流れる、体が思わず踊り出すような熱い音の流動をぜひ感じてほしい。