Gentleman's Bag

[Machine Translation] Gentle Forest Jazz Band, a 21-member big band led by Gentle Kubota, releases its fifth new album! In order to convey the powerful big band sound in its entirety, they decided to record all the members simultaneously on analog tape, and also to use a monaural mix, which is unexpected in this day and age when stereo is the norm. The result is a thick and dense sound, as if all 21 members were one big band. The album features original numbers such as "Like a Mainstream Band" with its hot brass, "Walk Song" to cheer up today's troubled people, "Misty" with the Gentle Forest Sisters singing funny and sometimes sad songs, "Take The A Train" to enjoy the sound of jazz saxophone, "The A Train" with the Gentle Forest Sisters singing a song about a man who is in a hurry to leave his home. The Gentle Forest Sisters sing "Misty" in a funky and sometimes sad way, and the GFJB's own arrangement of "Take The A Train" allows you to enjoy the sound of the jazz saxophone. A new version of "Stone with Wind", the ending theme of the movie "Dance with Me", is also included.

ジェントル久保田が率いる21人のビッグバンド、Gentle Forest Jazz Band、5枚目となるニューアルバム発売! 迫力あるビッグバンドサウンドを丸ごと伝えるために彼らが辿り着いたのは、全員同時演奏&アナログテープ録音という手法。さらに、ステレオが当たり前の現代にあってまさかのモノラルミックス。21人のメンバーがひとつの塊となったような分厚くも濃密なサウンドに仕上がっている。ブラスが熱く弾ける「Like a Mainstream Band」、悩める現代人に元気を贈る「Walk Song」などオリジナルナンバーを中心に、Gentle Forest Sisters がファニーに時に切なく歌う「Misty」、ジャズサックスの音色を堪能出来る「Take The A Train」といった珠玉の名曲もGFJBならではのアレンジで収録。映画『ダンスウィズミー』のエンディングテーマ「Stone with Wind」も新バージョンで収録!