Toshio Matsuura | Cooling Down Tokyo with Refreshingly Crisp Music

Toshio Matsuura | From TOKYO MOON, August 12 Broadcast

Cooling Down Tokyo with Refreshingly Crisp Music

Sunday nights, a leisurely flow of time with exquisite music—a moment of bliss for adults. Elevating that time further is the radio program "TOKYO MOON" by DJ Toshio Matsuura.—Each Sunday, he broadcasts a selection of wonderful music from around the globe and topics to stimulate intellectual curiosity for adults, from 24:00 on Inter FM 76.1MHz. Here, we look back at the program that just aired each week. This week, we introduce six exceptionally cool tracks to help cool down a feverish Tokyo.

Text by MATSUURA Toshio

Cooling Down Tokyo with Refreshingly Crisp Music

This time, we presented six refreshingly crisp tracks to help everyone spending their summer in Tokyo cool down, even just a little, through music.

Brother Ah & The Sounds Of Awareness
"Key to Nowhere"

Fetsum "The Colors Of Hope"

Cassandra Wilson "Another Country"

Robert Northern, known as "Brother Ah," a flutist and French horn player who has performed with numerous jazz greats such as John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, and Donald Byrd, and a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra. At the beginning of the program, we played "Sekou" from his 1983 cult album, a track featuring a very soothing kalimba and berimbau. Following that was "Letters From Damascus," an Afro-folk piece by Fetsum, a rising Afro-German singer-songwriter, and the latest work from Cassandra Wilson, a solitary female jazz vocalist who has exuded a powerful aura for many years. The first half of the program was delivered with a spiritual mood.

Paulinho Da Costa "Happy People"

Al Johnson "Back For More"

Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson
"We're The Best Of Friends"

The latter half picked up the pace with "B'wana-he No Home," a Latin-infused track featuring Michael Franks, a representative AOR vocalist, and Brazilian percussionist Paulinho Da Costa, featuring Bill Champlin from the former band Chicago. This led into "Tonight's The Night For Love" by soul vocalist Al Johnson, a medium-tempo track with a sexy, restrained rhythm produced by urban soul master Norman Connors. Finally, the program concluded on a mellow note with Bobby Caldwell's "What You Won't Do For Love," a duet by Natalie Cole and Peabo Bryson.

REVIEW | TRACK LIST

01. Brother Ah & The Sounds Of Awareness | Sekou (Ikef)
02. Fetsum | Letters From Damascus (Sonar Kollektiv)
03. Cassandra Wilson | Olomuroro (E1 Music)
04. Michael Franks | B'wana-he No Home (Warner Bros.)
05. Al Johnson | Tonight's The Night For Love (Columbia)
06. Natalie Cole & Peabo Bryson | What You Won't Do For Love (Capital)

TOKYO MOON will continue to introduce wonderful music to everyone every week without pause.
Enjoy the short summer days!

Toshio Matsuura "TOKYO MOON"

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