In A Sentimental Mood is a jazz album by Japanese saxophonist Hidefumi Toki, released in 1992 on the Japanese Fun House label. The album features Toki's interpretation of the title track, a famous jazz standard composed by Duke Ellington, alongside several other classic jazz ballads. For this session Hidefumi joins with pianists Hiromasa Suzuki and Soichi Noriki, bassist Ikuo Sakurai and drummer Motohiko Hino. The album consists of eight tracks, six jazz standards and two of Toki's own compositions. This album is a powerful production where he takes the selected jazz ballads head-on. There is a mellowness to this work that comes with its age, but the sound is invariably very fresh. Essentially, it is an album well worth listening to over time. Enjoy!
Fun House, FHCF-2018, 1992
Recorded 1st & 9th June,
1992 at Onkio Haus 1st, Tokyo, Japan
Musicians:
Hidefumi Toki - Alto Sax, Soprano Sax
Hiromasa Suzuki - Piano (#1,3,5,8)
Soichi Noriki - Piano
(#2,4,6,7)
Ikuo Sakurai - Bass
Motohiko Hino - Drums
Tracks:
1. In A Sentimental Mood
{Duke Ellington} (8:47)
2. How Insensitive {Antônio Carlos Jobim} (7:19)
3. You Are Too Beautiful
{Richard Rodgers} (6:10)
4. My Foolish Heart {Victor
Young} (8:54)
5. Wyeth {Hidefumi Toki}
(5:38)
6. Blues For Toko & Toko
{Hidefumi Toki} (6:10)
7. Who Cares? {George &
Ira Gershwin} (5:09)
8. Smoke Get In Your Eyes
{Jerome Kern} (4:41)
Total Time: 52:52
Credits:
Producer - Tetsu Kobayashi
Engineer - Yasuo Morimoto
Assistant Engineer - Seiichi
Yoritomi, Kouichi Nakamura
Art Direction & Design -
Shigeru Yamaguchi
Graphic Coordinator -
Kazuyuki Hikita
Photography - Hisashi Itoh
Liner Notes - Takao Ogawa
