Asia's most beautiful saxophone player, Kaori Kobayashi, presents an urban instrumental R&B album. In addition to original R&B-flavored tracks, covers of "Lovin' You" and "September" are produced by R&B creator Nobu-K, who has worked with EXILE and Namie Amuro, and Manaboon, who is also produced by Shota Shimizu and Miliyah Kato. This stylish, urban saxophone R&B album is a collaboration with cutting-edge trackmakers such as Swing-O a.k.a. 45, known for producing Miho Fukuhara and Minmi, and Yoichiro Kakizaki, who has worked with Toshinobu Kubota, Chemistry, Yuki Koyanagi, and others. This is the eighth album from popular and talented saxophone artist Kaori Kobayashi, who has been praised by the Thai Saxophone Association as "Asia's Most Beautiful Saxophone Player" and whose Taiwanese albums have topped the jazz charts for two consecutive years. It's also her second self-produced release. ~ kaorikobayashi.com. [Translated From Japanese]
JVC Entertainment, VICJ-61680,
2013
Recorded at Power House
Studio, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Musicians:
Kaori Kobayashi - Alto Sax
(#1-3,5-10,12,13), Flute (#11), Arranger
Takahiro Izumikawa -
Programming, Arranger (#1)
Nobuya Kato - Programming,
Arranger (#2,7)
Yoichiro Kakizaki -
Programming, Arranger (#3)
Toshiaki Otsubo -
Programming, Arranger (#4,5,11)
Kyoko Osako - Programming,
Arranger (#6)
Takuya "Tak" Tanaka
- Programming, Arranger (#8)
Shingo Suzuki - Programming,
Arranger (#9)
Swing-O - Programming,
Arranger (#10)
Tadashi Ohtsubo -
Programming, Arranger (#12)
Manaboon - Programming,
Arranger (#13)
Tracks:
01. Prayer {Kaori Kobayashi}
(5:40)
02. Time {Kaori Kobayashi}
(5:34)
03. Dream Market {Kaori
Kobayashi} (4:46)
04. Gotta Go To School
[Interlude] {Kaori Kobayashi} (0:32)
05. Gotta Go To School {Kaori
Kobayashi} (4:22)
06. Solitude {Kaori
Kobayashi} (4:36)
07. Cat's & Dog {Kaori
Kobayashi} (4:32)
08. Tears {Kaori Kobayashi}
(4:48)
09. Sulty Nights {Kaori
Kobayashi} (5:15)
10. Back Street {Kaori
Kobayashi} (4:40)
11. Lovin' You {Minnie
Riperton, Richard Rudolph} (4:51)
12. September {Al McKay,
Allee Willis, Maurice White} (5:08)
13. City Lights {Kaori
Kobayashi} (5:44)
Total Time: 60:36
Credits:
Producer - Kaori Kobayashi
Executive-Producer - Gen
Kato, Sumio Jono
Recording & Mixing
Engineer - Takao Nakazato
Engineer [Assistant] - Kaori
Kato
Mastering Engineer - Hiroshi
Kawasaki
Photography - Naoto Ohkawa
Art Direction, Design - Kenji
Kikuchi
