UN CARNET DE BAL

[Machine Translation] Avant-Premiere" is a trio of saxophonists Hiroshi Suzuki, Ryota Azuma, and Junichi Kamiunten, born at the jazz bar "Lady Jane" in Shimokitazawa. The album is produced by Yutaka Ohki, the owner of the shop and a leading figure in Shimokitazawa who has written numerous books, planned events, and produced CDs. The album features original compositions by Hiroshi Suzuki, who draws sounds intuitively while casually using special saxophone techniques; Okinawa-born Junichi Kamiunten, who approaches rhythmic instincts with his own compositions; and Ryota Azuma, a first-class graduate of the University of the Arts, whose strict repertoire of classical music arrangements unfolds in three dimensions. The program includes Rameau and Coupland, which are played like bagpipes with circular breathing from beginning to end, Kurt Weill's "Eucalyptus Tango," which recalls utopia after the Corona disaster, and Saint-Saens' "Dance of Death," in which even skeletons leap out of their graves.

サクソフォン奏者・鈴木広志、東涼太、上運天淳市によるトリオ"Avant-Premiere"は下北沢のジャズバー"LADY JANE"で生まれた。2011年から出演し毎回オリジナル曲や編曲レパートリーを初演、このアルバムのプロデュースは同店オーナーで数々の著書やイベント企画、CDプロデュースを行う下北沢の重鎮、大木雄高氏。サクソフォンの特殊奏法をさりげなく使用しながら直感で音を描く鈴木広志のオリジナル曲、リズムの本能に迫る沖縄出身上運天淳市の自作曲、藝大主席卒業の東涼太の厳格なクラシック音楽の編曲レパートリーが立体的に繰り広げられる。バグパイプさながらに終始循環呼吸で演奏されるラモーやクープラン、コロナ禍を経てユートピアを想うクルト・ワイル「ユーカリ・タンゴ」や骸骨も墓場から飛び出すサン=サーンスの「死の舞踏」などを収録。