Kazumi Watanabe New Electric Trio – MO’ BOP (2003/2016) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

2003年2月にリリースされた「ギター・ルネッサンス」で初のアコースティック・ソロ・パフォーマンスに挑戦、ギタリストとしての原点に立ち戻った渡辺香津美。クラシックからビートルズ・ナンバーまで、アコースティックギター1本で名曲に向き合ったこのアルバムリリースは、まさに<香津美ルネッサンス>でもありました。そんな渡辺香津美が半年を経て発表するのは、なんと180度趣が異なるエレクトリック・ギター弾きまくりアルバム!! リチャード・ボナ(b)、エル・ネグロ・オラシオエルナンデス(ds)というこの上ないメンバーを集めて結成した“渡辺香津美New Electric Trio”で新たなエレクトリック・グルーブ・ミュージックに挑みます!タイトルの「Mo’Bop”(モーバップ)は、ジャズ、ロック、ファンク、ブルースといった音楽を内包しつつ渡辺香津美New Electric Trioが提唱する新しい時代のBopを意味し、そのサウンドをここに具現化しています。3ピースのロックバンドのようにタイトに弾け、更に加速度を増したフュージョン&クロスオーヴァー・ミュージックというべき疾走感が溢れます。過去の大ヒット作「トチカ」より、名曲「ユニコーン」をNew Electoric Trioスタイルにヴァージョンアップさせた「Tricorn」も収録。全てのギター・ファンに捧げる、渡辺香津美待望のエレクトリック・ギター・アルバム。

Kazumi Watanabe (渡辺香津美 ) is a jazz and jazz fusion guitarist, from Tokyo, Japan. He was born on October 14, 1953. Watanabe learned to play guitar from Sadanori Nakamure, one of Japan’s grandmaster guitarists. He released his first recording in 1971, and quickly became a promising guitarist in his own right. In 1979, he formed an all-star band with some of Japan’s leading studio musicians, and recorded the album Kylyn, which is considered a masterpiece in fusion music. That year, he also was a touring musician with Yellow Magic Orchestra.

During the eighties Watanabe released a considerable number of jazz-rock albums. To Chi Ka (1980), with its funk influences and bright sound, is probably the most famous early title. Some latter albums, such as Mobo Club (1983) and Mobo Splash (1985) display more experimental tendencies. But the most famous of all is Spice of Life (1987) which is written in a strongly melodic style. A DVD has been issued from the tour in which the music was played with drummer Bill Bruford and bassist Jeff Berlin (who also play on the studio record). In the 1990s Kazumi assembled an all-Japanese line-up called Resonance Vox (Vagabonde Suzuki on bass, Rikiya Higashihara on drums, Tomohiro Yahiro on percussion). This band has released several adventurous fusion albums.

Watanabe has worked with numerous musicians such as Lee Ritenour, Steve Gadd, Tony Levin, Jeff Berlin, Bill Bruford, Sly and Robbie, Wayne Shorter, Patrick Moraz, Marcus Miller, Richard Bona, and Peter Erskine. Since 1996, he has been a visiting professor of music at Senzoku Gakuen College. He endorses Steinberger and Paul Reed Smith guitars, and has been chosen Best Jazzman 24 years in a row by Swing Journal magazine’s annual poll. -wiki

Tracklist:
1 Mo’ Bop 00:09:21
2 DADA 00:04:49
3 ROBO 00:05:47
4 Ring Of Life 00:05:57
5 Backdrop 00:05:31
6 Naima 00:05:35
7 MOMO 00:03:26
8 NEO 00:04:38
9 Partida 00:05:21
10 Tricorn 00:05:12

Personnel:
Kazumi Watanabe, guitars
Richard Bona, bass
Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, drums

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