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Trio San: Hibiki
ByOn 2023's Hibiki, the Futari ladies bring in drummer Yuko Oshima to create Trio San.
Spaciousness is the name of the game. Trio San make pianist Masabumi Kikuchi (1939 -2015) sound musically garrulous. In the mode of ECM Records, with its customary five seconds of silence to open most of the label's albums, Hibiki's eponymous opening track does not start making discernable noise until roughly a minute in. From there, rumination and patient exploration rule.
Fujii, with a discography which has grown to over a hundred albums, has the potential to explodealmost any of her big band albums attests to this. But she can also bask in the prettiest minimalisman approach which is on display, in the forefront even, with Hibiki, She has often stated her wish to make sounds we have never heard before. She does so again on Hibiki, her engaging take on what could be called twenty-first-century lounge, space-age, exotica music.
Track Listing
Hibiki; Soba; Yozakura; What You See; Was; Ichigo.
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Album information
Title: Hibiki | Year Released: 2023 | Record Label: Jazzdor
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