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Folks Cinematic Jazz Ensemble's new journey has just started. This is the 1st single followed by brand new 2nd album to be released on this summer in 2021, which is also written as a soundtrack for a fictional road movie. Folks Cinematic Jazz Ensemble is a jazz sextet pursuing jazz music with cinematic visuals. Musically, Folks marries the improvisation of jazz with various other styles of music, for example, reggae, rock, folk, and chill out etc, under the direction of Shouhei Matsushita a.k.a M-Swift (Irma Records / Italy, Free Style Records/U.K.). This project features some of the finest jazz musicians in Tokyo with London-based Nemo Roberts providing the visual imagery inspired by the music. This new journey will be a journey to the inner landscape


Folks Cinematic Jazz Ensemble is
Guitar: Shouhei Matsushita(M-Swift)
Piano: Hideaki Hori
Drums: Masatsugu Hattori
Bass: Kunpei Nakabayashi
Trumpet: Yusuke Sase
Bariton and Tenor Sax: Ryo Ogasawara
Photographer: Nemo Roberts

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Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Japan • TOP 1 • 15 Feb 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Kyrgyzstan • TOP 11 • 24 Mar 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Lebanon • TOP 29 • 15 Apr 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Mauritius • TOP 38 • 13 Mar 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Lithuania • TOP 44 • 13 Mar 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • China • TOP 72 • 13 Mar 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Ecuador • TOP 121 • 19 Apr 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Malaysia • TOP 125 • 22 Mar 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Finland • TOP 147 • 27 Apr 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Kazakhstan • TOP 153 • 14 Mar 2021 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Taiwan • TOP 187 • 16 Mar 2021

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Apple Music • Jazz Scene: Japan • 12 Mar 2021 Apple Music • New Music Daily • 12 Feb 2021 Spotify • New Music Everyday - tuneTracks (curated by TuneCore Japan) • 13 Feb 2021

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  • Folks Cinematic Jazz Ensemble

    "Folks Cinematic Jazz Ensemble" is a Jazz Sextet which is pursuing jazz music with Cinematic visual images. It releases 1st album written as a soundtrack for a fictional Road Movie on September 2019. Musically, Folk's marry the improvisation of Jazz with various style of music, for example, Reggae, Rock , Folks music, and Chill out etc...Shouhei Matsushita a.k.a M-Swift (Irma Records / Italy, Freestyle Records / U.K.) started this new project. The finest jazz musicians in Tokyo is joining on this band. And also London-based Japanese photographer Nemo Roberts joins on this project, Each songs is related to Nemo's photograph. Not only music, not only photography, both arts are collaborating in more closely-connected way expressing the story of fictional movie. "Folks" is a group which is seeking a new art form. Folks Cinematic Jazz Ensemble is Guitar: Shouhei Matsushita(M-Swift) Piano: Hideaki Hori Drums: Masatsugu Hattori Bass: Kunpei Nakabayashi Trumpet: Yusuke Sase Bariton and Tenor Sax: Ryo Ogasawara Photographer: Nemo Roberts

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