Year : 2009
Label : LUPINTIC/VAP
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk, Latin Jazz
The second album of Yuji Ohno released for his new "LUPINTIC" label featuring the Lupintic Five group, including featurings and guest musicians among bassist Akira Okazawa, vibrationist Takashi Ooi, brazilian songstress Sonia Rosa, brothers Masami & Ejiro Nakagawa from Pretty Good, all supported by the Masatsugu Shinohara strings group. Titles include the cover "Theme From M.A.S.H." taken from the original soundtrack, jazz standards such as "How High The Moon" by Nancy Hamilton or "Five Spot After Dark" by Benny Golson, the classic of Bossa Nova "Desafinado" from Antonio Carlos Jobim and the traditional Russian Gypsy song "Dark Eyes" popularized in 1940 by Django Reinhart (in french "Les Yeux Noirs"). All tracks produced & arranged by Yuji Ohno.
MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - keyboards - Satoshi Izumi & Takayoshi Baba - guitar - Masayuki Tawarayama, Akira Okazawa & Daiki Yasukagawa - bass - Yoshihito Eto - drums - Hisatsugu Suzuki - saxophones - Keiji Matsushima - trumpet - Masami Nakagawa - flute - Ejiro Nakagawa - trombone - Takashi Ooi - vibes - Masato Kawase - percussion - Sonia Rosa - vocal
TRACKLIST : Yuji Ohno - Theme From M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) / Yuji Ohno Feat. Pretty Good - Undecided / Yuji Ohno Feat. Sonia Rosa - Desafinado / Yuji Ohno - I'm Not In Love / Takashi Ooi & Y. O. Jam - How High The Moon / Yuji Ohno Feat. Pretty Good - Five Spot After Dark / Yuji Ohno Feat. Keiji Matsushima - Sweet Memories / Takashi Ooi & Y. O. Jam - Dark Eyes / Yuji Ohno Feat. Sonia Rosa - Where or When