Ryote wo Hirogete

[Machine Translation] This is a mini-album by jazz singer Chika Toyoda, whose father is former jazz critic Keizumi Ohashi and mother is Martha Miyake, a pioneer in the Japanese jazz vocal world. A person of love, a familia person, and a motherly compassionate person, Toyoda is also an inclusive woman who fulfills her duties as a wife and mother while performing her busy work as a singer, and continues to question what her contribution to society at large and her self-dedication to her children's development at large should be. This new version of her own composition, "Both Hands Widely Open," is filled with her thoughts and feelings. The arrangement by like-minded pianist Hiroshi Tanaka further accentuates the song's generosity and purity.

元ジャス評論家・大橋巨泉を父に、日本ジャズボーカル界の草分け的存在・マーサ三宅を母に持つジャズシンガー・豊田チカのミニアルバム。愛の人、ファミリアな人、母性豊かな慈愛の人である豊田は、多忙な歌手としての仕事をこなしながら、妻として母としての務めを果たし、広く社会への貢献、広く子供たちの成長への自己献身がどのようであるべきかを問い続ける包容力豊かな女性でもある。こうした彼女の思いが込められた自作曲が「両手を広げて」であり、本作は、そのニューバージョン。志を同じくするピアニスト・田中裕士のアレンジにより、曲の大らかさ、清らかさがさらに際立った。