Year : 1979
Label : Warner Pioneer
Genre : Jazz
Style : Jazz Funk
Yasuo Higuchi is a pianist, bandmaster and arranger, best known through his musical works produced for japanese television series & cinema. Yasuo Higuchi was especially in charge of famous compositions for animation music such as Osamu Tezuka's "Phoenix 2772" movie, "Tetsuwa Atom" (Astro Boy) and "Mobile New Century Gundam X" series. "New York Cut" is a condensed of pure jazz groove played by the Doremi Band, formed around guitarist John Scofield, bassist Will Lee, keyboardist Jorge Dalto, drummer Chris Parker and percussionist Dwight Gassaway. Titles include "To The New World" (Gilles Peterson's inspirations), "Uncle From Uncle", "Giraffe (In Memory Of Taki San)" played in a kind of flamenco style, "A Magazine On The Street" to the disco-funk accents, all composed by Yasuo Higuchi. Recorded at CBS Studio, New York.
