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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
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.
Days of Delight