Portraits

[Machine Translation] This is an album by LE GRAND ESCROC, a nouvelle jazz project launched by DJ Shin Miura, who has been active in the Tokyo club scene for a long time. In addition to Melden & Luigi from fox capture, who have been making amazing progress, selected members from other talented groups such as TRI4TH and JAZZ COLLECTIVE have joined the project. The guest vocalists include Akiko, the first Japanese to be signed to Verve, and Steve Piccolo from Milan, Italy, who was a member of the legendary fake jazz band Lounge Lizards, to name a few. The combination of the DJ's unique editing skills and the high-level performances of each musician creates a new form of jazz.

東京のクラブシーンで長きに渡り活躍するDJ三浦信が立ち上げたヌーヴェルジャズプロジェクト・LE GRAND ESCROCのアルバム。驚異的な快進撃を続けるfox captureからメルデン&ルイージの両名に加え、TRI4THやJAZZ COLLECTIVEといった実力派グループから選りすぐりのメンバーが参加。ゲストボーカル陣も日本人として初めてVerveと契約したAkikoに、伊ミラノからは伝説のフェイクジャズバンド・Lounge Lizardsに在籍していたSteve Piccoloなど枚挙に暇がない。DJ独自の編集技術と各ミュージシャンのハイレベルな演奏が合わさった、新しいジャズのカタチ。