Connecting Past and Present, Illuminating Jazz's Tomorrow

The members include Yusuke Hirado of quasimode, Shinpei Ruike who participates in DCPRG and Naruyoshi Kikuchi's Dub Septet, Ken Kurihara of Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro,Toshio Matsuura Presents HEXand Katsuhito Koizumi, who participates in ',' and Masanori Amakura, known as the drummer for Jazztronik. This project brings together rising musicians from Japan's jazz and club scenes. The album also features two tracks with guest saxophonist Naruyoshi Kikuchi.

This is not danceable jazz, nor is it dance music influenced by jazz. It is contemporary jazz that has passed through club music as a modern art form. Taking 1960s jazz from artists like John Coltrane and Miles Davis as inspiration, this endeavor can be seen as a re-evaluation of modern jazz and the hard bop era. The recording was done entirely live. You can experience the sound created by the communication between the musicians' performances. Rather than simply covering past songs in a club music style, it reinterprets them with a modern sensibility, focusing on four themes: extraction, circulation, fusion, and improvisation, having digested and absorbed the techniques of dance music.

KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET 'MISSION' Album Trailer



For their debut album, 'MISSION,' they selected seven classic tracks from the Blue Note label and reinterpreted them with a modern essence. The album also includes a cover of 'Eclipse,' a hit track by Kyoto Jazz Massive that gained popularity in clubs worldwide. The project explores the points where authentic 1960s jazz and contemporary club jazz converge.

Collaboration with 'KYOTOGRAPHIE Kyoto International Photo Festival 2015'

Furthermore, this project is linked with the large-scale international photography festival 'KYOTOGRAPHIE,' held in Kyoto from Saturday, April 18th to Sunday, May 10th.KYOTOGRAPHIE Kyoto International Photo Festival 2015Photographs of the original artists of most of the songs featured on this album will be exhibited at the festival's 'A Vision of Jazz: Francis Wolff and Blue Note Records' exhibition.

Kyoto Jazz Sextet offers a proposal from Japan to the global jazz scene: "What should contemporary jazz be?" Live performances will be held in Kyoto on Sunday, April 26th, and in Tokyo on Monday, May 25th, making it essential to experience their sound live.




TRACK LIST
1. Search for the New Land (Lee Morgan)
2. Speak No Evil (Wayne Shorter)
3. The Melting Pot (Freddie Hubbard)
4. Saccharine (Herbie Hancock)
5. Mr. Jin (Art Blakey)
6. Jinrikisha (Joe Henderson)
7. Up a Step (Hank Mobley)
8. Eclipse (Kyoto Jazz Massive)

'KYOTOGRAPHIE presents
'KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET tributes to BLUE NOTE RECORDS'
Shuya Okino x Naruyoshi Kikuchi Special Jazz Dinner at Hyatt'
Date: Sunday, April 26th
Time: Doors open 6:00 PM, Show starts 6:30 PM
Venue: Hyatt Regency Kyoto, The Ballroom
644-2 Sanjusangendo-mawari, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto
Tel. 075-541-3161
Price: ¥12,000 (includes dinner and first drink)
Performers: KYOTO JAZZ SEXTET with Naruyoshi Kikuchi / Shuya Okino (KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE) / Yoshihiro Okino (KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE)
http://kyoto.regency.hyatt.jp/ja/hotel/news-and-events/events/kyoto-jazz-sextet.html

Kyoto Jazz Sextet 'Mission' Special Live 2015 Guest Naruyoshi Kikuchi
Date: Monday, May 25th
Venue: Billboard Live Tokyo
4F Garden Terrace, Tokyo Midtown, 9-7-4 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Time: 1st Set: Doors open 5:30 PM, Show starts 7:00 PM / 2nd Set: Doors open 8:45 PM, Show starts 9:30 PM
Price: Service Area: ¥6,800 / Casual Area: ¥4,800 (includes one drink)
Performers: Shinpei Ruike (tp), Ken Kurihara (ts), Yusuke Hirado (p), Katsuhito Koizumi (b), Nobuaki Fujii (ds), Shuya Okino (se/mc), Guest: Naruyoshi Kikuchi (ts)
http://www.billboard-live.com/pg/shop/show/index.php?mode=detail1&event=9434&shop=1