Year : 2012
Label : LUPINTIC/VAP
Genre : Jazz, Latin Jazz
Style : Bossa Nova, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Jazz Funk
"BOSS PIANO" is among best productions recorded by Yuji Ohno from the last decade on his own label "LUPINTIC". In fact, from Yuji Ohno Trio With Friends only "Satin Doll" is performed by the trio formed with bassist Yosuke Inoue and drummer Yoshihito Eto, for the rest feature all members of his Lupintic Five jazz funk band. From R&B to Latin Jazz by Pop Music, Yuji Ohno revisits several popular songs of the 20th century, "Georgia" by Ray Charles, "What Now, My Love?" ("Et Maintenant" by Gilbert Bécaud), "Goin' Out Of My Head", "See See Rider" and great jazz standards including Duke Ellinghton's "Satin Doll", Red Garland's "Rojo" or The Afro-Cuban jazz classic "Manteca" by Dizzie Gillepsie. All tracks arranged by Yuji Ohno.
MUSICIANS : Yuji Ohno - keyboards - Yosuke Inoue - bass - Yoshihito Eto - drums - Keiji Matsushima - trumpet - Hisatsugu Suzuki - soprano sax, tenor sax - Satoshi Izumi - guitar - Eijiro Nakagawa - trombone - Shinobu Ishizaki - baritone sax - Masato Kawase - percussion
