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This work is a challenging work in which a young tenor saxophonist Tomoaki Baba, who has just moved from NY to Japan, composed the entire album with a suite entitled "Gathering". Two saxophones with Akihiro Nishiguchi sprint in a vast space without chord instruments such as a piano. A tough and powerful groove. Live-like tension. Please enjoy the modern jazz that young elites unfold.
Tomoaki Baba:tenor sax/Akihiro Nishiguchi tenor & soprano sax/Yuji Ito:bass/Kazuhiro Odagiri:drums

Past Rank In

Gathering

Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Macao • TOP 2 • 13 Jun 2024 iTunes Store • Jazz TOP ALBUMS • Japan • TOP 6 • 14 Dec 2023 iTunes Store • Jazz TOP ALBUMS • United States • TOP 11 • 18 Sep 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Kazakhstan • TOP 12 • 3 Mar 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Argentina • TOP 16 • 6 Aug 2022 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Sweden • TOP 18 • 22 Dec 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Romania • TOP 41 • 17 Oct 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Hong Kong • TOP 53 • 28 Aug 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Singapore • TOP 57 • 5 Feb 2023 Apple Music • All Categories Top Albums • Macao • TOP 74 • 13 Jun 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Malaysia • TOP 78 • 22 Feb 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Indonesia • TOP 79 • 28 Oct 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Taiwan • TOP 91 • 8 May 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Belgium • TOP 92 • 18 Aug 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Thailand • TOP 114 • 1 Oct 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Italy • TOP 145 • 23 May 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • United Kingdom • TOP 154 • 20 Sep 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • Japan • TOP 164 • 7 Mar 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Albums • China • TOP 182 • 6 Dec 2023

Pieces

Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Macao • TOP 85 • 13 Jun 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Sri Lanka • TOP 134 • 7 Mar 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Malta • TOP 189 • 30 Jan 2024

T.Fest

iTunes Store • Jazz TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 15 • 24 Feb 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Macao • TOP 93 • 13 Jun 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Dominican Republic • TOP 115 • 12 Mar 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Malta • TOP 127 • 30 Jan 2024

Interlude

iTunes Store • Jazz TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 31 • 2 Feb 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Macao • TOP 90 • 13 Jun 2024

Introduction to Circulation

Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Malta • TOP 64 • 15 Jan 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Macao • TOP 89 • 13 Jun 2024

Circulation

Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Macao • TOP 87 • 13 Jun 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Malta • TOP 138 • 15 Jan 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Dominican Republic • TOP 143 • 12 Mar 2023

Lights in Black

Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Macao • TOP 86 • 13 Jun 2024

Solo Interlude

iTunes Store • Jazz TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 30 • 2 Feb 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Macao • TOP 92 • 13 Jun 2024

Nostalgia

Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Macao • TOP 91 • 13 Jun 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Armenia • TOP 125 • 25 Mar 2025

Four Arrows

iTunes Store • Jazz TOP SONGS • Japan • TOP 14 • 24 Feb 2023 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Macao • TOP 59 • 14 Jun 2024 Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Armenia • TOP 119 • 25 Mar 2025

Improvisation

Apple Music • Jazz Top Songs • Macao • TOP 196 • 13 Jun 2024

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Pieces

Apple Music • Jazz Scene: Japan • 22 Feb 2023

Artist Profile

  • Tomoaki Baba

    Tomoaki Baba was born in 1992 in Sapporo, Japan . He attended the renowned Berklee 5-week summer program in 2007, 2008, 2009 as a full-scholarship student. He was selected for Berklee Jazz workshop directed by Terri Lyne Carrington in 2010. In 2011, Tomoaki was the recipient of a full-scholarship to the Berklee College of Music. After graduating, Tomoaki moved to New York City and has become an active sideman and leader, performing with artists like Terence Blanchard, Dayna Stephens, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jamie Callum, Sean Jones, and Darren Barrett. From 2020, he moved his base to Japan and released his first leader album "Story Teller" in the same year, and in 2022 the second album "Gathering" from Days of Delight.

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