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[Machine Translation] Kaori Kobayashi, a beautiful 23-year-old saxophone player, makes her impressive debut! She was discovered by M's (Masahiro Sayama, Masahiko Osaka, Masatoshi Koi), and has been performing with M's, Yoshitaka Minami, TOKU, urb, Yuta Kaneko, Yusuke Onuma, grooveline, Seiji Tada, Masafumi Yamaguchi, and others, and regularly performing at jazz spots in Tokyo, steadily building her popularity and ability. The band's musicality is that of a 23-year old. The 23-year-old's emotional and fresh playing captivates audiences. Arranged and produced by Toshiaki Ohtsubo (Lyrico, Shiina Hemiru, Mayo Okamoto, etc.). Backing him up will be guitarist Masato Ishinari (well-known for his support for Ken Hirai, Crystal Kay, and others! ), drummer Masayuki Muraishi, who has supported everyone from Yumin to Shiina Ringo, bassist Mitsuru Sudo of Square, and the rhythm team of Soji Uchida (b) and Kotaro Kamei (ds) from grooveline. The album features Shanice's hit "I Love Your Smile" as the lead track, Quincy Jones' "Tomorrow," the famous AOR ballad "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You," Char's signature song "Smoky," and Kaori Kobayashi's exhilarating "I Love Your Smile. and two original compositions by Kaori Kobayashi and Toshiaki Otsubo.

23才の美人サックス・プレイヤー、小林香織、鮮烈デビュー! M's[マサちゃんズ](佐山雅弘、大坂昌彦、小井政都志)に見出され、そのM's、南佳孝 、TOKU、urb、金子雄太、小沼ようすけ、grooveline、多田誠司、山口真文他との共演や都内のジャズ・スポットでの定期的なライヴ活動で確実に人気、実力を蓄え、満を持してのデビュー。その音楽性は23才の等身大のエモーショナルで清々しいプレイで観衆を魅了する。アレンジ&プロデュースは大坪稔明氏が担当(Lyrico、椎名へきる、岡本真夜等手掛ける)。バックを固めるのはギタリスト石成正人(平井堅、クリスタル・ケイ等のサポートでおなじみ!)、ユーミンから椎名林檎までサポートするドラマー村石雅行、スクエアのベーシスト須藤満、groovelineから内田壮志(b)、亀井孝太郎(ds) のリズム隊等も参加の鉄壁なサウンド。収録曲は、リード楽曲としてシャニースの大ヒット曲「I Love Your Smile」、クィンシー・ジョーンズの「Tomorrow」、AORの名バラード「Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You」、Charの代表曲「Smoky」、そして、爽快感溢れる小林香織のオリジナル2曲と大坪稔明のオリジナル2曲を加えた全8曲。