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CD Album

Flying?

Ai Kuwabara

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Release Date July 09, 2025
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Catalog No.UCCJ-2246
JAN/ISBN 4988031774571
Product Type CD
Number of Discs 1
Label/DistributorUNIVERSAL MUSIC

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A new album from jazz pianist Ai Kuwabara, her first in three years, created through sessions with local musicians. Centered around a trio featuring bassist Sam Wilkes and drummer Gene Coye, - also a member of Hiromi Uehara's Hiromi's Sonicwonder - the recording includes guest appearances by legendary and contemporary musicians she met locally. Alongside original compositions by Ai Kuwabara, the album features covers of LA-related classics: Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Parallel Universe" (with vocals by Sam Wilkes), Maroon 5's "This Love", and Michael Jackson's "Heal the World". [Musicians] Ai Kuwabara: piano/electric piano, Sam Wilkes: electric bass/vocal on tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 8, Gene Coye: drums on tracks 1-3, 5, 6, 8, Horace Bray: guitar on tracks 1, 8, Jeff Littleton: bass on track 4, Rei Yamada: drums on track 4, Kevin Ricard: percussion on track 4, Taiki Tsuyama: electric bass on track 7, Gordon Campbell: drums on track 7. Produced by Ai Kuwabara Recorded & Mixed by Yaniv Farber

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Description in Japanese

Flying? / 桑原あい

私はここで羽ばたけるか? 新天地ロサンゼルスで生まれた、新たな幕開けを告げるニュー・アルバム。2024年ロサンゼルスに拠点を移し、新たな活動をスタートさせたジャズ・ピアニストの桑原あい。現地ミュージシャンとのセッションで生まれた3年ぶりの新作。9年前にLAで初共演し、いつか一緒にアルバムを作りたいと思っていた、現行LAジャズ・シーンの重要人物であるベーシストのサム・ウィルクスと、上原ひろみ Hiromi's Sonicwonderのメンバーでもあるドラムのジーン・コイとのトリオを軸に、現地で出会った大御所から同世代のミュージシャンのゲストを迎えてレコーディング。桑原あいのオリジナル曲に加えて、レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパーズ「パラレル・ユニバース」 (サム・ウィルクスがヴォーカルも担当)、マルーン5「ディス・ラヴ」、マイケル・ジャクソン「ヒール・ザ・ワールド」というLAにちなんだ有名曲のカヴァーを収録。 ＜参加ミュージシャン＞ 桑原あい (p, el-p)、サム・ウィルクス (el-b, vo) on 1-3, 5, 6, 8、ジーン・コイ (ds) on 1-3, 5, 6, 8、ホレス・ブレイ (g) on 1, 8、ジェフ・リトルトン (b) on 4、山田玲 (ds) on 4、ケヴィン・リカルド (per) on 4、タイキ・ツヤマ (el-b) on 7、ゴードン・キャンベル (ds) on 7、Produced by Ai Kuwabara、Recorded & Mixed by Yaniv Farber

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    Tracklisting

    1
    Flying?
    2
    This Love
    3
    The day you found us
    4
    Without Water, And Music
    5
    Parallel Universe feat. Sam Wilkes
    6
    What hummingbirds teach us about flying
    7
    Eclat
    8
    Heal The World

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