This is another release from Japanese Jazz pianist and Sleep Walker keyboardist Hajime Yoshizawa in 2008 from Village Again. The excellent piano trio album acoompanied with drummer Peter Erskine (former member of Weather Report and uncle of Yoshizawa) and bassist late Dave Carpenter, with much straighter modal Jazz with Yoshizawa's wonderful lyrical keys. The album is currently only available officially in Japan, but can be purchased as import.
Cosmic Village was the project by Hajime Yoshizawa, Shuya Okino (Kyoto Jazz Massive), Masato Nakamura (Sleep Walker), and Yasushi Kurobane to create future-Jazz mixing with various styles of music including fusion, drum n bass, breakbeats, rock and later to be called "broken beats".
This is their 3rd and the first original album "Cosmic Village", released by For Life in 2000.Mixing with Kurobane's rock guitar sound with Jazz taste of Yoshizawa and Nakamura, Cosmic Village created hybrid sounds that had become genre-less and timeless. It is difficult to describe the album with one category, and it is reasonable to believe that many producers and artists have taken the same footstep to produce similar crossover sounds with collaborative efforts as seen in this project.
They are now gone to solo or group, but Cosmic Village is still alive, and continues evolving.
Track list: 1. Translucent (0:43) 2. The Mirage (4:21) 3. You Can See The Light (5:27) 4. Gravity (4:23) 5. Violets (3:25) 6. Full Load (4:48) 7. Starseed (5:44) 8. Mid-Day-Moon (5:21) 9. Perfect Emotion (4:49) 10. Astral Circulation (6:21) 11. Spiral I (6:05) 12. Biophonics (6:09) 13. Earthrise (3:56)
Hajime Yoshizawa is the Jazz pianist / keyboardist from Japan. He has been the forerunner in Japanese club Jazz scene, and the one of the most sought keyboardist in nu-Jazz scene by contributing his electric touch with many groups and producers, including Kyoto Jazz Massive, and Jazzanova. He is also a member of Jazz quartet Sleep Walker, more straight forward hard bop group.
This is Yoshizawa's solo album "Japan", his first solo material since 2005 from "Music From The Edge Of The Universe". The album is live Jazz, and features guests like Japanese legend Kosuke Mine (sorry, the site is in Japanese) and Navasha Daya of Fertile Ground on vocal. This is his expression to the roots of Jazz, with mix of spiritual modal Jazz, Afro-latin rhythm and vocals. There is an EP release for US and Europe. Cannot wait for the full album release. The essential Japan Jazz album. Track List: 1. Open Door 2. Time feat Navasha Daya 3. Yoake-Dawn 4. Home feat Shanti 5. Aska 6. Eastern Step 7. Celebration feat Navasha Daya 8. Satellite Dancer 9. Rain 0. May 11. The Seeds Of Spring feat Akiko 12. Bristlecone Pine feat Navasha Daya 13. The Color Of Peace
Sleep Walker playing at Batofar in Paris, 2008
There is his new album coming out this December. The report coming very very soon!
This is another release from Japanese Jazz pianist and Sleep Walker keyboardist Hajime Yoshizawa in 2008 from Village Again. The excellent piano trio album acoompanied with drummer Peter Erskine (former member of Weather Report and uncle of Yoshizawa) and bassist late Dave Carpenter, with much straighter modal Jazz with Yoshizawa's wonderful lyrical keys. The album is currently only available officially in Japan, but can be purchased as import.
