Jazz Articles about Shingo Yuji

Shingo Yuji: Introducing Shingo Yuji

by Hrayr Attarian
December 13, 2012

Japanese-born guitarist/composer/shakuhachi player Shingo Yuji has made his home in Los Angeles. On Introducing Shingo Yuji, he draws deeply on his native, rich musical heritage as well as jazz and pop worlds to create an engaging mélange. Yuji 's “Laputa" features an undulating melody with western rhythms and eastern harmonies. Tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III has an ardent and languid sound that matches Yuji's thick, laidback and darkly simmering groove well. Yuji's father, an ...