Seiki no Uta, Kokoro no Uta - Hattori Ryouichi Tribute -

[Machine Translation] This tribute album reinterprets and reconstructs songs created by Ryoichi Hattori, a pioneer of Japanese pop music and a composer who has created numerous masterpieces that incorporate Western rhythms, harmonies, and feelings. Ryoichi Hattori was the model for the character "Zenichi Hatori" played by Tsuyoshi Kusanagi in the NHK TV series "Boogie Woogie," which is currently being broadcast. The participating artists and songs include Yoshio Inoue's "Suzhou Yakkyoku", Masuyako Koda's "Under the Roof of Tokyo" (feat. Yasuyo Konishi), Schadaraparr's "Oshare Middle (Contains samples of "Oshare Musume")", Keiichi Sogabe and Inokashira Rangers' "Kaimono Boogie" and T-Jiji's "Farewell Blues", The Sincerity Brothers "Hey Hey Boogie", and two representative songs of Ryoichi Hattori, "Blue Mountains" and "Tokyo Boogie Woogie", sung by Kanji Ishimaru and Kazato Mochiumi, which were broadcast on BS-TBS "Sound Inn S", as well as "Osaka Boogie Woogie" by Hitomi Yaida which was broadcast on NHK's "Meikyoku Album". Yaida Hitomi's "Osaka Boogie Woogie", which was broadcast on NHK's "Meikyoku Album", is also included. This album can be seen as a reply from a contemporary artist to the roots of Japanese pop music created by Ryoichi Hattori, and it will serve as a baton to pass on to the future many of the great songs that have been loved over the decades.

日本ポップスの先駆者であり、洋楽のリズムやハーモニー、フィーリングを取り込んだ数々の名曲を世に出した作曲家・服部良一の生み出した楽曲を再解釈・再構築したトリビュートアルバム。服部良一は現在放送されているNHK連続テレビ小説「ブギウギ」で草なぎ剛演じる"羽鳥善一"のモデルになっており、今再び脚光を浴びる日本が世界に誇る作曲家の注目のトリビュートアルバムとなる。参加アーティストと歌唱曲は、井上芳雄『蘇州夜曲』、小西康陽 feat.甲田益也子『東京の屋根の下』、スチャダラパー『おしゃれミドル (Contains samples of 「おしゃれ娘」)』、曽我部恵一と井の頭レンジャーズ『買物ブギー』、T字路s『別れのブルース』、真心ブラザーズ『ヘイヘイブギー』といった多方面から服部ミュージックに向き合った新規録音6曲と、BS-TBS「Sound Inn S」で放送された石丸幹二、望海風斗が歌唱した服部良一の代表的な2曲『青い山脈』『東京ブギウギ』、さらにNHK「名曲アルバム」で放送された矢井田瞳『大阪ブギウギ』を収録。服部良一が生み出した日本ポップスのルーツに対して、現代のアーティストからの返信とも言える本作は、数十年の時を経て愛される名曲の数々を、さらに未来へ受け渡すバトンとなる。