Taste of Tears

This is a new album by Atsushi Ikeda, an alto saxophone maestro who has been at the forefront of the Japanese jazz scene for 40 years. All of the tunes on this album are created using a method called "jazz contrafact", in which new melodies are placed over the chord progressions of famous standard songs. Even though it's the first time you've heard the tune, it feels somehow nostalgic. You will be drawn to this mysterious feeling. Please enjoy this high-quality, rich "jazz time".

Atsushi Ikeda "Taste of Tears"(DOD-049)

01. Tipsy (a contrafact of "Embraceable You")
02. Treat Me Right (a contrafact of "Fine and Mellow")
03. How Near So Far (a contrafact of "How High the Moon")
04. Taste of Tears (a contrafact of "You Don't Know What Live Is")
05. Revol (a contrafact of "Lover")
06. And Then One Day (a contrafact of "Nature Boy")
07. Street (a contrafact of "On Green Dolphin Street")
08. I Know Are What You Are. (a contrafact of "All the Things You Are")
09. Until Then (a contrafact of "Left Alone")
10. A Moon Above Me (a contrafact of "Lover Man")
11. The Summer's Gone. (a contrafact of "Danny Boy")

All compositions written by Atsushi Ikeda

Atsushi Ikeda alto saxophone
Keiichi Yoshida piano
Shin Kamimura bass

Produced by Akiomi Hirano

Recorded at Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum on 28 May 2024
Recorded & Mixed by Takahiro Koizumi
Mastered by Masahiro Tabayashi